The Bottom Line

National Statistics report: "65% of people won't leave a message for a reservation, and the average reservation is made for 3 people."

If you are receiving just 5 messages per day, that means 8 people called who chose not to leave a message.  If the average reservation is made for 3 people then you effectively missed out on 24 potential customers.  If your average check per head is $35, then your restaurant is missing out on almost $840 per day, totaling $300,720 per year!

          # of Calls missed      Potential Customers       Daily Loss      Yearly Loss

5 messages             8                            24                   $840             $300,720

10 messages          15                           45                   $1575           $563,850

20 messages         30                           90                   $3150           $1,127,700

*figures based on above statistics, whereas the average check per head equals $35 and the establishment is operating 358 days of the year.  All figures are rounded to the nearest whole amount.

How many messages do you have?