"The infrastructure and processes in place to operate the business were decentralized. Critical data such as inventory levels, product waste, inventory variances and consumption forecasts were not available in a timely manner. At the time, our food costs were relatively high, ranging from 30% to 32%."

"The people of CrunchTime help put everything about the system into perspective. They simplify what I need to know so I can apply that knowledge to my everyday role."

"Of all the systems we investigated, CrunchTime demonstrated the most focus and competency in food cost management."

"Our guests expect high quality from Chipotle, and when they come into our restaurants and our restaurants are really clean, our food looks great, and it’s got a great atmosphere– a lot of goes back to the daily tasks we have in Zenput."

“Since the implementation, they are always available, responsive, and more than helpful. We have scheduled times to help us learn how to use the system in creative ways to meet more needs. It was the experience I could only HOPE for with other vendor partners.”

"When we implemented CrunchTime, we saw an opportunity to standardize how we manage inventory and keep food costs down across locations."

“Our directors and above-store leaders are now much more actively involved in the inventory review process because the stores are now completing their inventory counts regularly and on time.”

“After handling the application for almost one year I can state that the results exceeded expectations. We not only meet our goals, but we also find other benefits in the process.”

“We were in a very reactionary mode, and needed a system to assist operators with holding their teams accountable, and that was a driving force toward Zenput. With Zenput, we went from reactionary to proactive.”

“The biggest cost reduction was the elimination of the booklets that housed all of our paper checklists.”

"When opening more locations as a multi-unit franchisee, you hit a point where you just don’t have the capacity to manage each store as closely as you’d like to. We saw Zenput as the system that would help us scale further and feel confi dent that each store was being …

“We knew our sales, we knew our sales by hour, we knew our labor – we were able to completely change our restaurant environment coming out of COVID, including our menu, our labor structure, and more.”

“The accuracy of our stock control and ordering is essential, but the process prior to implementing Crunchtime was overly burdensome and time consuming."

“It was a strategic decision that we were going to use this time to pivot our business and have new tools in place so that when we came out of COVID, we’d come out swinging."

“In any restaurant, food safety is the business. [Crunchtime] gives us a window into food safety operations to make sure we're doing everything the safest way possible.