Every restaurant owner I know has the same weekly problem.
You know you should post on Instagram. Reply to Google reviews. Run a promotion. But every week you stare at a blank screen: "What should I actually do?"
I ran my burger shop in Japan with this exact problem for years. 3+ hours every Sunday just figuring out what to do.
The fix: local competitor intel + AI = 3 specific actions per week
After 6 months of building and testing, here's what actually works:
Step 1: Scan what competitors in your area did THIS week (not generic industry trends)
Step 2: Find the gap — what are they doing that you're not?
Step 3: Generate 3 specific, copy-ready actions from that intel
That's it. Three actions. You can actually do three things.
My current weekly routine
- Mon 8am: Check 3 auto-generated actions (2 min)
- Mon 8:30am: Schedule the Instagram post (10 min)
- Tue: Reply to Google reviews using the template (5 min)
- Thu: Run the promotion idea if it fits (15 min)
Total: ~30 minutes. Before: 3+ hours.
I built Growl to automate this
Growl does this automatically for any restaurant owner.
Answer 5 questions about your restaurant once. Every week it:
- Runs live competitor research in your area (Tavily real-time search)
- Generates 3 specific copy-ready marketing actions
- Delivers: Instagram post copy, Google review reply template, local promo idea with timing
Free to try. No signup required.
The technical bit (for builders)
Stack: Next.js + Groq LLaMA 3.3 70B (~500 tok/s) + Tavily live search + Cloudflare D1
The key insight: LLMs are useless for local marketing without current, local data. Generic prompts give generic advice. Grounding with Tavily real-time search is what makes this work.
Try it free → growl-app.vercel.app
Day 363 of building solo. $0 revenue — keeping it honest.
