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Mike Bzowey’s Family Pizza will be one of the first local restaurants to partner with Uber Eats when the food delivery app launches soon in Saskatoon.

“The younger generation, (it) seems to be them who are utilizing these third-party delivery systems more so, not exclusively, but more so. They’re comfortable just sitting on their phone, scrolling through menus and deciding what they want to eat,” Bzowey said.

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Four local restaurants have already signed on to partner with Uber Eats, including Spicy Time Fine Indian Cuisine, Family Pizza, Mexihco by La Bamba and Angeethi Flame Fine Indian Bistro. Other national chain restaurants, including Cara Corporation brands — names like Kelsey’s, Fionn MacCool’s and Montana’s — will also be on the app.

For smaller local businesses, maintaining an online presence — especially on a mobile app — takes time and money, Bzowey noted.

“The third-party system allows … restaurants that aren’t the big, big chains to have that online presence in the form of an app that they maybe wouldn’t have been able to do otherwise,” he said.