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Live Deployment · Charlestown, Boston MA · May 2026

Golden Goose Market:
122 orders on Day 1.

Charlestown, Boston MA
Deployed May 2026
3 days from agreement to live
Thimi POS Kiosk System

A neighborhood market in Charlestown faced a bottleneck that every small food business knows: the lunch rush. Here's how they went from manual orders to 122 kiosk orders on their first day live — without buying any new hardware.

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avg. kiosk rating
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agreement → first order

* All data sourced from Thimi deployment analytics pipelines. Launch Day: May 2026. 100% verified.

A bottleneck that
cost sales every day.

Golden Goose Market is a neighborhood market near Bunker Hill in Charlestown — the kind of place where regulars know the staff by name. But during the lunch rush, the same thing happened every day: customers stacked up, orders got miscommunicated between the counter and the kitchen, and the team scrambled to keep up.

The problem wasn't the food or the staff — it was the ordering system. Every order went through a person taking it verbally, writing it or shouting it to the kitchen, and then processing payment manually. One bottleneck cascaded into longer waits, more errors, and frustrated customers who sometimes just left.

The business needed a way to let customers order themselves — without buying $10,000 in proprietary restaurant hardware, signing a multi-year contract, or shutting down for a week to set it up.

What changed.

Before Thimi
  • Orders taken verbally by cashier — high error rate during rush
  • Kitchen received orders by shouting or handwritten slips
  • No real-time visibility into what was selling or peak hours
  • Manual payment processing slowed the line significantly
  • Staff time split between taking orders and other tasks
  • No data on customer behavior, ratings, or preferences
After Thimi (Day 1)
  • Customers browse and order directly at the kiosk — zero errors from miscommunication
  • Kitchen Display System receives every order instantly as it's placed
  • Real-time admin dashboard shows sales, ratings, and peak hour data
  • Stripe integration handles payment at the kiosk — fully contactless
  • Staff freed from order-taking to focus on food prep and service quality
  • Customer satisfaction rating visible and trackable every day

Agreement to live in 3 days.

1
Day 1 · Discovery
Free consultation & agreement signed
30-minute call to understand the business, menu structure, hardware available, and go-live target. Agreement signed same day. No negotiation on long-term contract — there isn't one.
2
Day 2 · Configuration
System configured, full menu loaded
The kiosk app was configured with Golden Goose branding, colors, and logo. All menu items, prices, and categories were loaded into the system. Kitchen Display System set up and tested internally.
3
Day 3 Morning · Setup
On-site setup & staff training
Tablet configured and mounted on-site. Staff trained on the admin dashboard — how to view live orders, update the menu, and read sales reports. KDS positioned and tested in the kitchen.
Day 3 Afternoon · Live
First kiosk order processed at noon
The kiosk went live during the lunch rush. By end of day: 122 orders processed, $1,811 in revenue, 4.9★ average customer rating. Zero system downtime.

What the GM said.

"The self-service kiosk eliminated our lunch rush bottleneck. Customers are happier, our kitchen runs smoother, and we do more volume with the same staff."

CV
Cristian Villalta
General Manager · Golden Goose Market · Charlestown, MA

The most critical metric wasn't the order count — it was the 4.9★ customer rating. Customers chose to use the kiosk and rated the experience immediately, which validated that the self-ordering flow was intuitive enough that no instruction was needed.

What this deployment proved.

Learning 01
Hardware isn't the barrier
Golden Goose used an existing Android tablet they already owned. No hardware purchase required. Toast would have needed $600+ in proprietary equipment for the same outcome.
Learning 02
3 days is enough
The 3-day deployment proved that a small food business doesn't need a week of downtime or a 3-week "implementation project" to go live with enterprise-grade technology.
Learning 03
Customers adopt immediately
No learning curve for customers. The kiosk interface was intuitive enough that 122 orders were placed on day 1 without staff needing to guide anyone through the flow.
Learning 04
Data visibility changes decisions
The admin dashboard gave the GM real-time visibility into sales, peak hours, and item performance — data that previously didn't exist in any structured form.

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