HGEM has always been a pioneer, being the first to coin the term ‘mystery dining’ back in 2003 when the company was originally founded as the Mystery Dining Company.
The firm was born from a conversation with well-known restaurant owner who was losing track of what was going on in his restaurants. He had a mystery shopping company working for him that was unreliable and failing to get results back quickly. We knew we could do better than that and so he gave us six restaurants as a trial to see what we could do.
We were able to complete visits and provide detailed feedback in near ‘real time’ which enabled him to implement changes and quickly see improvement. After this initial success, we won the contract for the whole estate and the rest is history.
Since then we have continued to seek innovative ways to empower hospitality operators in a competitive and rapidly changing market, and today work internationally with over 6,000 restaurants, pubs, hotels, cinemas and caterers including many well-known brands such as wagamama, Greene King, Malmaison, Empire Cinemas, Sodexo, and local high street institutions Pret a Manger, Lounges and EAT.
Today our mission is to establish ‘Guest Experience Management’ as a core discipline for hospitality businesses, providing the best tools and support to help operators monitor their performance and generate a culture of continuous improvement for teams.
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Our people are our most valued asset – they are what sets us apart from our competitors and make our clients want to work with us.
So, we are always interested to hear from like-minded people keen to work for a company that rewards, challenges and supports its employees.
If you are interested in joining our team take a look at our current vacancies.