Many Franchisors are dealing with the tedious, difficult challenge of reconciling their franchisees’ financial statements.Financial planning and analysis can help but needs accurate data to work.metiRi®, a cloud-based financial solution, helped large global franchise...
Corporations and individuals create an estimated 2.5 quintillion bytes of data daily. Restaurant finance teams spend 80% of their time collecting data and 20% analyzing it. The industry needs to flip that equation. Poor data collection prevents accurate benchmarking....
Franchisees’ and operators’ most frequently asked questions indicate the need for new benchmarks for the restaurant industry.Complicated assessments of sales, profit and performance have, in the past, relied on far-too-simple data. -Paul Compton,...
Profitable Restaurants: Sit down with RMS Director of Product Management Paul Compton Whether you’re a restaurant operator, franchisee or franchisor, for the past 18 or so months, the scramble has been real. Shifting demands from both consumers and health officials;...
The pandemic created levels of volatility never before seen in the restaurant industry, and the pressures keep on coming. A year ago, we tracked capacity restrictions, stay-at-home orders and case counts. Now we’re watching commodity pricing, labor stats and the...
As people become vaccinated and restrictions are eased, consumers are eager to return to dining out. While the restrictions of the past year may be lifting, the pressures on operators, franchisees and brands are not. Food and labor costs are rising. Supply chain...
In a recent TED Radio Hour episode on resilience, Esther Perel stated, “a pandemic, a disaster, highlights the cracks. It will also reveal light shining through.” While she was speaking to interpersonal relationships, her analogy also applies to our business, which is...
From immediate response to resolution and recovery, maneuvering a crisis with any sort of certainty can be challenging. With COVID-19, “challenging” is an understatement. Brands had to think quickly to respond to the crisis, without any real historical precedent. As...
Historical and comparative data and information guide us, informing both near- and long-term actions. But in these times without historical precedent, we are left with the question: what should we measure now? Information enables conversations—and solutions. RMS CEO...
We’re in a time of great opposites. On one hand, you’re required to engage in the quickest thinking of your career as we rapidly change course to meet the needs of the day. On the other hand, the COVID-19 crisis will begin to subside, and that time will require a very...
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