Case Study: Thrive Restaurant Group cuts data integration time with Google Cloud and Gemini Enterprise

Thrive Restaurant Group cuts data integration time by 50% with Apigee

Thrive Restaurant Group, a multi-concept restaurant franchisee, faced challenges from rapid growth which led to over 30 disparate data systems. This complexity caused managers to spend excessive time on manual data extraction instead of focusing on guests and staff. To unify its operations and reduce administrative burden, Thrive partnered with vendor Apigee and Google Cloud, utilizing products like BigQuery and Gemini Enterprise.

The solution implemented by Apigee and Google Cloud involved building a modern data foundation with BigQuery as a central warehouse and Looker for analytics. This integrated stack, including Gemini Enterprise, created a unified semantic layer for consistent data definitions. The results were significant, with data integration time cut by 50%, monthly financial reporting hours reduced by approximately 10%, and time to produce P&Ls slashed from over 8 hours to under 50 minutes, allowing managers to return their focus to human interactions.

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