For the third year in a row, Tillster partnered with research firm SSI to survey 2,000 QSR and Fast Casual customers on their delivery preferences and past experiences. The Tillster Delivery Index reveals these findings to help restaurants craft their delivery strategy.
McAlister's Deli Wins Customer Engagement Innovator Award
Tillster is proud to announce that our client, McAlister’s Deli, won the 2018 MURTEC Breakthrough Award in the category of Customer Engagement Innovator. Breakthrough Awards are presented to select restaurant companies that have demonstrated outstanding vision and achievement in operational and guest-facing technologies.
How To Determine if Your Kiosk Program Will Be A Success
Despite all the evidence in favor of kiosks, many restaurant operators struggle with an important question: Is the investment worth it? We recommend taking a look at the factors below to determine if your restaurant is a good candidate for kiosks. Drawing certain expectations should help you determine your anticipated ROI…
Criteria for Selecting the Right Restaurant Kiosk Provider
Kiosks increase check size and throughput while saving customers and maximizing efficiency, but it’s important to choose the right partner to ensure program success. Selecting the ideal kiosk provider is actually a key component in determining whether your program thrives or fails. To help with the selection process, take a look at our list of criteria to apply when choosing a kiosk provider…
Are Kiosks Right For Your Restaurant Brand?
The global kiosk market is growing at an unprecedented rate, and is showing no signs of slowing. By 2024, it is expected to reach $30.8 billion, with a significant portion of that coming from food & beverage kiosks*. Consumers love them too. In fact, Tillster's Self-Service Kiosk Index found that 60% of QSR & Fast Casual customers would visit a restaurant more if self-service kiosks were offered.**
Tillster Named QSR Ordering Leader in Grid Decision Q2 Hospitality Technology Leaderboard
How Digital Coupons and Rewards Drive Customer Visits
Tillster Named Quick-Service Ordering Leader in Grid Decision Hospitality Digital Leaderboard
Tillster is thrilled to announce that we are named a leader across several categories in the 2018 Q1 Grid Decision Hospitality Digital Leaderboard report. Grid Decision is an independent technology vendor market research firm, whose market reports are focused on hospitality technology serving the quick-service, table-service, fast casual and pizza markets.
How Delivery Drives Orders and Builds Loyalty
Self-Service Kiosk Index
It’s no surprise that long lines drive customers away – especially those in a hurry. But you might be alarmed to learn that even shorter lines can cause customers to walk out the door of their favorite restaurants. At what line length do restaurants risk repelling potential guests? Can kiosks help save them? And how do consumers feel about kiosks? Tillster’s Self-Service Kiosk Index answers those – and many other – important questions...
Online and Mobile Ordering Index
For the second year in a row, Tillster partnered with esteemed research firm, SSI, to survey 2,000 restaurant customers on how online and mobile ordering impacts guest behavior. The Tillster Online and Mobile Ordering Index summarizes the proprietary study's key findings as it relates to digital ordering, including...
Tillster CMO Hope Neiman To Present At MURTEC Executive Summit
Next week, top executives in the restaurant industry will gather at the first-ever MURTEC Executive Summit. Tillster is thrilled to announce that our CMO Hope Neiman will be leading one of the Innovation Lab Sessions - Don't Just Check the Box: Really Use Digital to Expand Your Business, on Monday, November 6th.
Visit us at FSTEC!
Next week, over 1,000 restaurant leaders will gather at FSTEC - the event "where food and technology meet." The show focuses on emerging trends in technology for multi-unit restaurants. Tillster is proud to be a repeat sponsor at FSTEC, and we'll be showcasing our online ordering, delivery, and customer engagement solutions at Booth #316.
5 Reasons To Offer Digital Coupons
Let's face it - consumers have always loved a good deal. In fact, nearly 80% of guests say they'd choose a restaurant if it offered a coupon.* But today's consumers aren't necessarily clipping coupons, or rummaging through a coupon drawer before choosing a restaurant.** Demand for convenience coupled with widespread adoption of smartphones has led to a seismic shift away from paper and towards digital coupons...
Is your restaurant a leader or laggard?
Last month at Restaurant Leadership Conference, the industry's brightest and most influential leaders gathered to network and gain valuable insights. Not surprisingly, a huge focus of the breakout sessions, and the conference in general was restaurant technology. But which technologies are the strongest drivers of sales, and which are just nice-to-haves?
Check us out at RLC!
If you're an executive in the restaurant industry, there's a good chance you've heard of Restaurant Leadership Conference (RLC). As a repeat sponsor at RLC, we'll be showcasing our solutions at Booth #129. In addition to being a sponsor, Tillster is thrilled to announce that our CMO Hope Neiman will be speaking at the conference's Innovation Forum on 4/11 at 12:30PM...
5 Questions To Ask When Choosing an Online & Mobile Ordering Solution
Most restaurants know that offering online and mobile ordering is important to their success. Not only do more than half of restaurant goers order food online*, they tend to spend 20% more when they do**. But not all ordering solutions are equal. If the wrong online ordering system is chosen, it can actually cause more headaches than it’s worth...
The Major Benefit of Loyalty Programs You've Probably Overlooked
"Get 10 hole punches, get a free item." To restaurants with a loyalty program, that phrase should sound pretty familiar. Until recently, it was the loyalty model of choice. But as technology has started to dominate the restaurant industry, many have been looking to do away with the paper punch card, and adopt a digital program. Moving to digital has many benefits, but one of the largest, and most frequently overlooked one is...
How to Keep Push Notifications From Being Pushy
Push notifications are one of the most seductive communication tools in a marketer's toolbox. They enable you to reach the majority of your app users, with nearly 98% of messages being read. And restaurant app users who receive a push notification have a 20% higher retention rate than those who don't receive them.* It's easy to see how push can become addictive. But this is where the danger lies...
2016: The Year of Online Ordering
For years I've dreaded Black Friday. Long lines, crazed shoppers, and crowded malls make me want to hunker down at home with leftover turkey and wait for the chaos to subside. But this year offered a glimmer of hope. There was a dramatic shift in Black Friday purchases, as retailers garnered a record $3 billion in online Black Friday sales - 21.6% more than in 2015.* But how does online ordering help restaurants?