Case Study: Combi Cafe achieves confident, data-led growth with Futrli

Futrli helps Combi Cafe Australia to expand their business

Combi cafe, a South Australian coffee chain that grew from a single café in 1977 to over 70 cafés by 2014 (averaging ~39% annual growth), faced the challenge of managing rapid expansion and making confident location and operational decisions. To get real-time insight and expert advice they worked with Oreon Partners and began using Futrli (alongside Xero) in 2014 so leadership could see the financial picture as it changed.

Oreon Partners introduced Combi cafe to Xero and Futrli and set up real-time forecasting and scenario planning; owner Anthony Baker now uses the Futrli scenario planner to model seasonal swings, test outcomes of decisions, and forecast busy and quiet spells. As a result, Futrli has given the business actionable forecasting and greater decision confidence—turning up-to-date data into measurable planning capability that supports continued expansion.

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