Restaurants · Email marketing
Reach the office admin who books thirty lunches, not a diner's inbox.
Email for a restaurant is for the corporate side: the office lunch order, the team party and the bulk invoice that needs GST on it. GullySales builds the list from the companies nearby and your own bookings, and keeps guest reminders on WhatsApp where people actually read.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
What email marketing means
Email marketing is sending planned messages to a list of past and prospective customers who have agreed to hear from you. It suits offers, updates and staying in touch with someone who is not ready to buy yet. GullySales writes and schedules these emails and tracks who opens, clicks and enquires.
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For restaurants
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“Diners do not read email, admin teams do”
A family decides at seven in the evening on a phone. A team lunch for thirty is arranged in an inbox at eleven in the morning.
“The GST invoice is the whole conversation”
An office cannot book you without a proper invoice and payment terms, and that question kills more corporate orders than the food ever does.
“December is decided in October”
Office parties get budgeted weeks ahead, and the restaurant that wrote in October is on the list.
What we do
What we deliver for restaurants.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
A list of the offices within reach, built by hand
The companies, tech parks and co-working floors within delivery and walking distance, with the admin or HR contact found properly rather than bought.
Result: You are writing to people who can actually place an order.
An office lunch note with the invoice details in it
Combos, per-head pricing, the delivery window, the minimum order, GST invoicing and payment terms, in one mail an admin can forward to finance.
Result: The question that stops corporate orders is answered upfront.
The year-end party mail sent in October
A party menu, the seating, the private area and the dates still open, written to admin teams before their budgets are committed.
Result: December fills with bookings made in autumn.
Guest reminders kept on WhatsApp, with consent
Birthday and anniversary notes and the weekday offer sent to guests who opted in at the bill, on the channel they read, with an easy way to stop.
Result: Regulars hear from you without being annoyed.
A note to last year's party organiser
A short mail to whoever booked a party with you last year, a few weeks before the same season comes round, with what has changed on the menu.
Result: The kitty party comes back without being chased.
Opens, replies and orders reported
Which mails were opened, which brought replies and which turned into orders or bookings, split between the corporate and guest lists, against the baseline.
Result: You learn which list earns its time.
How the result is measured
- Open rate
- Click rate
- Enquiries from email
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
What must be in place first
What a restaurant needs in place before it emails the offices and organisers nearby.
- A list built by hand from real offices
- Use companies you have delivered to, hosted, or whose admin has spoken to you. Note the person, the office, and the order type. Do not scrape directories or buy a list of local company contacts.
- A named admin contact, not an info@ address
- Find who actually orders lunch or books the party: usually HR, admin or an executive assistant. A mail to a generic company address is read by nobody with a budget.
- GST and invoice details ready to attach
- Offices ask for a GST invoice first. Keep the GSTIN, legal name, address and payment terms ready in the first mail so an admin can forward it to accounts without writing back.
- A sender identity guests recognise
- Send from the owner or manager by name on your own domain, with the restaurant name and address in the signature. Set SPF and DKIM so the mail does not land in spam.
- Consent for guest mail, kept separate
- A guest who booked a table did not agree to corporate pitches. Keep guest reminders on their own list with consent noted, and keep the office list apart.
- An opt-out and a reply path
- Add a one-line unsubscribe to each mail, and make sure replies reach the person who can confirm a headcount, a date and a menu.
Who it is for
This is written for these restaurants.
- Family restaurants and multi-cuisine dining
- South Indian vegetarian restaurants and darshinis
- Biryani, kebab and non-vegetarian specialists
- Regional cuisine restaurants
- Casual dining and bar restaurants
- Quick service restaurants and food courts
- Cloud kitchens and delivery-only brands
- Office canteens and food service operators
- Multi-outlet restaurant groups
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
- You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
- You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
First
Your brief
You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.
After the brief
A conversation and a written scope
We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.
Before work starts
Baseline recorded
Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.
After the baseline
The first fix goes live
The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is reply time, a follow-up sequence, the page buyers land on or the handover between marketing and sales.
As agreed
Report against the baseline
What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.
At renewal
Renew on the numbers
The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.
How the email marketing work runs
- 1
Understand your list
We review who is on the list, how they got there, and how long it has been since they last heard from you.
- 2
Audit past sends
We check open and click rates from past emails to see what has and has not worked.
- 3
Segment and plan
The list is split into meaningful groups and a sending calendar is agreed.
- 4
Implement content and automation
Emails are written, scheduled and, where useful, set to trigger automatically based on behaviour.
- 5
Measure and optimise
We track performance and adjust subject lines, timing and content based on what the list responds to.
Why us
Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.
Marketing and sales, as one job
Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.
The person on the first call does the work
No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.
A baseline before anything starts
Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.
The fee in writing, split three ways
Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.
No guarantees we cannot keep
The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.
One office, and we say so
Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.
#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.
Your brief
Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.
Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
Is email worth it for a single outlet?
Can we buy a list of local company contacts?
Do offices read lunch or party offers by email?
Should the email show the full menu or only a set lunch?
Should we leave Swiggy and Zomato?
Are paid food blogger visits worth it?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
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Your next practical step
Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.
Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.