Operational Training using Customer Feedback

Case Study #9 - Fine Dining Restaurant Chain

The Challenge:
Our client was unaware of multiple poor practices being employed by restaurant wait staff.

The Client:
Fine Dining Restaurant Chain.

Situation:
Individual service lapses were occurring. Management wanted a way to measure and monitor employee service delivery and to involve the customer in constructing better service.

Examples from verbatim voice customer recordings at the time of service:

"There were no clams in my clam chowder."
(Training issue on dipping ladle to bottom of tureen)

"Your server did not know the menu offerings and never filled my water glass."

"Could you include more vegetarian or low-carb offerings?"
Action:
  1. Mindshare's automated survey technology was installed to allow our client to get immediate daily input from their customers. The point-of-sale receipt for each meal included a printed offer to call a toll-free number or visit a website and receive an incentive. Customers called the number, answered a few questions via the telephone keypad, and received a redemption code good for their next visit.
  2. In addition to the quantitative response, each customer can also leave a verbatim voice recording of their feelings about the service received.
  3. "Alert" reports are triggered immediately to management when customers give negative responses.
  4. Management is able to use quantitative survey responses AND have wait staff listen to the CUSTOMER'S OWN recorded voice to train them on appropriate practices.
  5. Customers who give permission for a return call about the incident are called immediately.
Results:
Our client was able to make immediate changes to poor operational practices and was able to effect immediate service-lapse recovery by contacting the affected customers. In essence, we have transformed our client's customers into performance coaches for front-line staff. Profits and customer retention are increasing.

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About Mindshare Technologies
Mindshare helps companies improve operational excellence, foster consumer satisfaction, build customer loyalty, and support employee retention.  Our industry experts guide clients in building comprehensive Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM) solutions.  Mindshare's proprietary survey technology captures the voice of the customer in real-time and immediately transforms it into actionable intelligence through powerful and incisive reporting. As a hosted system, Mindshare is affordable and flexible, providing automated surveys and reports tailored to each client’s specific needs.  The reports are web-accessible 24/7 or by scheduled email delivery.  Mindshare serves more than 25 different industries including travel, hospitality, restaurant, financial, salon, automotive, and retail. Clients range from small regional chains to large multinational corporations. For information, visit www.mshare.net or contact us:
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