CASE STUDY
ERIK’S DELICAFE
California sandwich chain · 28 locations · $19.6M system revenue
SITUATION
Declining guest frequency. Heavy reliance on delivery platforms. No attribution between marketing spend and revenue. Multiple vendors, no unified strategy. A prior agency spent $18,835 on geo-targeted ads and reported 27× ROAS. POS analysis showed zero incremental lift.
WHAT WE DID
Full POS diagnostic. Lapsed guest re-engagement via loyalty. Geo-targeted traffic campaigns with 13 test stores and 15 matched controls. $0-spend organic activation. Delivery margin recovery strategy. Eight campaigns total across loyalty, delivery, paid, and organic channels.
8 CAMPAIGNS
MULTI-STORE CONTROL
POS-VERIFIED
RESULTS — POS-VERIFIED
8.2×
Blended ROAS
+23%
Frequency lift — lapsed cohort
+18%
AOV increase — loyalty campaign
$0
Media spend — best performing campaign
KEY TAKEAWAY
The best-performing campaign spent nothing. The system generates revenue. The spend is a lever inside the system — not the system itself.