We take many orders over the phone. Taking payment over the phone takes more time and I am charged more for manually entering cards. We prefer payment when the order is picked up in person.
Example
We have 6 lasagnas to sell. We have and order come in for 3 lasagnas to be picked up at 6pm still waiting for payment to be collected at 6pm. In the mean time we have four other orders wanting lasagna. The computer says there are still 6 lasagnas when truly there is only 3. And the 4th person is out lasagna. Creating sad customer's
So if there could be the option of leaving inventory as soon as ticket goes to the kitchen would be very useful.