Push notifications for daily specials

Purpose

1. Automate the dissemination of daily specials to restaurant patrons by delivering push notifications, enhancing customer engagement, driving foot traffic, and increasing repeat visits.

2. Automated notifications inform existing and potential clients about time-limited offers, exclusive Jewish cuisine menus, holiday specials, or event-driven discounts.

3. Centralize and streamline daily communication, reducing staff workload and ensuring every subscriber receives timely, consistent, and relevant updates.

4. Automate audience segmentation based on user preferences, previous dining history, or opt-in channels for customized automated notifications.

Trigger Conditions

1. Automation triggers at configured times daily (e.g., 10:00 AM each morning).

2. Triggered when a new special is added in the POS system or restaurant CMS.

3. Automatedly fires when staff update a menu item designated as a “special.”

4. Trigger can depend on calendar holidays or Jewish feast/festival days.

5. Automate notification when inventory for a special item rises above a threshold.

Platform Variants

1. Twilio SMS

• Feature/Setting: Send automated SMS; Configure via Programmable Messaging API, set Sender, recipients, daily scheduler.
  

2. SendGrid

• Feature/Setting: Automate email notifications; Use Marketing Campaigns API, create segments, automate campaigns.
  

3. Firebase Cloud Messaging

• Feature/Setting: Mobile push notifications; Register app, use FCM API to automate special announcements to app users.
  

4. OneSignal

• Feature/Setting: Automate notification scheduling; Use Rest API to automate segmented push notifications to web/mobile users.
  

5. Pusher Beams

• Feature/Setting: Push notifications to mobile; Use publishToUsers API, automate payload for daily specials.
  

6. Slack API

• Feature/Setting: Notify staff channels; Use chat.postMessage, set automation to notify shift teams about specials.
  

7. Facebook Messenger Platform

• Feature/Setting: Automated daily bot messages; Use Send API, trigger with webhook for new specials.
  

8. WhatsApp Business API

• Feature/Setting: Automate message broadcast; Configure session messages, set automated batch delivery of specials.
  

9. Telegram Bot API

• Feature/Setting: Automate push/notices; Use sendMessage, set up cron job for automated daily pushes.
  

10. Apple Push Notification Service (APNS)

• Feature/Setting: iOS app notifications; Use APNS API to automate special alerts to iPhone users.
  

11. Google Assistant

• Feature/Setting: Automate spoken reminders; Configure Actions console to trigger automated audio announcements.
  

12. HubSpot

• Feature/Setting: Marketing Automation; Use Workflow Automation to push specials via multi-channel notifications.
  

13. Mailchimp

• Feature/Setting: Automated email blasts; Use Automations tool, schedule daily “Specials” automation.
  

14. ActiveCampaign

• Feature/Setting: Multichannel notifications; Use Automation Builder for SMS/site/email notifications.
  

15. Zapier

• Feature/Setting: Cross-platform automations; Use Scheduled Trigger → Notification App for automated push routines.
  

16. Intercom

• Feature/Setting: Automated messaging; Use Series/Outbound automation for mobile/web notifications on specials.
  

17. Webex Teams

• Feature/Setting: Channel notifications; Use Messages API, configure bots to automate daily special reminders.
  

18. Discord

• Feature/Setting: Bot sends automated post; Use discord.py or webhook, set automation for daily posts in channels.
  

19. Shopify

• Feature/Setting: Automated customer notifications; Use Marketing API, push specials to subscribers.
  

20. Viber Business Messages

• Feature/Setting: Scheduled broadcast messages; Use Public Account API, automate push with segments.
  

21. Klaviyo

• Feature/Setting: SMS/email automation; Use Flow Builder to automate notification delivery for specials.
  

22. Amazon SNS

• Feature/Setting: Multi-device push notifications; Use Publish API for daily automated push to endpoints.
  

23. Pushwoosh

• Feature/Setting: Schedule push campaign; Use Push API, automation for recurring daily specials messages.
  

Benefits

1. Automating push notifications maximizes restaurant reach and daily customer engagement.

2. Automated flows reduce manual tasks, preventing human error and delayed communication.

3. Automation enables real-time adaptation—last-minute menu changes broadcasted instantly.

4. Automator aids data-driven marketing—track which automated pushes get the best response.

5. Automatable segmentation and scheduling offer targeted, relevant content, boosting conversion.

6. Automatedly ensures consistency—specials always reach the audience at the optimal time without fail.