Example study, illustrative data Mystery shopping

International brand performance audit

An international hospitality brand has franchised branches in Erbil and Baghdad. Head office wants to know whether guests here receive the same experience the brand promises everywhere else in the world.

The question

Are our branches abroad delivering the standard our name promises?

Method

Mystery visits by trained evaluators, scored on the brand's own global standard, weighted together with head office

Sample

3 branches, 24 scored visits in two waves, 9 evaluators

Timeline

8 weeks per wave, repeated quarterly

Brand consistency

Each branch against the global standard

Global brand standard, target90
Erbil flagship84
Baghdad branch A76
Baghdad branch B69

In this example the brand travels well to Erbil but loses eleven points in one Baghdad branch, and the section scores below show exactly where, complaint handling and speed, not the product itself.

One scenario, one standard, one weighting for every branch. Illustrative values.

Where the gap lives

Section scores across all visits

Welcome and brand presentation91
Product and menu compliance88
Service knowledge74
Speed of service66
Complaint handling58
Scored visits0
Standards checked per visit0
Critical failures found3
Findings

What a brand audit delivers

A branch by branch consistency score against the global standard, with evidence behind every point

The exact sections where the local experience drifts from the brand promise

Photographic and receipt evidence head office can audit from anywhere

A quarterly benchmark that shows whether corrective action actually worked

All figures on this page are illustrative examples, not client data. Your audit produces the same views with your brand's real numbers.

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