How Culver’s Cuts Food Costs Across 900 Locations
Insights from Deane Fischer, Franchise Business Consultant at Culver’s, on how the brand is keeping food and labor costs low while prioritizing training.
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Articles by Crunchtime Team
RLC 2023: 4 Takeaways from Top Restaurant Chains
Insights from operations experts on how restaurant brands can prepare and adapt to constant changes in the industry and how to come out ahead and on top.
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Why Most Definitions for Restaurant Management Software Are Wrong
Restaurant management software must be defined as a technology solution that supports both profitability and the customer experience in one system.
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Driving Ops Excellence: 5 Lessons from Burger King
Burger King's Sr. Director of Ops. Training, John Zurovchak, discusses how new technology can be employed to enhance both customer and employee experiences
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Ops Excellence in Action: Five Guys, Chipotle, Uno, & Miller’s Ale House
Learn what operational excellence means and four examples how leading restaurant brands achieve it to gain a competitive advantage and grow successfully.
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The Shift Where Everything Went Wrong
My most memorable shift as a new manager where seemingly everything went wrong, and what it taught me about managing and motivating restaurant teams.
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How 3 Top Restaurant Brands Are Helping the Environment
In honor of Earth Day, we’re highlighting the efforts of 3 top brands leading the charge across the industry in a concerted effort to better our planet.
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How to Find, Train, and Maintain Top-Performing GMs
Investing in a great general manager can help a restaurant thrive; here are top strategies to help get a top performer through each phase of the process.
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6 Operational Learnings from Burger King, Culver’s, and Chipotle
We recapped the top six takeaways from our recent live panel discussion with Burger King, Culver’s, and Chipotle to learn how they achieve ops excellence.
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Crunchtime’s New Look: Behind the Scenes of Our Rebrand
We’ve given our logo and brand a complete transformation to reflect the way we’ve grown and expanded. Learn more about our rebrand and new visual identity.
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4 Ways Inventory Management Helps Scratch Kitchens Reduce Food Costs
Learn why restaurant inventory management is more complicated in scratch kitchens and four strategies to improve food cost and actual vs. theoretical food variance.
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Meet the Leaders Driving Ops Excellence at Burger King, Culver’s, and Chipotle
Ahead of our upcoming webinar, get to know our panel of leaders from Burger King, Culver’s, and Chipotle, and learn more about their industry experience.
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