What is restaurant business intelligence?
Restaurant business intelligence is the use of guest, check, operational and commercial data to inform decisions across locations, menu, marketing and strategy. The verified guest signals layer is the missing piece for most operators: anonymous ratings captured from real paying guests at the moment of payment, linked to every check. TruRating delivers this layer, pre-joined to items, daypart, location, LTO and loyalty status, so restaurant operators can see which moments actually drive frequency, ticket size and repeat visits.
How is TruRating different from a CX platform like Medallia or Qualtrics?
CX platforms like Medallia and Qualtrics rely on longer surveys sent after the visit, including receipt-based surveys with low response rates. TruRating captures one anonymous rating at checkout from 84% of guests, linked directly to the check. You get a representative view of the guest experience with the commercial context, items, daypart, location, LTO and loyalty status, that you need to act on it.
What's a good response rate for restaurant guest feedback?
Receipt-based and email-based guest feedback surveys typically achieve under 1% response. TruRating achieves 84% participation because the question is asked on the payment terminal itself, anonymously, with a single keypress. No email, no QR code, no app. That's around 80× the response rate of CX receipt-based surveys, and it's the difference between a self-selecting minority and a representative view of your paying guests.
What is the 84% participation rate, and how is it possible?
84% of customers respond to TruRating's single anonymous question at checkout. The high rate comes from the placement (on the payment terminal) and the format (one question, one keypress). The interaction is patented globally, granted and pending across key markets.
How does TruRating work across different restaurant formats?
TruRating works wherever a guest pays. In QSR and fast-casual the question appears on the counter-service payment terminal. In drive-thru it appears on the lane terminal as the guest pays. In full-service it appears on the table-side or counter terminal at check settlement. In coffee and convenience it sits in-flow at the point of sale. The same anonymous, one-keypress mechanic applies in every format, and every response is linked to the check, the shift, the location and the LTO, so operators can compare experience and commercial performance like-for-like across formats.
Can TruRating data support AI systems?
Yes. TruRating's data platform exposes pre-joined, validated, transaction-linked guest signals via Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, REST APIs, and Delta Lake exports. Plug into any data stack, including Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, and the major restaurant-vertical platforms.