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Reputation means everything

Food Pulse: The App that Turns Noise into Knowledge

Making good food as a joy. Trying to please everyone, not so much. — Chef 

There are an estimated 1 billion restaurant reviews online, with more added each day. However, different diners have different opinions, and not everyone agrees on what’s good, not-so-good or a downright disaster. 

How can Unilever Food Solutions help chefs and restaurant owners filter through the noise to make the right decisions that win diners over? 

We successfully automated the mammoth task of sifting through the data and turning the noise into knowledge. 

— Hear what else was on the data menu for Damian and his team

Unilever Food Pulse App screenshot: Average Food

Introducing Food Pulse: Your Smart Restaurant Advisor

Food Pulse is a data-powered mobile app that tracks a restaurant’s reputation to help chefs and restaurant owners easily spot the trends that matter and provide the solutions to win diners over. 

Scanning over 29,266,575 data points from APIs, social media and food blogs for 222,713 restaurants, Food Pulse uses Artificial Intelligence and machine learning to analyze ratings, reviews, photos, sentiments, comments — even emojis — to find out what diners really, really want.

And then presents the results in a way that’s easy for chefs to understand. Along with thousands of tips, trends and articles from the UFS library to improve everything from recipes to customer service, productivity and even plating. 

Food Pulse App Overview: Learn how hot your restaurant is and get tips to help you improve Food Pulse App Overview: Learn how hot your restaurant is and get tips to help you improve

The results were outstanding.