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Hospitality growth systems · Montréal

Growth systems for restaurants. Not marketing.

We install the full retention engine inside your restaurant — loyalty, CRM, reviews and monthly reporting — integrated into your daily operation. You see the numbers. Your customers come back.

Building recurring revenue for independent restaurants in Montréal.
Returning guests
CRM ↑ live
Google reviews
★ 4.8
Reporting
Monthly
Full plan live La Chilenita since 1991 Loyalty · CRM · LAFKEN OS reporting
The problem

You don't have a marketing problem. You have a systems problem.

Most independent restaurants have great product and real customers — but no structure to bring them back.

I don't know who my customers are

When a guest walks out, they're gone forever. No database, no way to reach them again.

I depend on new customers every day

I pay to attract people who visit once and never return. Unstable growth, unpredictable months.

My Google reviews are inconsistent

I know they matter, but I have no systematic way to generate them.

I paid an agency and saw no real results

Plenty of posts, plenty of likes — not one extra customer I could actually count.

My operation gets chaotic as it grows

No visibility on food cost, labour cost or waste. I'm guessing instead of deciding.

I don't have the time or team for this

I'm already running the floor. Building systems alone is impossible.

You're not missing marketing. You're missing a system.

The difference

An agency gets you a customer. We make sure they come back.

LAFKEN is not a marketing agency. We build the operational infrastructure that turns one-time visits into recurring revenue.

Typical marketing agency

Content. Likes. Promises.

  • ×Sells posts, followers and reach
  • ×Measures success in vanity metrics
  • ×Work lives on Instagram, not in your venue
  • ×Never touches your staff or your POS
  • ×If you stop paying, you're back to zero
LAFKEN

Systems. Data. Retention.

  • Installs loyalty, CRM, reviews and reporting
  • Measures returning guests and lifetime value
  • The system lives in your daily operation
  • Trains your team and integrates the POS flow
  • The customer database is yours — forever
The traditional model
01 Spend on ads 02 Get a customer 03 Lose the customer
The LAFKEN model
01 Get a customer 02 Retain them 03 Build the database 04 Grow lifetime value
What we build

A connected growth system — not isolated tactics.

Every piece feeds the next: loyalty feeds the CRM, the CRM feeds retention, retention feeds the reporting.

Loyalty systems

Digital Wallet cards, stamps and rewards that live in your customers' phones.

QR programs

Tables, counters and posters that enrol guests into the club in a single scan.

CRM & database

A customer asset you own — segmented, actionable and growing with every visit.

Reviews systems

A structured flow that turns happy guests into Google reviews — consistently.

Retention & automations

Reactivation campaigns and notifications that bring guests back with no manual effort.

Reporting & consulting

A monthly KPI report that justifies exactly what you invest — with growth recommendations.

LAFKEN OS

The operating system for your restaurant.

Beyond loyalty, LAFKEN OS turns your operation into data. Simple SOPs — filled in weekly — become a complete monthly report: P&L, food cost and a prioritized action plan.

  • Financial performance — revenue, costs, gross margin and prime cost.
  • Real food cost — calculated from your purchases, flagged when it drifts.
  • Profit & loss (P&L) — COGS, payroll, waste and production, line by line.
  • Prioritized action plan — concrete recommendations, not just numbers.
Full Operational Report · Confidential
Revenue
$9.2K
Total costs
$6.1K
Gross profit
$3.1K 34%
Food cost
42% High
Profit & loss
Revenue$9.2K
COGS$3.9K
Production$2.2K
Gross profit$3.1K
LAFKEN action plan
HighFood cost at 42% (target: 28–32%)

Per-dish recipe cards + weekly inventory count to recover margin.

MediumNo campaigns this period

Activate 2 emails/month + a 30-day reactivation campaign.

Excerpt from a real LAFKEN OS monthly report (sample figures).

LAFKEN
Benefits
2 avail.
Member
Thomas
Visits
12
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Digital loyalty

A loyalty club your customers keep — in their phone.

No app to download. No paper card to lose. A native Wallet card — living, notifying, and bringing guests back.

1

Guest scans the QR

On the table, at the counter or on the poster — a single scan.

2

They join the club

The card is added to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet in seconds.

3

They earn and return

Stamps, rewards and notifications bring them back — automatically.

4

You own the data

Every member feeds your database and your CRM.

Case study

A real system, live in Montréal.

Chilean family restaurant · full plan
La Chilenita Montréal · since 1991

A beloved Chilean institution — empanadas, completos, churrascos, alfajores — with a loyal community since 1991, but no system to turn that love into data.

The situation
  • No customer database
  • No loyalty program
  • Inconsistent Google reviews
  • Food cost unmeasured
The system installed
  • Digital loyalty club (6-stamp card)
  • In-venue “Join the Club” posters & QR
  • Database / CRM + menu redesign
  • LAFKEN OS: full monthly reporting
What's delivered
6★
Loyalty card live
P&L
Full monthly report
42%
Food cost flagged & targeted

Full plan active. Operational reporting delivered every month, with a prioritized action plan.

Work delivered
Loyalty system QR program CRM Posters & material Menu design LAFKEN OS reporting
Our approach

Built for owners who are done with promises.

No posts without a system. Every visual or content piece connects to customer capture, tracking, or reporting — never standalone.

01
Principle
Systems, not content

The system lives in your operation — not on Instagram. Your team is trained to run it daily, without depending on us.

02
Principle
Embedded, not external

Every month, a report justifies exactly what you pay. No vague update — real numbers and a prioritized action plan.

03
Principle
Reporting, not guesswork
Implementation

We never implement without owner alignment.

A documented 7-phase process. Method, not improvisation — that's what makes systems work.

01
Phase 1

Alignment

Goals, approvals and operational analysis with the owner.

02
Phase 2

System configuration

QR, Wallet, CRM and promotions configured for your venue.

03
Phase 3

Approvals

Nothing printed without your sign-off. Promotions and messages approved in advance.

04
Phase 4

Installation

QR placement, testing and integration into the operational flow.

05
Phase 5

Staff training

POS flow, scripts and guest interaction. The team knows before launch.

06
Phase 6

Launch

System activation and first customer engagement.

07
Phase 7

Optimization

Reporting, KPI tracking and growth recommendations — every month.

Branding & visual identity

Start with a strong foundation — then build the system.

Logo, visual identity, or brand manual, delivered once, no subscription. This is the simplest way to start working with LAFKEN — and the foundation the monthly growth system builds on next.

Logo Refresh
Modernize your existing logo without losing the recognition you've already built.
One-time · from $450 CAD
  • Logo review & refresh
  • Adjusted colour palette
  • Web & print-ready files
  • Full brand manual
Start this project
Brand Kit
A cohesive visual system: logo, colours, typography, and a usage guide.
One-time · from $1,200 CAD
  • Logo system (variations)
  • Colour palette & typography
  • Basic usage guide
  • Web & print-ready files
Start this project
Brand Kit Premium
Full visual identity, brand manual, and visual direction across every customer touchpoint.
One-time · from $2,800 CAD
  • Everything in Brand Kit
  • Full brand manual
  • Visual direction (menu, posters, social)
  • Handover & presentation
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Branding is the starting point. Every visual decision connects to the growth system — loyalty, CRM, reporting — that follows.

Pricing philosophy

The full system: loyalty, CRM, and reporting, every month.

A one-time setup to install and integrate the system, then a monthly subscription for management, optimization and reporting. Full plans start at $2,000 CAD/month. Every month you receive a report that justifies exactly what you pay — pricing always starts with a diagnostic.

Starter
Prove the value with the loyalty system, no monthly commitment.
One-time setup · quoted on diagnostic
  • Growth diagnostic
  • Loyalty + QR + Wallet
  • CRM & database
  • Monthly reporting
  • Operational SOPs
Get started
Growth
The full retention system, managed and measured every month.
Setup + monthly · quoted on diagnostic
  • Growth diagnostic
  • Loyalty + QR + Wallet
  • CRM & database
  • Reviews + retention + reporting
  • Operational SOPs
Talk about my venue
Partnership
Growth + the full LAFKEN OS: operations, costs and consulting.
Full plan · from $2,000 CAD/mo
  • Everything in Growth
  • Operational SOPs (LAFKEN OS)
  • Food cost · labour · waste
  • Executive reporting
  • Growth consulting
Request a proposal
Frequently asked

Everything an owner wants to know.

An agency sells content and likes. We install systems — loyalty, CRM, reviews, reporting — that live in your operation and that you own. We measure returning customers, not vanity metrics.

No. We install and integrate everything for you, and we train your team. You only need to approve things and show up to the diagnostic.

Yes, always. It's your most valuable asset. If we ever stop working together, you keep your database and your system.

It depends on your venue and the tier you choose (Starter, Growth or Partnership). That's why everything starts with a free diagnostic where we assess your needs before quoting a price.

Our 7-phase process — from alignment to optimization — typically runs over a few weeks, depending on your venue and tier.

Yes. We work with independent restaurants, neighbourhood and family kitchens, cafés, bars and nightlife across Montréal.

The Starter offer has no monthly commitment. Growth and Partnership work as monthly subscriptions — we discuss the terms together during the diagnostic, fully transparently.

Success is a collaboration: align and train your staff, approve materials and promotions, and keep the guest experience consistent. We build the system; you keep it alive in your operation.

Every month you receive a KPI report: QR scans, Wallet installs, returning customers, Google reviews and database growth. Real numbers, not impressions.

Our priority is to become the reference for independent restaurants in Montréal. If you're elsewhere, reach out — we'll assess case by case.

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