We knew this was in the works, but Universal Delivery Solutions (UDSG) started the weekend with some good news about delivering for Manhattan Subway sandwich shops.

The last we heard about the partnership was October of last year. If you missed the news, just click here for our entire coverage. Or, if you want the Q&D version, here goes…

All the Manhattan Subways can deliver subs, but handling it at the store level could be a logistical nightmare. To centralize and streamline the process, UDS Group has established one nationwide toll-free number to call in a delivery order. UDS handles all the logistics; all the local store has to do is make the sandwiches and tell the driver where to take them. For doing this, Universal Delivery Solutions takes percentage of the dollar amount of the order.

The ‘bigger picture’ plan is to reproduce the same one-phone-number setup, for other restaurants. Eventually, they could do the same for grocery stores, pharmacies, dry-cleaners…you name it.

Though the deal with the Manhattan Subways was deemed a pilot, that’s one high-profile trial program. It involves dozens of restaurants. Plus, it’s New York. If they can make it there, (and sorry for the cheesy cliché) they can make it anywhere.

If this Manhattan Subway arrangement works as well as we think it can, we anticipate the degree of interest in UDS Group’s offer to rapidly. To that end, just know there are nearly 1 million restaurants in North America. That’s a lot of potential partners.