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Get Stuffed with Our New Filet and Crab-Stuffed Lobster



Join us through March 31st and enjoy a 9 oz Filet Mignon paired with Half of a 1 1/4 lb Crab-Stuffed Nova Scotia Lobster and served with an accompaniment of tender, young asparagus - prepared to Palm Perfection for just $47.95 per person. Reserve today!

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R&I - 10 Min Manager`s Guide to Customer Feedback
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R&I - 10 Min Manager`s Guide to Customer Feedback
by Lisa Bertagnoli, featured in Exerpt from Restaurants & Institutions on August 1, 2004
 


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The Ten-Minute Manager`s Guide To... Customer Feedback

The woman staring at her salad. That couple toying with dessert or the senior guest who sends back a plate that`s barely been touched. Whatever are such customers thinking?

 

Inquiring operators want to know, and they find out via written comment cards, high-tech in-house surveys, e-mail questionnaires and the old-fashioned waystopping by the table and asking.

 

It`s a two-step process, this business of "touching" the customer. Step one, gathering comments, tells guests you`re interested in what they have to say. Step two, turning diner comments into store-level changes, shows customers that an operation is serious about keeping their business.

 

Marketing Maneuvers

 

Palm Restaurant uses the 87,888 members of 837 Club, the chain`s frequent-diner program, to get feedback on menu and service.


More specifically, the 29-unit steakhouse chain uses 837 Club members to help it more effectively spend its $6 million marketing budget, says Fred Thimm, president of Washington, D.C.-based Palm Management Corp. "We have altered our marketing strategy as a result of customer behavior we measured through the club," Thimm says.

 

For instance, Palm used to give its entire mailing list gift certificates for a 3-pound lobster to be used during the member`s birthday month. Thanks to a survey, the chain found that members were joining just for the free lobster.