Stop Wasting Time on Low-Quality Leads Prioritize the Delivery Partners That Actually Drive Orders
Imagine scoring leads in real-time so your sales team focuses on partnerships that boost revenue by 30% or more, without the guesswork of chasing flaky catering inquiries.
Join 250+ food service businesses with streamlined lead prioritization
The "Lead Overload" Problem
Flood of Unqualified Catering Inquiries from Small Events Clogging Your Inbox, Leading to Overloaded Prep Schedules
Struggling to Identify High-Volume Delivery App Partners Like DoorDash or Uber Eats That Match Your Kitchen Capacity
Wasted Hours Chasing Leads That Don't Scale Your Operations
Inconsistent Lead Quality During Peak Delivery Seasons, Causing Inventory Shortages and Missed Plating Windows
Manual Sorting of B2B Inquiries from Food Service Suppliers Like Produce Vendors or Equipment Providers
Missing Out on Repeat Corporate Catering Opportunities for Office Lunches or Team-Building Buffets
Custom-Built Lead Scoring That Fits Your Ghost Kitchen Workflow
We've powered lead systems for over 50 food service operations, turning chaotic inquiries into predictable revenue streams.
Why Choose Us
Here's the thing: ghost kitchens don't need another off-the-shelf tool that forces you into rigid categories. We build a tailored AI lead scoring system from the ground up, trained on your specific data like past order volumes, delivery zone overlaps, and customer feedback patterns. It's flexible, integrating seamlessly with your POS and CRM to score leads in real-time. No more sifting through emails about one-off pop-ups—focus on partners that align with your menu strengths and capacity. Let's be honest, your workflow is unique, from handling surge pricing to coordinating with multiple apps. Our solution adapts to that, ensuring every lead is evaluated against what matters most to your operation.
What Makes Us Different:
Unlock Efficiency Tailored to Your Kitchen's Rhythm
Boost Close Rates on High-Potential Partnerships
Boost Close Rates on High-Potential Partnerships: Picture this: instead of chasing every lead, your team zeroes in on those with a 70%+ conversion likelihood, like a major office catering contract for weekly panini platters that could add 200 orders per week. We've seen ghost kitchens increase deal closures by 40% in just the first quarter, turning sporadic inquiries into steady revenue streams.
Streamline Operations During Busy Delivery Hours
Streamline Operations During Busy Delivery Hours: No more pausing pan prep or sauce assembly to vet leads manually. Our system flags top scorers automatically, freeing your staff to handle the rush. One client cut lead review time from 5 hours a day to under 30 minutes, keeping their kitchen humming without burnout and maintaining on-time dispatch rates above 95%.
Scale Revenue Without Expanding Headcount
Scale Revenue Without Expanding Headcount: You're probably thinking, 'How do I grow without hiring more line cooks?' Our custom scoring predicts which leads will drive repeat business, like ongoing meal prep kits for local gyms with customizable protein portions. This has helped operations add $150K in annual revenue by prioritizing scalable opportunities over one-off pop-up events.
What Clients Say
"Before AIQ Labs, we were drowning in leads from event planners who never followed through—wasted two full days a week just sorting emails about small cocktail parties. Their custom scoring system now ranks everything by our 10-mile delivery radius and menu match for boxed lunches, and we've landed three steady corporate clients in the last four months, adding about 150 sandwich orders weekly without extra staff."
Maria Gonzalez
Operations Manager, Urban Eats Ghost Kitchen, Chicago
"As a ghost kitchen specializing in vegan bowls, generic tools missed the mark on scoring plant-based catering leads for wellness retreats. AIQ built ours to factor in dietary trends like gluten-free options and past order data from bulk acai assemblies. It's night and day—our sales outreach is now laser-focused, and we closed a partnership with a fitness chain that bumped our monthly revenue by 25% in three months through 300 weekly bowl deliveries."
Raj Patel
Founder and Head Chef, Green Bowl Collective, Los Angeles
"Peak seasons were chaos with unqualified app integrations flooding in for low-volume sushi rolls. The AIQ lead scorer we got custom-built analyzes integration feasibility with our POS system and volume potential for high-demand items like bento boxes upfront. Last holiday rush, it helped us prioritize two key DoorDash expansions, cutting down on failed pilots and stabilizing our output at 500 plated meals a day without overtime spikes."
Lisa Chen
Business Development Manager, NightShift Kitchens, New York
Simple 3-Step Process
Discovery and Data Mapping
We dive into your ghost kitchen's lead history, from catering RFPs to delivery partnerships, mapping out what defines a winner for your setup. This ensures the AI understands your unique flow, like prioritizing high-margin meal prep over sporadic events.
Custom Model Development
Our engineers build and train the AI model using your data, incorporating factors such as order forecast accuracy and zone compatibility. It's all coded to flex with your operational tweaks, delivering scores right into your dashboard.
Integration and Launch
We wire it into your existing systems for seamless, real-time action—think instant alerts for hot leads during dinner rush. Then, we train your team and monitor performance, refining as your menu or capacity evolves.
Why We're Different
What's Included
Common Questions
How does lead scoring specifically help a ghost kitchen like mine?
In the fast-paced world of ghost kitchens, leads come from everywhere—catering apps, delivery platforms, even direct supplier outreach. Our custom system scores them based on your realities, like how well a partner's locations match your delivery zones or if their order volume fits your production line without overtime chaos. For instance, it might flag a gym chain inquiry as high-score if past data shows repeat meal prep deals averaging 300 units weekly. This isn't generic; we train it on your POS data and feedback loops, helping you ignore low-potential noise and chase deals that actually fill your schedule. Clients see a 35% uptick in qualified pursuits within the first month, streamlining your sales without adding headcount. It's all about making your operations smoother, from prep to payout.
What data do you need to build the custom lead scoring model?
We start simple: your existing lead logs, like emails or CRM entries from the past 6-12 months, plus basics on successful deals—think order volumes, client types (e.g., corporate vs. events), and drop-off reasons. For ghost kitchens, we pull in specifics like menu category matches or delivery radius data from your apps. No need for perfect records; we handle messy data with AI cleaning. Once mapped, we anonymize everything for privacy, then train the model to spot patterns, such as leads from food trucks that convert 50% faster than random walk-ins. The whole setup takes 2-4 weeks, and we guide you through it to ensure it captures your workflow quirks, like surge handling during lunch rushes.
How is this different from using a standard CRM's lead scoring?
Standard CRMs offer basic scoring, like points for email opens, but they don't get ghost kitchen nuances—things like predicting if a catering lead will require custom packaging that strains your line or aligns with off-peak slots. Our custom build digs deeper, using AI to analyze unstructured data from inquiries (e.g., 'need 200 vegan meals weekly') against your historical wins. It's flexible too; if you pivot to late-night snacks, we retrain it overnight. One operator ditched their CRM add-on after our system boosted their hit rate from 20% to 55%, because it integrates directly with their inventory forecasts, avoiding the one-size-fits-all limits that leave food ops chasing ghosts.
Can the system integrate with my existing delivery and POS tools?
Absolutely—integration is our specialty. We connect seamlessly with platforms like DoorDash, Uber Eats, or Toast POS, pulling in real-time data like zone overlaps or past order patterns to enrich scores. For example, a lead from a new app partnership gets scored higher if it matches your high-performing areas. It's two-way too: high-score leads can auto-populate in your CRM with prep notes. We've done this for kitchens using multiple systems, creating a single view without manual entry. Setup is quick, usually 1-2 weeks, and we ensure it's robust—no downtime during your busiest shifts. This unified approach cuts errors by 40%, letting you focus on cooking, not copy-pasting.
What kind of results can I expect in the first few months?
Right out of the gate, you'll see cleaner pipelines—fewer junk leads clogging your queue, with scores guiding your team to 2-3x more conversions on pursuits. For ghost kitchens, this often means landing partnerships that add 20-50% to monthly orders, like a steady stream from office buildings. In the first month, expect 25-30% time savings on lead vetting; by quarter two, revenue lifts from prioritized deals, as one client hit $80K extra from scored catering gigs. We track metrics like score-to-close ratio and refine iteratively. It's not magic, but tailored to your data, it delivers steady wins, scaling as your operations grow without the usual growing pains.
Is this lead scoring system scalable as my ghost kitchen expands?
Yes, we design it to grow with you—from handling 200 daily orders to 2,000 as you add locations or menus. The AI model scales via cloud architecture, processing more data without slowdowns, and we build in modularity for new integrations, like voice agents for lead intake. If you expand to multiple ghost sites, it adapts scoring per kitchen's capacity, preventing overload. Our clients have doubled output post-implementation without retooling, because it's owned code, not a capped subscription. We include quarterly reviews to tweak for changes, ensuring it supports efficiency even as you hit $5M+ revenue, keeping your edge in a competitive delivery market.
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