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Pros Of Offering Food Delivery Service At Your Restaurant

17 January 2017

Lois Young

If you want to gain more customers at your restaurant and enjoy greater end-of-day profits, then you may want to consider adding food delivery to your services. There are many benefits to offering this kind of service. Here are just a few of them to help you make this important decision for your restaurant.

Greater customer base

Customers who want to enjoy a prepared meal they didn't cook themselves without leaving their homes will limit their restaurant options to those that offer delivery services. This means they will often order pizza or other kind of take-out simply due to the associated restaurant's willingness to deliver. Common delivery clients include:

• college students
• the elderly
• parents with young children

You can increase your customer base by adding a delivery service for some or all of your menu items, especially if no other restaurant serving your style of food is doing the same. In giving customers the convenience of being able to have their meals brought to them, you can enjoy a diner loyalty you may not have otherwise had with certain demographics in your area. Consider offering nearby businesses a discount on their meals if they continuously use your delivery service to feed their employees during lunch hours, which can yield you reliable profits as these types of orders are often large and come regularly.

Stand out service

Your restaurant may already be known for its friendly staff, signature dishes, convenient location, or hours of operation. This is something other eateries in your area can claim as well and may not be enough to gain customer loyalty. Not all restaurants offer delivery, however, and this service can help you stand out among your competitors, especially if you are not the only establishment that offers your style of food. On days where most people would not consider going out to eat, such as on holidays or during foul weather, your delivery service can still allow you to profit from diners even if your restaurant itself stays mostly empty.

You can add a convenience charge to all customer orders to help offset the cost of a delivery vehicle and paying of your employees to bring food to patrons. If you do not want to take on the costs of personally delivering meals, you can outsource the work to an independent food delivery driver who takes a small commission for each delivery they make. Choosing this option allows you to operate business as usual while still having someone to bring food to customers not wanting to leave their homes.

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