Crunchtime eliminates the need to pass down tribal knowledge at JuiceLand, making it seamless for managers to transition between locations. (2026 Ops Summit)
At Five Guys, Crunchtime lets us set up franchise-specific URLs, so each franchise can apply its own business rules — from scheduling inventory to choosing when its week ends. There's just a lot of flexibility. (2026 Ops Summit)
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AI analyzes massive operational datasets instantly to surface clear priorities for our GoTo Foods field coaches. Instead of spending five hours prepping before stepping into a restaurant, a coach sits in their car, reviews a quick AI diagnostic, and walks in ready to focus on what matters most.
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Moving to Crunchtime and leveraging their AI tools has boosted our forecasting to 98% accuracy, while simultaneously improving efficiency with suggested ordering and suggested scheduling.
Crunchtime Insights is a game changer for us. Insights Assistant is going to save me at least 3 hours in a period alone, and that'll be magnified even more with future reports and actionable insights.
Moving to Crunchtime and leveraging their AI tools has boosted our forecasting to 98% accuracy, while simultaneously improving efficiency with suggested ordering and suggested scheduling.
Customizable data and formulas in Crunchtime Insights flow into our data warehouse for operations and other departments' desired reporting to be available, while allowing us to share inventory and purchasing data with vendors regularly to document credits owed for quicker turnaround and more accurate inventory.
It's been a huge journey now getting to over 400 company-owned stores in the US. As we continue to grow, our goal is 1,500 locations here in the US.
Shake Shack Protects Margins and Drives Operational Consistency Across 400+ Locations with Crunchtime
I think the biggest wins that we've seen are big reductions in our highest cost products. And then for our leadership team to look into where we can dial in and make changes has had a huge impact on our overall waste and an AvT variance that we see.
Panini Kabob Grill Scales Its Scratch-Kitchen Operation with Consistency During Expansion with Crunchtime
Crunchtime has been the backbone of our labor revolution, helping us slash labor costs by 7 points and save over $16 million in food costs through sheer operational discipline.
We put Crunchtime's temperature monitoring in place two years ago at one of our airports and are now expanding it further. One Saturday, our keg cooler went out of temperature range — we got a notification and fixed it before it became a loss. Moments like that alone have paid for the investment.
Inside Zaxbys Tech Stack Overhaul (Crunchtime Kitchen)
Suggestive sales are going through the roof with voice AI. Operations is suddenly, 'Holy crap, the three things that you really are selling the most are all the make-to-order items I've got to deal with in the kitchen. You just killed my kitchen times.'
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Digitizes Operations and Reclaims Thousands of Hours with Crunchtime
What used to take three or four managers 10 hours now can be completed by two managers in two hours with Crunchtime Inventory.
Crunchtime Ops Execution provides a closed loop system, where if an area leader does a brand standard, it triggers the GM for action, and then the GM closes it out. We just don't have that with other systems.
Smoothie King Launched Crunchtime Solutions Across 1,200+ Locations in Just 3 Months
Now that we have a great foundation for valid information coming through from Crunchtime, it’s allowed us to take that next step and be able to define metrics we can operate with.
We've already seen so much positive feedback from a lot of franchisees and even GMs out of our corporate locations. (2026 Ops Summit)
The support we've had from the Crunchtime team has just been amazing. We've constantly improved the system. (2026 Ops Summit)
With our previous system, we had a lot of issues when it came to the validity of the information and forecasting sales. (2026 Ops Summit)
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Team Wow! (Domino’s Franchisee) Reclaims Up to Three Hours Daily Across 90 Locations with Crunchtime Ops Execution
Implementing Crunchtime Ops Execution is not about replacing paper; it is about providing your leaders with better information so they can make better operational decisions. When managing close to 90 stores across multiple states, you must have scalable tools that build stronger, more consistent operations.
Before Crunchtime Kitchen, the old system we used at Dave's Hot Chicken required technical staff to manually create reroutes for each store. Now, with activity levels in Crunchtime's KDS, our teams change routing profiles with the touch of a button. (2026 Ops Summit)
With Crunchtime, Fazoli’s strengthens its ability to manage business operations and realizes savings in both labor and food costs. (2026 Ops Summit)
What impressed me most about Crunchtime Ops Execution was that they truly knew restaurants, and the interface was simple enough for our new managers to learn quickly.
Pressed Juicery’s journey reflects a strategic, phased transformation of operations. Crunchtime Ops Execution serves as our operational backbone, connecting daily execution with long-term performance and enabling proactive store leadership. (2026 Ops Summit)