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The Shift That Takes the Cake—Literally. And How It Improved Our Operations.

Industry Trends and Perspectives

The Shift That Takes the Cake—Literally. And How It Improved Our Operations.

Apr 2, 2024 | 4 min read

Learn how a defunct order-taking process led to a disappointing customer experience which in turn helped improve operations with better processes and innovation.

Industry Trends and Perspectives

How 9 High-Growth QSR Brands Plan to Open 250+ New Locations

Mar 4, 2024 | 9 min read

Discover 9 high-growth QSR brands planning to open their next several hundred or thousand locations and the strategies that they’ll employ to get there.

The Shift Where We Ditched Paper Schedules and Spreadsheets for Automation

Industry Trends and Perspectives

The Shift Where We Ditched Paper Schedules and Spreadsheets for Automation

Feb 23, 2024 | 6 min read

Learn how a restaurant manager helped his team overcome doubt and resistance when upgrading away from paper/spreadsheet staff schedules to automation.

New Ops Innovators Webinar Series: The ROI of Ops Management

Food Costs and Inventory

New Ops Innovators Webinar Series: The ROI of Ops Management

Feb 15, 2024 | 3 min read

Join us to learn about the five best metrics to track and how to think strategically about both quantitative and qualitative ROI opportunities.

2 Factors that Will Determine Restaurant Ops Success in 2024, and How to Achieve Them

Industry Trends and Perspectives

2 Factors that Will Determine Restaurant Ops Success in 2024, and How to Achieve Them

Feb 6, 2024 | 4 min read

Two factors will ultimately determine the growth and success of your restaurant operation: Delivering against your brand promise, every time to drive consistently great experiences, and managing every location profitably by controlling food and labor costs.

Operations Leader Spotlight: Josh Murrel, Five Guys

Industry Trends and Perspectives

Operations Leader Spotlight: Josh Murrel, Five Guys

Feb 6, 2024 | 3 min read

In this blog, we talk with Josh Murrell, a project manager at Five Guys corporate. With over 1,500 locations around the world — 450 of those locations company-owned and operated and 1,100 locations franchised out. Five Guys has been making handcrafted burgers since 1986, and they are known for remaining consistent, always.

Texas Roadhouse Sees 70% Increase in Training Completions

Industry Trends and Perspectives

Texas Roadhouse Sees 70% Increase in Training Completions

Feb 5, 2024 | 3 min read

Learn about the strategies employed by Texas Roadhouse to ensure the success of its ~90,000 employees across 650 locations throughout its diverse brands.

24 Stats and Strategies to Achieve Training Excellence in 2024

Industry Trends and Perspectives

24 Stats and Strategies to Achieve Training Excellence in 2024

Jan 19, 2024 | 4 min read

Take a deep dive into the 2023 Restaurant Operations Report, with a focus on the findings specific to training and development to help drive ops excellence.

How to Measure What Matters in Multi-Unit Restaurant Operations

Data, Analytics, and Reporting

How to Measure What Matters in Multi-Unit Restaurant Operations

Jan 9, 2024 | 2 min read

Learn how multi-unit restaurants can measure and track profitability, customer experience, and growth across key operational outcomes and four focus areas.

Two Top COOs Share How They Overcome Challenges in their Restaurants

Industry Trends and Perspectives

Two Top COOs Share How They Overcome Challenges in their Restaurants

Dec 21, 2023 | 7 min read

Lessons from two leading COOs about how they continue to overcome operational challenges to evolve and flourish, shared during Crunchtime's Ops Summit ‘23.

The Shift: How My Distrust in Restaurant Systems Launched My Tech Career

Industry Trends and Perspectives

The Shift: How My Distrust in Restaurant Systems Launched My Tech Career

Dec 19, 2023 | 4 min read

It's common to see some distrust in restaurant systems from time to time, but in this case, it actually helped launch a career in restaurant technology.

A Look Back at 2023 with Crunchtime

Industry Trends and Perspectives

A Look Back at 2023 with Crunchtime

Dec 15, 2023 | 4 min read

Take a look back to reflect on all that was accomplished in 2023 across our products, customers, and resources.

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