Owner guide · Guests and texts
Birthday offers that bring guests in
A birthday gift is the most welcome message a restaurant can send. It feels personal, and birthdays are often celebrated with a meal.
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Step by step
- Collect birthdays simply. Ask for month and day only, when guests join your list or order online.
- Pick a gift that costs little. A free dessert, drink or appetizer. Something that comes with a meal, not instead of one.
- Give a week to use it. Birthdays get busy. A week makes it easy to come.
- Send it on time. A short text a few days before or on the birthday, from the restaurant by name.
- Make the visit special. If they mention it, a candle or a song costs nothing and gets remembered.
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Example text
“Happy birthday from all of us at Golden Bowl! Your dessert is free this week. [link]”
EatFuti is in Des Moines, Iowa, and works with independent restaurants across the United States, most of all in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas and Texas.
How it works with EatFuti
- Run the free check. Three minutes, no sign-up. See your Google page, where your Order button goes and how your site does on a phone.
- Say yes. Send your photos and menu, or we take the menu from your POS or online. Online ordering is live 48 to 72 hours after signup.
- Your website goes up. Built for you from your photos, menu and reviews, right after ordering is live. You approve it before it goes up.
Questions owners ask
Should the birthday gift be free food or a discount?
Free food feels more like a gift. A small item is enough.
Do I need the year of birth?
No. Month and day are enough, and guests share them more easily.