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Case Study: Chipotle chips away at digital experience issues to improve customer satisfaction

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Key facts · TL;DR
Company
Chipotle
Industry
Food & Beverage (QSR)
Challenge
A service error appeared for a small group of customers completing online orders, quietly costing revenue.
Headline result
71.5% of lost revenue reclaimed by fixing one error

Key results

71.5%
Lost revenue reclaimed
by fixing a single error
3,500+
Global locations monitored
menu-item availability

The challenge

Chipotle's analytics team needed to understand not just where customers dropped out of the online ordering process, but why. Traditional web analytics showed fall-off points without explaining the underlying cause. A service error was appearing for a subset of customers attempting to complete an order.

The solution

Using Fullstory Session Replay, the analytics team uncovered the service error and measured how often an unavailable-menu-item message appeared, the conversion difference between customers who saw it and those who didn't, and the associated estimated revenue loss. They documented the financial impact and shared it with the product team to prioritize a fix.

Fullstory really helps us fully understand frictional points in our processes. With just web analytics, you don't get that. You can see where people are falling out, but not why.

JW
Jeff Wright
Manager, Digital Commerce Analytics and Optimization, Chipotle

The results, in context

After the fix, Chipotle reclaimed 71.5% of the revenue impacted by the error. The team monitors menu-item availability across 3,500+ global locations and continues to find and fix online-ordering friction while improving inventory processes.

Products used

Fullstory Session ReplayFullstory Fullstory Analytics