Method for providing information

A method for providing information in an information management system that manages taste information regarding a user including an order record at a first restaurant and that associates the taste information with identification information for identifying the user, the method comprising:

• obtaining positional information regarding a terminal apparatus of the user;
• providing, on a basis of the positional information, the terminal apparatus with restaurant information indicating one or more restaurants in an area including a position indicated by the positional information;
• obtaining, from the terminal apparatus, the identification information and a store identifier indicating, among the one or more restaurants, a second restaurant in a chain different from a chain to which the first restaurant belongs, the store identifier being selected on the terminal apparatus;
• arranging, on a basis of the taste information associated with the identification information and menu information regarding the second restaurant indicated by the store identifier, menu items included in the menu information in order according to the taste information, the menu information being obtained, over a network, from a server relating to the second restaurant indicated by the store identifier;
• and
• transmitting menu information regarding the menu items arranged in the order to the terminal apparatus to display the menu information regarding the menu items arranged in the order on a display screen of the terminal apparatus.