Retail & QSR

Real-Time Vehicle Intelligence for Retail
& QSR

Turn Drive-Thrus & Parking Lots Into Data Engines, fully optimized with AI.

Retail and restaurants now live in the vehicle lane. Sighthound turns that chaos into clean, real-time insights. No new cameras required.

Increase Parking Revenues and Customer Insights

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Reduce Idle Times

Detect arrivals, match orders to plates, and trigger faster fulfillment with vehicle-level data.

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Optimize Drive-Thru & Pickup Lanes

See how long each vehicle waits, and adapt lane flows or staffing in real-time.

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Capture Customer Trends

Know your regulars, track visits by time/day, and surface VIP or delivery driver patterns.

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Enhance App & Loyalty Integrations

Feed ALPR + MMCG data into your app or POS to personalize the experience.

DETECT
Entry/exit presence, drive-thru lane occupancy, parking lot flow

IDENTIFY
 Vehicle make, model, color, generation, and license plate, tied to behavior

CLASSIFY
Track who’s waiting where, when they ordered, and who left early

CONNECT
Feed insights into POS, loyalty apps, delivery systems, or internal dashboards

REPORT
Real-time and historical metrics for performance, operations, and marketing

Monetize

Grow revenue with accurate lot analytics. Identify overstays, freeloaders, and optimize turnover.

Stay Compliant

Blur license plates and faces with built-in privacy tools. Perfect for FOIA/PII compliance.

Real-Time Data

Decisions powered by live edge analytics: no cloud lag, no blind spots.

Why It’s Smarter

  • Real-time data at the edge – No internet required, no single point of failure

  • Works with your current setup – No camera rip-and-replace needed

  • Deploy anywhere – Store-level or chain-wide

  • Low latency = higher throughput – Make decisions instantly, not hours later

  • Built for privacy – Redaction tools ensure compliance with PII policies

Real-World Use Cases

  • Detect long wait times before they cause walk-offs

  • Push promos to vehicles identified as loyal or frequent

  • Measure drive-thru vs. curbside vs. dine-in volumes

  • Flag when EVs or delivery vehicles arrive

  • Reduce friction across fulfillment lanes and increase NPS

Data-driven drive-thrus. Frictionless curbside. Smarter retail ops.

Sighthound helps chains optimize every lane, every lot, every hour of the day. See ALPR+ in Action

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