Restaurant promotions and Boost that respect Canadian consent rules

The kitchen is staffed and the ovens are on, and there is nobody in. A blanket discount fills the room once and then your regulars wait for the next one. A deal with edges does better: a set day, a set window, a short list of dishes, a cap on how many and a limit for each guest.

A promotion is something a guest buys or claims and redeems with a ticket: a bundle at one price, a percentage off, an amount off, a free item. You add the dates, how many are available, a limit for each guest, the days and hours it works and any blackout dates.

A Deal Hour is a price rule that applies itself inside a window you set. It comes off at checkout, online and at the till, and nobody has to remember a code. Up to ten rules can be active at once.

When several things apply, they go in one fixed order, so the total is the same every time: the Deal Hour, then a membership benefit, a loyalty reward, a promotion ticket and a voucher.

A paid promotion for named items is a prepaid sale of those items, so it is taxed when bought, as an event ticket is. The tax for your province is worked out by Mosey's tax engine on each item's class. In the guest's review before paying, Canada shows the amount with an "Includes GST" row under the total. The ticket records that the tax is already paid, so using it adds no second tax.

A dollar credit is different. It is sold untaxed and the restaurant taxes it when the guest spends it.

Boost is a paid send about something you made on Mosey: a promotion, an event, a special, a voucher, a dish or a menu. It reaches your followers, your paying members and guests nearby who agreed to nearby offers. In Canada consent is express only, so a guest who has not ticked is not in the audience, and the estimate shows how many people each group reaches and who is left out.

You see the price before you pay and nothing is charged until you confirm. Quiet hours and a daily cap on offers are respected, and a campaign never writes to the same person twice. A guest can turn your offers off at any time.

The results tab counts sends, opens and taps and the orders, payments and bookings that followed within 48 hours. You can set a daily and a monthly spending limit, or pause every paid send at once.

What Mosey is about

• Affordable tools for food businesses

  Tools priced for independents and small chains, not for the big groups.

• A full suite, in one login

  The tools a restaurant, café or bar needs sit together, so you are not paying for a stack of separate subscriptions.

• You keep more of your revenue

  Mosey is built so that more of every sale stays with the business that made it.

• Free to list and claim

  Your menu, your replies to guests and your photos cost nothing to put on Mosey.

• No hidden fees

  What Mosey charges is published, in full, so nothing arrives as a surprise on a statement.

• Made for local food businesses

  Mosey helps diners find independent food businesses by dish and mood, and lets people rate what they actually ate.

More for your business

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  Loyalty and Mosey Tap

  A stamp card or points program that guests join in the app, with consent asked in the Canadian way.

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  Events and tickets

  Ticketed tasting nights and supper clubs, with a capacity, a waitlist, door scanning and tax at purchase.

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  Marketing and your customer list

  Customer groups, win-back offers and member letters, sent only with express consent.