Twenty bakeries were read in the set someone searching around Prior Lake is shown, and not one of them had answered any of its recent reviews. The median bakery in that set carries 98 Google reviews, and the three most-reviewed carry 838, 567 and 495. The median rating is 4.8, which is one figure for the whole set and does not tell you which listing is which.
Restaurants and bars carry the two highest medians of the six trades on this page. Across the 20 restaurants we read the median is 682 Google reviews, with the three most-reviewed at 2788, 1928 and 1873. The 20 bars show a median of 404.5, and their three most-reviewed listings hold 3096, 2789 and 1928. The same two names lead both trades on replies. McCoys Copper Pint, with 1873 reviews, answered 9 of its most recent 10. Whiskey Inferno Meat House & Craft Bar, with 1928 reviews, answered 2 of its most recent 10.
The 20 cafes show a median of 346.5 reviews and a median rating of 4.55, with the three most-reviewed at 2789, 1259 and 1081; Ze's Diner Prior Lake, which holds 1036 reviews, answered 10 of its most recent 10. The 20 coffee shops show a median of 108.5 reviews and a median rating of 4.6, and CTC Coffee Ta Cream, with 275 reviews, answered 5 of its most recent 10. Boathouse Brothers Brewing Co appears in both the coffee shops and the food trucks we read; it holds 385 reviews and answered 2 of its most recent 10.
Food trucks carry the lowest median of the six trades on this page at 51.5 reviews, against a median rating of 4.7, and Mi Tierra Taqueria Food Truck, with 282 reviews, answered 9 of its most recent 10. Two windows are in play throughout: the reply counts come from each business's most recent reviews, while the review counts are the whole listing. Across the 47 businesses we measured in what someone searching in Prior Lake is shown, a typical one answered 79% of its recent reviews.
What to do about it
For a bakery in this set, the recent reviews are open ground: 20 were read and none had answered any of theirs. That is not a statement about the whole file, since our count is drawn only from the most recent reviews, but those are the ones sitting there with nothing written under them.
With a listing in the hundreds, working through all of it is not the job. Start at the newest and go backwards, and include the good ones. A line that names what the customer actually mentioned reads differently from one that could sit under any review, and it is worth writing in the owner's own words rather than a house template. The counts beside McCoys Copper Pint at 9 of its most recent 10, Ze's Diner Prior Lake at 10 of 10 and Mi Tierra Taqueria Food Truck at 9 of 10 are all drawn from recent reviews, not from whole files of 1873, 1036 and 282. Catching up once and keeping up are different pieces of work, and only the second one holds.
Restaurants
| # | Business | Answered | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McCoys Copper Pint | 9 of 10 | 1873 | 4.4 |
| 2 | Whiskey Inferno Meat House & Craft Bar | 2 of 10 | 1928 | 4.3 |
Cafés
| # | Business | Answered | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ze's Diner Prior Lake | 10 of 10 | 1036 | 4.7 |
Coffee shops
| # | Business | Answered | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CTC Coffee Ta Cream | 5 of 10 | 275 | 4.8 |
| 2 | Boathouse Brothers Brewing Co | 2 of 10 | 385 | 4.6 |
Bars
| # | Business | Answered | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McCoys Copper Pint | 9 of 10 | 1873 | 4.4 |
| 2 | Whiskey Inferno Meat House & Craft Bar | 2 of 10 | 1928 | 4.3 |
Bakeries
We read 20 bakeries businesses here and not one had answered a single one of its ten most recent reviews. The first owner here who replies is the only one doing it.
Food trucks
| # | Business | Answered | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mi Tierra Taqueria Food Truck | 9 of 10 | 282 | 4.8 |
| 2 | Boathouse Brothers Brewing Co | 2 of 10 | 385 | 4.6 |