Nicko's Sandwiches — Case Study | Berkelium Creative
Case study · 2025

Nicko's Sandwiches

Glendale neighborhood sandwich shop, family-run since 1996.

Industry Sandwiches · counter-service
Location Glendale, CA
Engagement 2025
Services
Nicko's Sandwiches — featured work
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§ 01 — The numbers

Growth, measured.

Online orders
monthly volume vs. prior quarter
0.7s
Page load
mobile LCP
+42%
Direct traffic
people typing the URL
12
Hero plates
photographed in one half-day
§ 02 — The brief

A 28-year-old Glendale institution stuck on a stale website that cost them online orders. We rebuilt the site, photographed the menu, and the orders started moving.

Ch. 01 — The challenge

A six-second load time, no real menu photography, and an online-ordering flow buried behind three menu pages. Most regulars knew to call — but new customers bounced before the menu finished rendering.

Ch. 02 — Our approach

A full-day photoshoot covered every sandwich on the active menu, including the build-your-own “Press.” The new site puts the menu and online-order CTA above the fold on mobile, prices update through a small CMS, and the cart flow is two taps.

Ch. 03 — The outcome

Online orders tripled in the first 60 days. Direct (people typing nickossandwiches.com) is up 42% — the kind of brand search you want for a 28-year-old shop. We still do photo refreshes every other quarter when the menu shifts.

I told them I just needed a faster website. They handed me a site, a menu’s worth of photos, and three times the online orders.
— Nicko's Sandwiches
§ 03 — Selected frames

From the archive.

06 frames in roll
§ 04 — What we shipped

The full stack.

01 Web Design Hand-coded sites · sub-1s load · 100/100 Lighthouse More web → 02 Food Photography Half-day shoots · 12–30 heroes · 5-day delivery More photo →
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