Arc4 case study

Enterprise Restaurant Website Ecosystem & Local Search Experience

Creating a Scalable Digital Experience Across Thousands of Restaurant Locations

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Migrated local and buying intent pages to a scalable modern platform
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Expanded city-level category pages to more than 25,000 localized pages
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Improved visibility for searches like “pizza delivery near me”
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Increased page views by 91% year-over-year during launch period
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Increased CTA clicks from local pages by 47%
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Improved local search performance by 20%

Client Type

National multi-location organization

Industry

Restaurant

Business Model

Multi-location Restaurant Chain

Services

Local SEO

Information Architecture

Content Management System (CMS)

Performance Optimization

Executive Summary

Arc4 collaborated with one of the nation’s largest pizza chains to transform its digital presence and streamline customer experiences across local search and online ordering touchpoints.

Boasting over 6,000 stores nationally, the brand owned a sizable portion of quick-service pizza market share and was looking for a robust solution to scale and meet customer demands while enhancing local SEO performance and day-to-day agility.

The project centered around redesigning local and purchasing intent pages, migrating to a lightweight CMS, and increasing rankings for transactional queries like “pizza delivery near me” and “[city] pizza takeout.”

Arc4 built a comprehensive local website ecosystem that drove search visibility, boosted customer conversions, and empowered the brand with the flexibility to scale for the future.

Client Snapshot

The client was a national pizza chain with over 6,000 locations and roughly 22% market share of all pizza quick-service restaurants in the United States. Online ordering was increasingly becoming a consumer behavior, as was local search discovery. The client wanted to make sure they had the proper online experience setup to facilitate digital interactions with customers and conversions. They wanted to rank higher locally, update their outdated local pages, and create a scalable platform for the future.

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The Challenge

The organization’s legacy platform created operational limitations that impacted scalability, customer experience, and search performance.

The custom-built system used to manage local and buying intent pages required support from platform services teams for updates and modifications, creating bottlenecks that slowed execution and limited agility.

Additional challenges included:
  • Outdated local and buying intent pages with limited functionality
  • Weak visibility for high-intent local searches
  • Rising dependency on paid advertising due to poor organic visibility
  • Operational inefficiencies tied to legacy infrastructure
  • Difficulty scaling localized experiences efficiently
  • Negative customer perception tied to outdated digital experiences
The organization needed a scalable solution capable of modernizing customer engagement while simplifying operational management across thousands of locations.

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Strategy

Our Strategy

Arc4 implemented a comprehensive digital transformation strategy focused on scalability, local SEO performance, and customer engagement.
Modernizing Local & Buying Intent Pages

Arc4 led the effort in moving the company’s city and intent landing pages to a scalable custom solution.

The new platform enabled six city category landing pages totaling over 25,000 local landing pages built into the main domain.

Pages were updated to match the company’s updated brand identity and provided a better user experience for mobile and desktop users.

Expanding Local SEO Visibility

In collaboration with the client’s digital marketing team, Arc4 developed a comprehensive local SEO strategy designed to improve discoverability for both branded and unbranded searches.
The initiative focused on improving visibility for key terms such as “pizza delivery near me” and “pizza takeout in [city].”

Performance improvements included:

  • Faster page load times
  • Improved mobile responsiveness
  • Enhanced content relevancy
  • Optimized page structures for local search engagement
Executing a Phased Rollout

Arc4 launched the redesigned experience in select test markets to gather user behavior insights and refine the experience prior to nationwide deployment.

Following iterative improvements and testing, the organization rolled out the updated ecosystem across all locations nationally.

Prioritizing Cross-Functional Collaboration

The implementation relied on close collaboration between Arc4,
the client’s marketing and IT teams, and external stakeholders throughout the engagement.

Consistent communication and milestone alignment helped ensure efficient execution across a large-scale transformation initiative.

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Highlights

Arc4 delivered a scalable restaurant digital ecosystem designed to improve local visibility, customer engagement, and operational flexibility.
Key platform capabilities included:
The solution positioned the organization for continued digital growth while improving customer interactions across online and local search experiences.

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Measurable Outcomes

The transformation delivered measurable improvements across traffic, engagement, and local search performance.
29%
Improved User Experience
91% increase in page views compared to the previous year’s launch period
10x
Growth
47% increase in CTA clicks from local pages
40%
Rewards
20% improvement in local search performance
40%
Sales
Increased visibility for branded and non-branded search terms
10x
Advertising
Reduced reliance on paid advertising channels
30x
Improved Customer Engagement
Improved operational flexibility and scalability
The organization now operates within a more agile and scalable digital ecosystem capable of supporting evolving customer expectations and future growth initiatives.

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Operational Impact

Moving to a new platform allowed them to scale and better manage local experiences for thousands of restaurants.

It made maintaining the site easier by eliminating bottlenecks and allowing self-service updates from internal teams without Platform Services support.

The CMS framework also allowed marketing and content updates to be deployed quicker, scaling for future marketing campaigns.

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Why It Matters

For enterprise restaurant brands, local search visibility and digital customer experience play a major role in driving both online and in-store conversions.

This case study demonstrates how scalable local ecosystems, modernized digital infrastructure, and localized SEO strategies can improve discoverability, engagement, and operational efficiency across large multi-location organizations.

By combining scalable technology, localized search optimization, and customer-focused design, organizations can create digital experiences that strengthen brand performance while supporting long-term business growth.

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