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Restaurant Marketing

Full tables and direct orders — without the 30% tax.

Third-party delivery apps take up to 30% of every order while owning the customer relationship you paid to create. We market restaurants toward independence: Google Business Profile work that wins the “near me” searches deciding tonight's dinner, geo-fenced campaigns that reach office workers at 11:40am, direct-ordering funnels that shift volume off the apps, and event and catering lead generation for the high-margin revenue most restaurants never market. Since 2011, for independents, small groups, and concepts that refuse to rent their own customers.

Delivery-app order up to $12 — app commission $28 — what reaches you and the app keeps the customer data they market your regulars to competitors Direct order ~$40 — yours minus only payment processing and the customer relationship is yours WE SHIFT
The apps stay as a discovery channel — the goal is moving repeat customers to direct ordering, where you keep the margin and own the relationship. Every shifted order keeps paying, month after month.
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By the numbers: Restaurants with BeFoundly.

The principles our restaurant marketing engagements are built on — before a dollar of budget moves.

30%
What the apps take — we take it back
GBP
Managed like the asset it is
Daypart
Demand moved to where you need it
Direct
The relationship you own

Four leaks between the kitchen and the bank.

Food costs get audited monthly. These leaks rarely get audited at all.

01
The delivery-app tax
Up to 30% per order, plus the apps keep the customer data and market competitors to your own regulars. Every order shifted to direct channels is margin recovered and a relationship owned.
02
Neglected Google profile
Your Google Business Profile decides more covers than your website — photos, menu, hours, attributes, posts, Q&A, reviews. Most restaurants set it once and starve it. Competitors who feed theirs win the hungry searcher.
03
Empty weekday valleys
Friday fills itself. Tuesday doesn't. Dayparted campaigns, lunch geo-fencing around office clusters, and offer timing exist precisely to move demand into the slots that need it.
04
Unmarketed catering
Catering and private events carry the best margins in the building and get the least marketing attention. A single corporate catering account can outearn a month of delivery orders — and almost nobody is competing for the search.
How we grow restaurants

Independence-first, profit-weighted.

The Compound Growth Method, applied
The same weekly cycle behind every engagement
Audit build the full list Prioritize CRITICAL MED LOW by impact, surgically Fix this week critical first, always Measure REPEATS EVERY WEEK — THE GAINS COMPOUND

Restaurant marketing starts where restaurant decisions happen: Google. We treat your Business Profile as a primary product — continuous photo and menu management, attribute and hours hygiene, post cadence, review responses, and Q&A — because “best tacos near me” at 6:15pm is won or lost there. Local search ads layer on top for the high-intent moments, and geo-fenced campaigns reach defined audiences at decisive times: office buildings before lunch, hotels for visitor dinners, event venues for the after-show crowd.

The direct-ordering push runs through everything. Campaigns route to your own ordering system rather than the apps, supported by simple incentives that make direct the obvious choice, and email and SMS flows turn first-timers into regulars you can reach without paying rent. Catering and private-event lead generation completes the picture — search campaigns and landing pages for the highest-margin revenue you sell, in a category where most of your competitors aren't even bidding.

Google Business Profile management as a product
Geo-fenced lunch & dinner-decision campaigns
Direct-ordering funnels off the delivery apps
Catering & private-event lead generation
Dayparted offers for weekday valleys
Email & SMS regular-building flows
Review response & reputation systems
Menu & photo optimization for search surfaces

Restaurant marketing, answered.

Can we really reduce dependence on DoorDash and Uber Eats?
Yes — gradually and profitably. The apps stay as a discovery channel; the goal is converting repeat customers to direct ordering where you keep the margin and the relationship. That takes a frictionless ordering experience on your own site, campaigns and in-bag inserts that route regulars there, and a small direct-order incentive that still costs far less than 30%. Restaurants typically see meaningful volume shift within a quarter, and every shifted order keeps paying.
Why does Google Business Profile matter more than my website?
Because that's where the decision happens. A hungry searcher sees your profile — photos, rating, price level, hours, menu highlights — and chooses before ever tapping through to a website. Profiles with fresh photos, active posts, complete attributes, and responsive review management consistently outperform neglected ones in both ranking and conversion. We manage it weekly because it behaves like what it is: your most-viewed marketing asset.
How does geo-fencing work for restaurants?
We draw virtual perimeters around the places your next customers physically are — office parks before lunch, hotels at dinner-decision time, the arena on event nights, even competitor restaurants — and serve ads to mobile devices inside them. Precision runs to about 100 meters, and timing is the weapon: an ad for your lunch special hitting an office worker's phone at 11:40am does work a billboard never will.
Can you fill slow weeknights?
Usually, with the honest caveat that marketing moves demand more easily than it manufactures it. Dayparted campaigns promoting Tuesday-specific offers, geo-fenced targeting of nearby audiences, event programming amplified to your email and SMS lists, and catering pushes that book private-room revenue all shift covers into the valleys. The restaurants that win weeknights give people a reason plus a reminder — we systematize the reminder.
What does restaurant marketing cost?
Our Starter package is $799/month, covering ad management up to $1,000/month in spend plus the Google Business Profile management, website, and local SEO most restaurants need before anything else. For a single location, that combination typically outperforms double the budget pointed at boosted posts. Groups and multi-location concepts are quoted on scope — never a percentage of spend.
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