Title: TigerTooth.com
1TigerTooth.com
- Sarah Cross
- Scott Eblen
- Maryam Kamvar
- Seton Marshall
2TigerTooth.com Our Mission
- To provide a customer-friendly food delivery
service which utilizes e-commerce technology to
improve upon TigerFoods existing framework - To provide participating restaurants publicity
and increased revenue - To improve and expand our business as better
technologies (e.g. wireless capabilities) yield
more opportunities for growth
3Background InformationThe Problem
4TigerFood Our Parent CompanyGeneral Information
- Food delivery service for Princeton students
- Serves 3 local restaurants
- Karens Chinese Restaurant
- Soonjas Café
- Georges Roasters and Ribs
- 1 driver per restaurant
- Open 7pm - 1am daily
- Average 50 orders per night
- min 20, max 80
5TigerFood ProblemsFinancial Sector
- Manual Bookkeeping
- Fake U-Store Cards hard to trace
- High costs on slow nights
- drivers paid a minimum of 8 per hour, including
delivery premiums and tips - potential loss of 174 per night
- realistic loss of 25 on a slow night
6TigerFood ProblemsOperational Sector
- Inefficient Driver Routing gt Fewer Restaurants
- Hoagie Haven was cut
- possible further reduction in the number of
restaurants - BUT abundance of interested restaurants
- Inflexibility of Labor Costs
- number of drivers to be paid independent of
consumer demand - Advance Orders Difficult
- orders sent directly and separately to restaurant
- serious potential for order delays on busy nights
7TigerFood ProblemsInformational Sector
- No demographic information
- restaurants unable to take advantage of consumer
information to increase their revenue by
targeting consumer preferences - Static menus
- expensive and frequent advertising about updates
- no daily specials to increase demand on slower
nights - Lack of product innovation
- difficult to expand past delivery service
8The TigerTooth Solution
9The TigerTooth Solution Customer Interface
- Dynamic menus with extensive search capabilities
10The TigerTooth SolutionCustomer Interface
- Efficient online ordering using shopping cart
technology - ability to order from multiple vendors at once
11The TigerTooth SolutionCustomer Interface
- My TigerTooth Personalized Memberships
- online 1-step ordering for repeat customers
saves delivery and payment information - special deals for frequent users
- optional emails about menu updates and specials
from your favorite restaurants - customized site according to your food preferences
12Flow ChartCustomer Interface
13The TigerTooth SolutionRestaurant Interface
- Automatic payment due to online credit card
ordering - Advance ordering increases production efficiency
- economies of scale for popular orders
- better time management
- Ability to track orders and collect demographic
information - Immediate transfer of information about menu
updates - dynamic specials to increase demand on slow
nights
14Flow ChartRestaurant Interface
15The TigerTooth SolutionDelivery Interface An
Extension
Wireless Communication Eliminates Operational
Inefficiency
- Eliminate 1-driver-per-restaurant rule
- number of drivers can reflect demand
- can support additional restaurants
- Various Routing Alternatives
- FIFO (first order goes to first driver)
- Drivers Decision (driver claims order)
- Closest Contact (GPS used to optimize routing)
- Neighborhood Assignments (drivers assigned
areas)
16Income and ExpensesHow We Increase Profit
17RevenueThe TigerFood Model
- 1.50 delivery fee
- 0.50 to agency, 1.00 to driver
- Up to 25 commission from each order placed
- Average order is 15.00 gt 3.75 commission
- 50 orders per night on average
- orders between 20 and 80
- 212.50 average total revenue per night
- total revenue between 85 and 340
- 1500 average revenue per week
18 RevenueThe TigerTooth Model
- Flexibility of website increases number of orders
- ability to order from multiple vendors
- specials for frequent users
- follow-up emails to encourage repeat users
- Average order slightly larger due to easy payment
methods - member specials to induce larger orders
19CostsThe TigerFood Model
- Two 3 hour shifts (7-10pm, 10-1am), one driver at
each restaurant - Drivers are paid 1.00 per delivery plus tips
- Drivers paid a minimum of 8 per hour
- Nightly Manager paid 30/night
- Accountant paid 70/week
- Advertising 150, 4 times per year
- Annual Cost 600
20CostsThe TigerTooth Model
- Drivers paid the same as before
- number of drivers varies with expected demand
- Nightly Manager paid 30/night for actively
managing orders from the web - Accountant and Assistant Manager deemed
ineffective. Accounting is now done online. - Advertising Costs cut in half due to dynamic
menus on website. - TigerTooth.com saves 300 plus monthly costs for
Accountant and Assistant Manager
21CostsA Graphical Depiction
- Cost only incurred for slow night
- TigerFood
- 3 drivers regardless
- average order 15
- TigerTooth
- 2 drivers for slow night
- average order 15
- assume 15 tip
- night manager paid 30
22Other Considerations
23Potential Competitors
Monopoly in the Princeton Area
- Food.Com
- extensive nationally only Papa Johns in
Princeton - patented system using geocodes to match vendors
and consumers - Waiter.Com
- primarily in Bay Area, Waiter Points system
- CampusFood.Com
- aimed at college students (find restaurant by
college) - began at UPenn, no real operations in Princeton
24Future of TigerTooth.comExpansion
- Products transferrable gift certificates, online
reservations, event planner - Customer Base other colleges, households,
businesses - Industries video rental, school supplies,
apparel - Partner Types coffeeshops, supermarkets, liquor
stores - Technology
- GPS order tracking for customers, restaurants,
and drivers - wireless communication enables optimized routing
for drivers - allow customers to update orders
- automatic emails to members highlighting specials
25ConclusionBenefits and Barriers of TigerTooth
- Benefits
- Increases revenue, Decreases cost
- Eliminates current inefficiencies of TigerFood
- Provides a framework for further innovation
- Success of current TigerFood operation allows our
benefits to be realized immediately - Barriers
- internet access necessary
- credit card only payment (more efficient
bookkeeping) - neither is an issue for Princeton students