Today I am launching the results of the survey comparing Starbucks, Cilantro and Costa.  The blog post I wrote about this comparison (dated 13-12-2007) received 526 views.  Out of the 526 readers only 23 answered the survey and the results were as follows:

I gave 4 points for every excellent, 3 for every very good, 2 for good, 1 for bad and zero for very bad.

As an overall result, Cilantro came in first place followed by Starbucks and finally Costa.  The overall score for each was:

1- Cilantro:	510/736 = 69%
2- Starbucks:	484/736 = 66%
3- Costa:	359/736 = 49%

As an overall score, all the results are pretty bad.  If you are a service provider and your customers give you a grade of 69% as an evaluation of your service, you should not be thrilled at all.  It could be impossible to reach 100% but definitely you should be working all the time to reach a minimum of 85% score.

The detailed results (per question) are as follows:
I must say though that I am not comfortable with the results because the number of people who answered the survey is very few compared to the number of people who actually read the post.  But nonetheless it is an indication of what people think of the service in those places.  I consider questions 2, 4, 5 and 8 as the most critical ones because based on them people will decide whether to go again to the same place or not. 

Question 1: Cleanliness of the place

Question 2: How friendly, prompt and professional the waiters are

Question 3: Quality of food and drinks

Question 4: Speed of service

Question 5: Quality and usability of take away utensils

Question 6: Working hours

Question 7: Environment

Question 8: Cost

How many companies and service providers in Egypt think of surveying their customers to know how they rate their service?
Frequent Questionnaires and Surveys are critical to the success of any company.  You must stay in touch with your customers.