After months of promotion and hard work, TakeMeOut have gone on to secure their place in the finals of the Varsity Pitch Competition by winning the Lloyds Banking People's Vote.
They tirelessly campaigned for their fans and supporters to vote for them over the last few weeks of the competition, and rose to top the charts with a massive 1527 votes! They achieved this by visiting universities across the country to speak about their business, and making sure to let everyone know who they met, how they could show their support!
By winning the Lloyds People's Vote, they will have their application fast tracked through to the Grand Finals of the competition, meaning that they will not be pitching next week at the Semi Finals. Their first stage of the competition process will be the Mentoring Bootcamp which will be taking place on 2nd November at the Mass Challenge UK Headquarters at the Tobacco Docks.
Find out more about their business TakeMeOut below, and their plans for the future!
TakeMeOut is a simple and intuitive App which makes Eating Out Easy. For small, independent restaurants it is a cost-optimisation service which enables them attract new clients during off-peak hours generating instant, customised flash promotions. For customers like you and I, TakeMeOut is the best way to find out about new restaurants and their unique promotions in that day!
Small restaurants are rarely started by business professionals; they do not have adequate resources to sustain short term losses, avoid food waste and retain loyal customers. The costs of food waste in restaurants is forecasted to grow to 766.3 million British pounds in 2016 whilst the costs to acquire a new customer are five times more than to retain them.
For customers, Eating Out is expensive…However, Eating in is not so attractive, is it? You simply do not have time to find a good place to eat; You are a Picky, Selective Eater and wish to see the dish before ordering; You’re usually searching high and low for a friend to dine out with; We have the vision to create a simple and intuitive App which makes Eating Out Easy. TakeMe-Out will be the next BIG Thing helping you find out about the latest restaurants in town and their best offers.
You can view their original Varsity Pitch video here, and follow them on twitter here.