Development of iOS / Android Apps for Gusto, Bamiyan and Jonathan's — a Truly Cloud-Native Infrastructure
Skylark Restaurants Co., Ltd.
Applied Services: Amazon Redshift, AWS Mobile, Cloud-Native
Skylark Restaurants Co., Ltd. operates Japan's most beloved family restaurant chains — Gusto, Bamiyan, and Jonathan's. Classmethod developed official iOS and Android applications for all three brands, reaching approximately 10 million downloads as of January 2017. The apps are free and enable users to find nearby stores, access coupons, earn loyalty points, receive seasonal promotions, and browse menus with calorie and allergen information — all without requiring personal information.
Cloud-Native Architecture
Elastic Beanstalk
API with Auto Scaling and Blue-Green deployment
CI/CD Pipeline
GitHub, CircleCI, and CodeDeploy for automated deployment
Monitoring
New Relic, Datadog, and CloudWatch for comprehensive observability
Amazon Redshift
Analytics warehouse fed by Amazon Mobile Analytics for behavioral insights
Data-Driven Restaurant Marketing
Amazon Mobile Analytics feeds usage data into Amazon Redshift, where Tableau analysis surfaces insights into user behavior, feature adoption, and campaign effectiveness — enabling Skylark's marketing teams to continuously improve app engagement and promotional strategy across all three brands.
Results Achieved
- • Approximately 10 million downloads across Gusto, Bamiyan, and Jonathan's apps
- • Store finder, coupon, loyalty, and menu features delivered for all three brands
- • Automated CI/CD pipeline from GitHub to production
- • Behavioral analytics via Redshift and Tableau supporting marketing optimization
This case study uses Amazon Redshift and Cloud-Native Mobile Architecture.
Classmethod develops cloud-native mobile applications for restaurant and retail chains — from customer-facing iOS/Android apps to the analytics infrastructure needed to understand and grow your user base.