Case Study: US Beef achieves doubled manager training capacity with Kineo's Totara Learn

A customized learning platform to improve Manager Training Programme for US Beef

US Beef, the largest Arby’s franchisee operating 330 restaurants across eight Midwest and Western states, faced a labor‑intensive manager training program: a six‑week, paper‑based “mentored apprenticeship” that required highly skilled training managers, extensive paperwork, and limited scalability.

Partnering with Kineo, US Beef moved to a customized Totara Learn open‑source LMS that digitized skills training, progress tracking, compliance and leadership courses, and introduced simple dashboards and integrated appraisal workflows. The new system doubled the number of trainees each manager can handle, improved visibility for senior leaders, reduced reliance on district support, and earned a Gold Brandon Hall award for Best Blended Learning.

US Beef

Bo Davis

Chief Operating Officer