Sponsored by Let us Nudge
Our beloved restaurant industry is making a comeback and that is good news for everyone! States are slowly letting restaurants get back to full capacity as restaurants are trying to recover lost revenue with the current pandemic. But new issues are slowly arising, as several documented articles available online discuss how customers want to stay longer, but the need for these restaurants to turn their tables is required more than ever. We are also hearing everyday how restaurants across the country have started using time limits for their customers. Some customers may not like this, but the opportunity to help this industry is something we should all be thinking about, for now and the future.
We all enjoy dining out at restaurants and don’t ever want to feel rushed by any means. Time limits can work, but maybe there is something else for the long run. What if there was a way our favorite restaurant could offer us a secure, seamless, and subtle nudge to help us help them turn their table, especially if we were finished with our meal? What if there was a way where we could help the restaurant industry help seat more customers, especially during busy times? What if the restaurant had an option to actually incentivize the seated customer finished with their meal, with a few dollars off of their bill, to help the restaurant turn their table so others could get seated quicker?
Again, it is positive to see restaurants slowly coming back to full capacity, but the need to turn tables can really help restaurant owners with their bottom line moving forward. Reservation systems are great, and they help restaurants fill seats. But sometimes they even lag when seated customers haven’t left their table, which builds up the bottleneck in the entrance area. Popular chain restaurants get extremely busy as well, where anxious customers are waiting with pagers and devices to get seated. Again, all in the hands of the seated customer, done with their meals, enjoying their conversations, etc. Again, no one ever wants to feel rushed, but a restaurant incentive could help improve table turnover efficiency. We feel a platform like Let us Nudge can give restaurants a new option now, completely voluntary based on both restaurant and customer needs, if they’d like to incentivize seated customers done with their meal to help turn their table.
Let us Nudge can help the restaurant industry directly in the belief that table turnover technology can help to improve the bottom line moving forward. Restaurants have fixed costs, same amount of rent, minimum staffing for the kitchen and floor, etc., that they rely on for their daily operations, and variables needed to survive such as increase in sales, more customers, amount of average check, etc. that all accounts for profitability. These fixed costs stay the same no matter how many customers dine in or not. We feel by using Let us Nudge, restaurants can help turn more tables daily, with their choice of incentive, to help improve the bottom line. We feel the platform will help spread the overhead cost over a larger number of paying customers, where restaurants will make more revenue, therefore improving the bottom line. Restaurants completely get to select their incentive on the platform, be it a dollar amount or percentage off of the bill. Restaurants have the ability to nudge whatever table they want to, whenever they want to, if needed. Customers have the ability to accept or deny the restaurants nudge, if accepted, and get a time limit to help get ready to turn their table.
The platform itself is simple to use, cloud-based, QR code technology which is delivered via restaurant and customer mobile devices. There is nothing to purchase, no hardware, no setup fee, etc. The platform delivers a secure, subtle, and seamless restaurant-customer experience. It can help family-owned, casual-chain, and fine-dining restaurants, that have both indoor or outdoor seating, 365-24-7. We are here to help the restaurant industry recover now and for the future. We passionately believe in our mission statement for “the wait is over, both restaurants and customers win.”
