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Plan a restaurant meal with pickup details

Pizza is planned for Sunday. Keep the restaurant and the time to leave for pickup in the weekly meal plan.

The main features at a glance
1
Saved family restaurants can be selected as meals in Meal Planner.
2
The meal stores a service option, optional time and note.
3
The weekly plan shows the restaurant, time and service option together.
Why it helps

Using Restaurants in family life

A restaurant meal or takeaway can be missed during weekly planning, so you plan another dinner and buy ingredients you do not need.

Open Meal Planner and tap Add on the chosen day. Select Restaurant, the meal slot and a saved place. Choose the service option, enter servings and Departure time, and add a note if needed. Save and check the meal in the plan.

The reopened meal form shows Parkside Pizzeria, Pickup, four servings and a saved departure time of 18:15.
The reopened meal form shows Parkside Pizzeria, Pickup, four servings and a saved departure time of 18:15.
From a task to a shared view

How the steps fit together

  1. 1

    Choose the day and source

    Open Meal Planner, select the week and tap Add on the day you want. Choose Restaurant and a meal slot such as Dinner.

  2. 2

    Select a saved restaurant

    Choose a place from the list. Search restaurants in the meal form searches by name. Manage restaurants opens the family collection if you need to add the place first.

  3. 3

    Set the service and time

    Scroll below the restaurant selection and choose Pickup, for example. Enter the servings and Departure time. The example uses four servings and 18:15. Add a note with pickup details if helpful.

  4. 4

    Save and check the meal

    Tap Add meal. The weekly plan shows Parkside Pizzeria with 18:15 and Pickup on the chosen Sunday. Tap the saved entry to reopen it; confirm later edits with Save.

If something looks wrong

The service option you need is unavailable.

Open Manage restaurants and check Available for on the saved entry. Add a service the restaurant actually offers, save and reopen the meal. Selecting a service does not confirm an order.

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About this article

Written by Best4Family editorial team. Content reviewed: . Updated: .

The screenshots show the Android app. The layout and controls are largely the same on iOS. The examples use fictional family data.