INTELLIGENT MOBILE SERVICE - HOW TO PROFIT FROM April 2021

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HOW TO PROFIT FROM
INTELLIGENT MOBILE SERVICE

April 2021

Combining digital and human intelligence            Includes results from Crave’s Q1 2021
to deliver brilliant service and increase profits   U.K. user survey with 4,405 responses
INTELLIGENT MOBILE SERVICE - HOW TO PROFIT FROM April 2021
THE TIMES
      THEY ARE A CHANGING
“Covid has changed all our lives, while accelerating the trend
towards digital service across many sectors, including hospitality.

                                                     “DIGITAL
“Customers have welcomed mobile order and
pay solutions, and their safety and efficiency           COMBINING
has been appreciated by operators. There is                   & HUMAN
no doubt that mobile service is here to stay.          INTELLIGENCE
“At Crave, we believe the coming years will             TO DELIVER
see the advent of intelligent mobile service,        BRILLIANT SERVICE
using data and human intelligence to provide
an even better, more personalised service,              & INCREASE
                                                                 “
seamlessly blending digital with human                    PROFITS
service, while providing hospitality businesses
with the tools to significantly increase
sales and profits.

               GARETH HUGHES
               CRAVE FOUNDER AND CEO

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INTELLIGENT MOBILE SERVICE - HOW TO PROFIT FROM April 2021
MOBILE
                                                            EVERYTHING
                                                     There are no two ways about it: in our world today, the smartphone
                                                     has become an extension of ourselves, a physical appendage, almost
                                                     hard wired to the brain.

                                                     And it’s only going in one direction as the       Personal Engagement
                                                     convenience driven, self-service generation
                                                                                                       Not only do customers give you permission
                                                     of digital natives matures. It’s the chosen
                                                                                                       to communicate via their smartphone but
                                                     means of interaction.
                                                                                                       they want you to engage them. As a result,
                                                     Trusted Companion                                 mobile experiences are becoming more
                                                                                                       personal and personalised as just about
                                                     Being such a powerful and trusted tool, it’s      every type of business recognises the
                                                     no wonder. Today’s smartphone facilitates         importance of a “mobile first” strategy.
                                                     just about everything we like to do in our
                                                     lives – we trust our mobile with our money,       Closer Relationship
                                                     our personal photos, our secrets and we
                                                                                                       Mobile is not just the way to your
                                                     use it to communicate, give our opinions,
                                                                                                       customers’ eyes but to their hearts too.
                                                     share experiences, consume media, shop,
                                                     access services and more. It’s the trusted        Once a customer trusts you with access to
                                                     digital extension of our lives. And it’s always   their mobile, you can build a closer, more
                                                     close to hand.                                    profitable relationship with them. One that
                                                                                                       they’ll appreciate.

                                                     THE KEY TO A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH
                                                     YOUR CUSTOMER IS VIA THEIR MOBILE

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INTELLIGENT MOBILE SERVICE - HOW TO PROFIT FROM April 2021
MOBILE SERVICE
               FOR HOSPITALITY
More than a decade in the making                 Accelerated by COVID
The mobile service revolution started in         Covid has since accelerated the adoption of
hospitality over 10 years ago. Crave was         digital services and Mobile Order & Pay has
one of the pioneers, helping restaurants         become widely accepted, especially in pubs
experiment with digital menus and luxury         and bars. The safety, convenience and
hotels to take their first steps with in-room    operational benefits are generally
tablets that allowed guests to engage with       understood, with a whole host of new
the hotel and order F&B items at their           solutions from start-ups and existing vendors
convenience.                                     in use, some better than others.

Results have been fantastic, with increases      QR code simplicity
in sales and a demonstrably better guest
                                                 The renaissance of QR codes has been
experience. Fast forward to 2021, and
                                                 transformational. QR readers are now built
mobile service is at the tipping point of
                                                 into the camera of every smartphone,
becoming the expected and preferred
                                                 meaning instant access to services, with no
method of receiving service.
                                                 need for an App downloaded. Everyone now
Tech challenges overcome                         understands how to use QR codes, with the
                                                 best mobile solutions, including Crave’s,
Adoption of mobile ordering in pubs and          utilising them.
restaurants was modest prior to 2020,
largely due to immature technology not able
to deliver a frictionless customer experience
- the need to download an app, sign into an
account, juggling unreliable wifi with limited
                                                  71%
                                                  THINK QR
data allowances and having to re-enter            CODES ARE
credit card details each visit. Technology
advances have confined these challenges
                                                  EASIER TO USE
to history.                                       THAN APPS

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INTELLIGENT MOBILE SERVICE - HOW TO PROFIT FROM April 2021
MOBILE ORDERING IS
 91%
 THINK SERVICE IS AS GOOD                                                         HERE TO STAY
 OR BETTER WITH MOBILE
 ORDERING                                            Better than traditional service? Most customers think mobile service is
                                                     at least as good, if not better, than traditional service.

                                                     As a result of Covid, a great many         DO YOU THINK THE MOBILE ORDERING SYSTEM
                                                     more consumers and operators have          MEANT YOU RECEIVED BETTER OVERALL SERVICE?
                                                     experienced mobile ordering in
                                                     hospitality venues during the past
                                                     12 months than ever before.

                                                     And the message is clear – mobile
                                                     ordering is here to stay, for two key
                                                     reasons:

                                                     Customers love it

 81% WANT TO CONTINUE USING
                                                     Customers not only think they get
                                                     better service, the experience is so
                                                     good they want to continue to use it.      ONCE THE RISKS OF COVID-19 HAVE DIMINISHED,
                                                                                                WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE TO USE MOBILE
                                                     It drives business profitability           ORDER AND PAY
     MOBILE ORDERING POST-
                                                     Happy customers are returning
     PANDEMIC                                        customers and this loyalty, along with
                                                     the increases in spend per head and
                                                     labour efficiency, will increasingly add                                    19%
                                                     to the bottom line.                                  81%

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INTELLIGENT MOBILE SERVICE - HOW TO PROFIT FROM April 2021
THE ADVENT OF INTELLIGENT
                                   MOBILE SERVICE
Not if, but when
                                                      THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR
Experience from other sectors tells us that
it’s not a question of if but when the digital        ALL HOSPITALITY
revolution reaches tipping point and                  BUSINESSES TO EMBRACE
becomes the new normal.
                                                      A FORWARD LOOKING
So, the question remaining is how seriously
pub, bar and restaurant operators will grasp
                                                      MOBILE SERVICE STRATEGY
the digital service revolution nettle to
realise the benefits available?

NextGen Mobile Order & Pay
We believe that the key to this question lies
in the next generation of mobile ordering
solution, one which uses data and human
intelligence to provide even better,
personalised service, seamlessly blending
digital with human service, while providing                                             MOBILE ORDER & PAY
hospitality businesses with the tools to
significantly increase sales and profits.                                          SOLUTIONS ARE EVOLVING
This takes a solid and flexible ordering
                                                                                   INTO INTELLIGENT MOBILE
platform and augments it with Menu                                              SERVICES WITH PERSONALISED
Optimisation, Personalisation, Data
Intelligence and Engagement to elevate it
                                                                                      EXPERIENCES AND DATA
to an Intelligent Mobile Service solution.                                         INTELLIGENCE INCREASING
                                                                                          SALES AND PROFITS

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INTELLIGENT MOBILE SERVICE - HOW TO PROFIT FROM April 2021
OPTIMISING
   YOUR MENU
Use proven methods
Since the 1980s, astute hospitality businesses
have successfully applied the findings of
research into the psychology of menu design to
influence customer buying choices towards
higher margin items. Seasoned practitioners in
                                                                                 Apply science from the online world
this space have demonstrated an average gross                                    Every scroll and click is measured so the
profit improvement of 10-15%.                                                    approach can be constantly tested, assessed
                                                                                 and refined to maximise results. Usage analytics
Seize the new opportunity                                                        including browsing history and click throughs
These proven methods can be brought into the                                     help online businesses optimise their sales and
mobile ordering environment. For many pubs                                       these techniques can be applied to influence
and bars that don’t traditionally use menus, this                                customer behaviour in hospitality venues too.
is the first time they’ve had the opportunity to                                 Valuable business insights can be gained such as
harness the power of these techniques to                                         which items customers looked at the most,
influence customer buying decisions.                                             which they considered buying but didn’t and
                                                                                 which changes made to a menu are the most
It’s an art that requires expertise
                                                                                 successful.
Some obvious and some not so obvious design
elements and details have a demonstrable                CRAVE’S EXPERTISE WAS    Optimise for different audiences
influence on consumer behaviour.                                                 The approach can be optimised for
                                                      DEVELOPED THROUGH MANY
What makes an item appeal more than                                              different “crowds” at different times of the day
                                                          YEARS EXPERIENCE       or week. Whatever the rhythm of the venue,
another; how prices are structured and
presented; where high margin items or best                                       menus, upselling suggestions, promotions and
                                                          SPEAK TO US ABOUT      prices can be optimised and dynamically
sellers should be positioned and how long a
menu should take to browse before boredom             OPTIMISING YOUR MENU FOR   scheduled to give customers what they want,
causes us to default to our normal choices.                 BETTER RESULTS       when they want it and maximise profitability.

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INTELLIGENT MOBILE SERVICE - HOW TO PROFIT FROM April 2021
THE ART OF
                     UPSELLING
Up-selling and cross-selling have long been essential to increasing spend per head and
improving financial performance in hospitality businesses.

Consistent upselling suggestions                      Right product, right time
The best staff upsell naturally and very
persuasively but it’s very hard to achieve this
                                                      Whether it’s building a burger, adding sides,
                                                      having nibbles with a beer early evening, trading
                                                                                                            64%         SAY THEY ARE LIKELY
                                                                                                                        TO ORDER MORE
across the workforce and, for most operators,         up to a premium spirit brand, opting for a
money is left on the table (or, rather, in            cocktail deal or adding shots later on, there’s a     DO YOU THINK YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO
consumers’ pockets).                                  right time and place for each upselling               ORDER MORE DRINKS OR SNACKS WITH
                                                      opportunity. Menus and upselling can be               MOBILE ORDERING?
Increase spend per head                               scheduled dynamically to maximise results.
Research shows, and our own experience
confirms, that increases in spend per head of         Personalise for best results                                64%
15-25% are achievable with an optimised               And these opportunities are maximised when                  YES
mobile ordering approach. Done well, customers        they’re personalised to the customer using
upsell themselves.                                    insights from Intelligent Mobile Service solutions.

           >20%                                                       >30%                                   KNOWING HOW TO BEST SUGGEST
                                                                                                            THE RIGHT PRODUCTS, AT THE RIGHT
    INCREASE IN SALES                                     INCREASE IN GROSS PROFIT                            TIME, AT THE RIGHT PART OF THE
 with intelligent upselling                                with promotion of higher                          ORDERING PROCESS IS THE KEY TO
        suggestions                                            margin products                                    SUCCESSFUL UPSELLING.

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MAKING SURE
           THE PRICE IS RIGHT                                                                      INTELLIGENT PRICE
                                                                                                       OPTIMISATION
Optimised pricing is a key driver of profits. How do you achieve
a level customers are OK with? How do you know if discounts at                                   GENERATED $600,000
quiet periods are effective? Data from mobile ordering is the                                            ADDITIONAL
answer – and Crave have the expertise and experience to help.                                        PROFIT FOR ONE
                                                                                                        CRAVE CLIENT
Price has the biggest impact on profit of any     Dynamic pricing
lever available to operators and it’s
                                                  Prices can be dynamically adjusted to
therefore essential that pricing is optimised.
                                                  periods of the day, days of the week, or
Mobile ordering systems provide a new             special events to attract customers and
toolkit to achieve this, enabling the             incentivise them to spend more. Crave data
combination of data and human intelligence        analysis can let you know what’s effective
to achieve effective pricing decisions.           and what’s not.

Optimise price points                             Make promotions effective
Subtle A/B testing of prices can determine        Different types of price promotions can be
the optimal price point for each product to       run in-venue and via email marketing with
either extract better margins from best           the effectiveness of each monitored and
sellers or to increase profits of optional add-   adjusted accordingly in real-time.
on products like nibbles, sides, deserts,
shots etc.                                        Price presentation
                                                  How prices are presented and positioned on
Data comparisons of page views and sale           the menu, and the location of “decoy” and
conversions for small price changes on your       “loss leader” priced items can all influence
main products will give you a clear               sales and profitability.
indication of consumer acceptance or
resistance to the price change.                   CONTACT CRAVE TO OPTIMISE YOUR
                                                  PRICES AND INCREASE YOUR PROFITS

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INTELLIGENT MOBILE SERVICE - HOW TO PROFIT FROM April 2021
GETTING
                                                                PERSONAL
                                                     Personal service is the holy grail of the
                                                     hospitality sector and an Intelligent Mobile
                                                     Service solution creates unprecedented opportunities
                                                     to get personal with customers, both in and out-of-venue

                                                     Borrow from the best                           have been limited. And technology has often
                                                                                                    been perceived as at-odds with the personal
                                                     All around us we see retailers and travel
                                                                                                    service ethos.
                                                     operators getting smart with personalisation
                                                     in the on-line world: ever more refined        Apply within venue
                                                     segmentation and targeted email marketing
                                                     messages, remarketing through social media     But now, with mobile ordering in the hands
                                                     and personalised website experiences based     of customers, unprecedented insights can be
                                                     on our browsing and purchase history.          gained and used in-venue to enhance the
                                                                                                    person-to-person service as well as deliver a
                                                     The hospitality challenge                      personalised menu and ordering experience.
                                                     With the hospitality experience being in-      And those insights can drive highly tailored
                                                     venue rather than on-line, the customer        personal promotions out-of-venue to keep
                                                     insights and tools available to operators      customers coming back.

                                                     THE GATEWAY TO TRUSTED PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH
                                                     YOUR CUSTOMERS IS VIA THEIR MOBILE

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INTELLIGENT MOBILE
INDIVIDUAL INSIGHTS                                     SERVICE USES INSIGHTS TO
           INTELLIGENTLY USED                           DELIVER PERSONALISED
                                                        EXPERIENCES

We are individuals. We all have favourites,
preferences, likes and dislikes. What if our regular
venues could remember that?

A wealth of insights gathered through mobile
interactions can be used to create unique customer
profiles that enable unprecedented levels of personal
service, both in-venue and out-of-venue.

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PERSONALISED MENU & ORDERING EXPERIENCE

                                                      WHAT IF?
                                                      Our regular or favourite items appeared at the top for easy re-ordering?
                                                      Items fitting our dietary requirements were immediately accessible?
                                                      The menu adapted to time of day, day of week, even the weather?

                                                      WOULD YOU LIKE TO
                                                      SEE A “MY FAVOURITES”
                                                      SECTION THAT
                                                      PROVIDES QUICK AND
                                                                                            84%
                                                                                                         YES                84%
                                                      EASY ACCESS TO YOUR
                                                                                                                              WANT
                                                      REGULAR DRINKS AND                          16%                     EASY ACCESS TO
                                                      MEAL CHOICES?
                                                                                                         NO              FAVOURITE ITEMS
                                                                                                          V

                                                                                          WOULD IT BE USEFUL TO HAVE ITEMS THAT MEET

                                                          87%                             YOUR SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS PRESENTED TO
                                                                                          YOU FIRST FOR QUICK AND EASY ACCESS?

                                                     OF THOSE WITH SPECIAL
                                                     DIETARY REQUIREMENTS                                            V
                                                                                              87%
                                                     WANT TO SEE SUITABLE                     YES
                                                          ITEMS FIRST
                                                        (22% of respondents have
                                                          dietary requirements)

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PERSONALISED PROMOTIONS

Offers and promotions unique to individuals’
history and preferences can be presented to
customers in-venue without the need to sign
up to email marketing or loyalty schemes.
Highly personalised promotions can also
be distributed out-of-venue via CRM and
loyalty systems.

85% WOULD BE LIKELY TO TRY
PERSONALISED SUGGESTIONS

IF NEW DRINK AND FOOD
SUGGESTIONS WERE
PERSONALISED TO
YOU BASED ON
YOUR PREFERENCES                       YES
AND PREVIOUS
ORDERS, WOULD
YOU BE LIKELY TO
                                 85%
TRY THEM ON
OCCASSIONS?

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PERSON TO PERSON SERVICE

For centuries, hospitality managers have tried to make their regular customers feel
special when they visit

Everyone loves to be recognised as a returning           Discrete information passed to staff with order
customer and if the staff remember our name and
                                                         As each order is placed we recognise the user (via
our favourite drink we feel fantastic, and more likely
                                                         cookies, email address, user name etc), query our user
to return again. In particular, high class hotels and
                                                         profile database and push through relevant valuable
local restaurants have become experts in providing
                                                         information in subtle simple codes printed on the ticket
this type of personal service.
                                                         that staff can understand.
In chains and hospitality businesses that have
                                                         The full user profile, including ratings/feedback, full
transient staff, recognising regulars and providing
                                                         order/visit history, and much more, can be accessed by
that personal touch is challenging.
                                                         approved staff instantly – a hugely powerful digital tool
Personal service for everyone                            for assisting personal service.

Imagine arm your staff with relevant information so
they can make each customer feel welcome and
special, such as the customer’s name, how often
they visit, when their last visit was and what their
normal drinks/preferences

Just enough to say “Welcome back Mike, good to
see you again. I see you’re drinking your usual –
plenty more behind the bar when you’re ready f
or another”.

EMPOWER STAFF TO PROVIDE A PERSONAL
TOUCH, WHATEVER THEIR EXPERIENCE

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RULES OF
                                                            ENGAGEMENT
                                                     The most important thing is to keep it simple

                                                     The mobile application has to be easy for both
                                                     consumers and staff alike to ensure adoption.

                                                     It’s all about the customer experience
                                                     Easy to access, easy to navigate, easy to order what
                                                     you want, easy to pay.

                                                     Achieving this means having expertise in designing
                                                     solutions around the customer experience.
                                                                                                              91%
                                                                                                            THINK SERVESAFELY
                                                     Apart from being intuitive and simple, we have long     IS EASY OR VERY
                                                     believed that being easy to use means a Web App           EASY TO USE
                                                     (QR code) based solution.

                                                     Easy for customers, easy for staff

                                                                                                              71%
                                                     And consumers overwhelmingly agree. No hassle to
                                                     download an app, no cluttering your smartphone,
                                                     no searching for the right one, no account sign up
                                                     or login.
                                                                                                             THINK QR CODES
                                                     Happy customers means happy staff. And along             ARE EASIER TO
                                                     with Crave’s proven reliability and back of house
                                                     options, the whole process is seamless and              USE THAN APPS
                                                     efficient for staff too.

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PLAYING THE
               LOYALTY CARD
Loyalty schemes are highly desired by customers and it’s data
insights that will help businesses use them to best effect

Crave’s survey results illustrate the                 WOULD YOU BE IN FAVOUR OF A LOYALTY
opportunity to employ schemes that reward             SCHEME THAT REWARDED YOU WITH POINTS
customer loyalty and influence buying                 THAT YOU COULD REDEEM IN VENUE?
behaviour. However, with only 36% of venues
offering a loyalty scheme (CGA, January 2021),
this opportunity remains largely unmet.
                                                                              10%
Mobile ordering enables digital                                90%
loyalty schemes
A mobile ordering platform can facilitate the
use of a digital loyalty scheme – either an
existing 3rd party system or one built into the       WOULD YOU BE TEMPTED TO TRY NEW
platform – easily administered through one            FOOD OR DRINK ITEMS IF THEY EARNED
user interface.                                       YOU EXTRA LOYALTY POINTS?
Personal insights improve effectiveness
Customer insights allow businesses to provide                                                “AT CRAVE, WE BELIEVE LOYALTY
personalised rewards and incentivise purchase
of high margin items. Together with using data
                                                              79%                             CAN BE OPTMISED THROUGH
to measure and optimise the earning and                                                        INDIVIDUAL DATA INSIGHTS”
redemption of points, the scheme’s                                              21%
effectiveness can be maximised.
                                                              YES                NO

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HONEST AND OPEN
                                                              FOOD RATINGS
                                                                It’s been proven that ratings and reviews influence >80% of
                                                                buying decisions. Venue reviews are popular, but what about
                                                                ratings of individual dishes and drinks? We thought we’d ask.

                                                                 WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN    IN OUR 2021 SURVEY, 78% SAID THEY
                                                                 SEEING GENUINE RATINGS AND    WOULD LIKE TO VIEW HONEST FOOD
                                                             REVIEWS FROM OTHER CUSTOMERS      AND DRINK RATINGS AND 74% SAID
                                                                     OF FOOD OR DRINK ITEMS?
                                                                                               THEY WOULD BE LIKELY TO TRY ITEMS
                                                                                               HIGHLY RATED BY OTHERS
                                                                                               People love to share their experiences and
    “AT CRAVE, WE BELIEVE                                                                      opinions, and their choices are heavily
                                                                               22%
  INTEGRATED RATINGS WILL                                     78%                              influenced by trusted rating and reviews. In
                                                                                               many fields it has been proven that good
   BECOME A KEY ASPECT OF                                                                      ratings increase sales.

INTELLIGENT MOBILE SERVICE”                                                                    Food and drink ratings have three key
                                                                                               benefits:
                                                     WOULD YOU BE INCLINED TO CHOOSE FOOD
                                                                                               • They provide operators with genuine

            78%
       WOULD LIKE TO VIEW
                                                     OR DRINK ITEMS HIGHLY RATED BY OTHER
                                                     CUSTOMERS?
                                                                                                 feedback so menus can be improved
                                                                                               • They are highly appreciated by customers
                                                                                                 who will buy more of your best menu items
                                                                                               • They can Improve personalisation of
     FOOD AND DRINK RATINGS                                                                      recommendations based on what others
                                                                                                 with similar opinions also liked.

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ASK
THE AUDIENCE
To understand your customers better, invite them to tell
you about themselves, their preferences and experiences.

Ask for preferences                               Survey them
Just as we do with news and video websites,       Quick surveys can be a fantastic way of
Intelligent Mobile Service solutions can ask      gaining quantitative data on particular
customers to volunteer their preferences.         aspects of the offering or service to both
This helps build the customer profile and         understand attitudes and also serve as a
improve the relevance of personalised             continuous improvement tool for operators,
menus, recommendations and offers.                always striving to get things right first time.

Request feedback                                  Crave has long experience of building
                                                  customer feedback and survey tools into our
Feedback is a highly effective means of
                                                  solutions. They can be integrated directly
gathering qualitative insight into the
                                                  into the solution for real time customer
customer experience either at, or soon after,
                                                  engagement during the visit and they can
the customer’s visit.
                                                  form part of the CRM strategy for post-visit      “SIMPLE SURVEYS AND ASKING
                                                  email communications.
It can be a valuable tactic to enable “service
recovery” - the opportunity to address a
                                                                                                    CUSTOMERS WHAT THEY WANT
poor customer experience. This not only                                                                ARE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE IN
improves the end result for the customer but
can also prevent negative reviews.                                                                      GENERATING VALUABLE
                                                                                                       BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE.”

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THE IMPORTANCE OF EMAIL
 HOW CONSUMERS WANT TO RECEIVE
                                                             MAXIMISE
    PROMOTIONAL MESSAGES
                                                     MARKETING
EMAIL OPEN RATE ACROSS INDUSTRIES
                                                         OPT-INS
                                                     Persuading customers to allow you to market to
                                                     them via email or push message allows you to
                                                     extend the personal relationship after their visit
                         Source: OptinMonster
                                                     There’s real value to opt-ins                  Maximise opt-ins with best practice
                                                     Consumers prefer to receive promotional        At Crave, we use best practice methods that
                                                     messages via email or push message and         can achieve a user opt-in rate of >50%. We
                                                     open/engagement rates are high.                can advise on:-
                                                     But hospitality businesses face two            • How best to structure the opt-in request
                                                     challenges: how to collect accurate email      • How to word the request
                                                     addresses and phone numbers with GDPR
                                                                                                    • How to incentivise opt-ins
                                                     compliant marketing permissions and how
                                                     to segment and target customers with           Use personal insights to build
                                                     promotions relevant to them as individuals?
                                                                                                    relationship
                                                     Accurate contact details                       High levels of accurate opt-ins, combined
                                                     Email addresses and phone numbers are          with personal insights gained via system
                                                     collected as part of the checkout process to   interaction, means marketing programs and
                                                     send confirmations and updates which           CRM systems can be driven by much richer
                                                     means contact details are >97% accurate.       and more valuable datasets than ever before
                                                                                                    to build long term customer relationships at
                                                     These can only be used for marketing           a personal level.
                                                     purposes if the users opt-in to give you
                                                     permission to use their details.

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DATA:
        THE GREAT ENABLER
Data is the common thread that underpins the Intelligent Mobile
Service concept to deliver brilliant service and increased profits

As with an online ecommerce business, the       Digital service and data should not be used
data that can be generated from mobile          to create a barrier between staff and
ordering interactions with customers can        customers, quite the contrary.
be huge and disparate.
                                                Crave has squared that circle with an
HI as important as AI                           innovative approach to make the personal
                                                touch possible, whatever the venue or
But it’s knowing how to use it that’s key.
                                                experience level
That’s where human intelligence must
always come in. Understanding when and          Partnership approach
where to apply data analytics, how to
derive actionable insights and how they         To deliver the vision of the next generation
should be used to optimise the customer         of mobile ordering solutions requires
experience and maximise profits.                experience and a collaborative, partnership
                                                based approach between operators and
Blending personal and digital service           technology solution providers to
                                                intelligently harness the power of data in a
Of critical importance is starting from the
                                                way that is compatible with the culture,
point of wanting data and digital services
to work seamlessly to enhance the
                                                service ethos and strategy of the business.     DATA ENABLES MENU
customer experience in all areas including                                                        OPTIMISATION,
the personal service that is central to the
hospitality ethos.                                                                             PERSONALISATION AND
                                                                                                   ENGAGEMENT

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THE WHOLE IS GREATER THAN
                                                                          THE SUM OF PARTS
                                                     Every hospitality business strives to attract new customers, increase
                                                     visit frequency and spend per head and control costs whilst also
                                                     delivering a great service that drives customer experience, engagement
                                                     and loyalty.
                                                     Until now, the tools available to operators to
                                                     achieve these goals have been limited.

                                                     The advent of an Intelligent Mobile Service
                                                     solution in the hands of customers creates
                                                     unprecedented opportunities to achieve
                                                     these elusive and often conflicting objectives.

                                                     Taken alone, each of the four components
                                                     that elevate a simple mobile order and pay
                                                     system to an Intelligent Mobile Service
                                                     solution provides significant value.

                                                     But it’s the interplay between them where
                                                     the magic happens. Adopting elements of
                                                     each is what will ultimately maximise profit
                                                     for operators and delight customers.

                                                     THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OPERATORS WILL EMBRACE
                                                     INTELLIGENT MOBILE SERVICE & EVERYTHING IT CAN OFFER

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                                                                                                  FROM INTELLIGENT
Crave is on a mission to deliver the Intelligent Mobile Service vision                             MOBILE SERVICE
and our 12 years of experience means we can help hospitality
businesses embark on this journey to combine digital and human
intelligence to deliver brilliant service and increase profits
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Proven capabilities are required                skilled and responsive Customer Success         info@crave-emenu.com
                                                team to deliver and support the agreed
Of course, having data is one thing but
                                                implementation.
knowing what to do with it is what matters.
Expertise in the areas of data analytics and    Crave can help
menu engineering are key to be able to
extract and apply the insights to deliver       We have set out an exciting vision for the
results.                                        future of mobile services in hospitality
                                                venues. But the devil is in the detail and we
Knowing how to bring technologies               recognise that clients may need help with
together to create a complete solution is       evaluating and implementing them.
an essential capability. This includes
integrations to 3rd party systems such as       Crave services clients large and small so If
ePoS, CRM, survey and loyalty systems to        you believe that your business would
harness the power of specific best-in-class     benefit from greater use of personalisation,
applications and work with operators’           data intelligence, menu optimisation and
existing technology stacks.                     engagement to help deliver brilliant service
                                                and increase profits, get in touch with us
The approach requires a consultative            today to discuss the opportunities in more
professional services capability to work with   detail and explore what would work best
customers and demands a highly                  for your particular business.

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creating outstanding digital
service solutions for hospitality
businesses worldwide.
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Crave is headquartered in the UK with           Local: +1 (702) 608-7270
offices across the world and is part of the
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