Post 01 · Discovery
158.8K
- Saves 1,766
- Shares 639
- Watch time 390h
The Results
The numbers
The numbers
don't lie.
Two restaurants. One playbook. Real analytics, straight off the app — no boosted vanity metrics, no bought followers. Just food shot to travel, and the reach to prove it.
800K+ VIEWS
Driven across CoreTrend clients — and counting. Here's the receipts.
Case 01 — Restaurant A
Views across 3 posts
698,600
Over 2,144 hours of total watch time — that's 89 straight days of people watching this food.
98K
Likes
9,148
Saves · intent to visit
6,077
Shares · word of mouth
457
New followers
Post 02 · BreakoutBreakout
398.9K
- Watched full 30.8%
- Shares 4,867
- New follows 221
Post 03 · Sticky
140.9K
- Watched full 32.8%
- Saves 2,102
- New follows 169
The story in the stats: people didn't just glance — 9,148 saved this food to come back to, and 6,077 sent it to a friend. On the breakout post, over 30% watched the whole thing. That's not luck. That's content built to hold attention.
Straight from the app
Post 01 · Discovery158.8K views
Post 02 · Breakout398.9K views
Post 03 · Sticky140.9K views
Case 02 — Restaurant B
Views in one month
102,604
40,965 accounts reached — up 32.1% over the month before.
87.3%
Brand-new audience
82.2%
Organic · not paid
94.3%
Driven by Reels
This is the stat restaurant owners feel instantly: 87.3% of viewers weren't followers yet. Nearly nine in ten people who saw this content had never heard of the restaurant — new mouths, not the same regulars. And 82% of that reach was earned organically, not bought.
Straight from the app
30-day insights102,604
Figures pulled directly from Instagram & TikTok analytics across two separate client accounts. Results vary by restaurant, market, and effort.
From reach to revenue
Views don't pay rent.
Views don't pay rent.
Tables do.
Big numbers only matter if they walk through your door. Here's exactly how this reach turns into busier nights, fuller tables, and money in the register — not just likes on a screen.
01
Get seen by new people
87% of the people we reached weren't followers yet. That's not preaching to your regulars — it's thousands of new locals discovering your restaurant for the first time.
02
Turn scrollers into cravers
9,148 saves and 6,077 shares means people didn't just watch — they bookmarked your food to come back to and sent it straight to friends. A save is a plan to visit. A share is free advertising.
03
Fill the seats
New faces plus repeat cravings equals busier lunches, packed weekends, and steady turnover — the kind that shows up on the register, not just the feed.
Do the math — conservatively
$6,000+
Take just the 9,148 saves from one week. If only 3 in 100 come in and spend an average of $22, that's $6,000+ in new sales — from three posts. Now run that every single week.
Illustrative estimate using deliberately conservative rates — real conversion is often higher. Swap in your restaurant's actual walk-in rate and average ticket to see your own number.
+12%
Increase in monthly sales
“Drop a real line here from one of your restaurant owners about busier nights, more covers, or the revenue bump they saw.”
— A CoreTrend restaurant client
700,000 views in a week isn't a vanity stat — it's a dining room's worth of new customers, over and over.
Get In Touch
If you're interested in working with us, complete the form with a few details about your project. We'll review your message and get back to you within 48 hours.