Chowly provides independent restaurants with a unified platform that creates a custom-branded website and mobile app for first‑party online ordering, integrates all orders—including third‑party deliveries—directly into the POS, and offers AI‑driven SEO and Google Ads management. The system includes dynamic pricing to protect margins, real‑time analytics, and loyalty tools, enabling operators to increase direct sales, boost basket size, and eliminate costly third‑party commissions.
Funding
$10M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Independent restaurants often rely on third‑party delivery platforms that charge high commissions, fragment order data, and limit direct customer relationships, leading to reduced margins and limited visibility into marketing performance.
Solution
Chowly offers a unified, done‑for‑you platform that consolidates a restaurant’s digital storefront, ordering, and marketing into a single system. The platform provides a custom‑branded website and mobile app for first‑party orders, integrates directly with the restaurant’s POS to route all orders—online, app, and third‑party—into one kitchen workflow, and supplies AI‑driven SEO and Google Ads management to drive traffic. Dynamic pricing tools automatically adjust menu prices on marketplace apps to protect margins, while real‑time dashboards give operators clear insight into sales, ad spend, and profitability. By eliminating third‑party fees and centralizing digital operations, Chowly enables independent operators to increase direct sales, grow average basket size, and reclaim control over the guest experience without adding operational complexity.
Target Audience
Primary customers are independent restaurant operators with 1‑10 locations who manage their own kitchens and seek to increase profitability by shifting from third‑party to first‑party digital sales.
Features
- Custom conversion‑optimized website and branded mobile app for direct online ordering
- Seamless POS integration that aggregates third‑party and first‑party orders into a single kitchen ticketing system
- AI‑powered SEO and managed Google Search Ads tied to actual order revenue
- Dynamic pricing engine that adjusts menu prices on delivery marketplaces to protect margins
- Centralized dashboard with real‑time sales, ad‑spend attribution, and performance analytics
- Loyalty and rewards program integration to boost repeat business
- 24/7 support and dedicated customer success manager for ongoing optimization