Case Study: Zinburger Wine & Burger Bar achieves major food and labor cost reductions with CrunchTime

Crunchtime Reduces Food and Labor Costs at Zinburger Wine & Burger Bar

The Briad Group, a multi‑unit restaurant and hospitality operator and owner of Zinburger Wine & Burger Bar, needed to replace spreadsheet-based processes to gain better control and granularity across its growing portfolio. Facing variable food costs, time-consuming manual inventory and scheduling tasks, the company sought a centralized system to standardize recipes, track inventory and streamline labor management across its 17 Zinburger locations (with an 18th opening soon).

They deployed the CrunchTime food and labor platform, including centralized recipe and inventory management, Actual vs. Theoretical variance reporting, supplier/accounting integration, the TeamworX scheduling app and the Counter mobile inventory app. The result: sharper visibility and quicker resolution of cost variances (targeting variance within one point), faster scheduling for 1,500+ employees, reduced manual invoice and ordering work, and measurable food and labor cost improvements across Zinburger restaurants.

Zinburger Wine and Burger Bar