Case Study: Panini Café increases applications and speeds hiring with Workpop

Workpop Helps Casual Restaurant Chain Panini Café Attract Top Talent Faster and More Efficiently

Panini Café, a Mediterranean casual dining chain in Southern California, was struggling with an outdated HR process that depended on paper records and manual hiring methods. HR Director Harry Lopez needed a better way to handle recruiting and onboarding for more than 750 employees across 13 locations, after the company was receiving only about 200 applicants per month.

Workpop provided an applicant hiring system that automated sourcing, improved candidate engagement, and digitized onboarding. With Workpop, Panini Café increased application volume from 200 to over 1,500 per month, saved over $60,000 annually on job posting fees, reduced applicant screening time from 2-3 hours to 30 minutes, and made onboarding 3x faster.

Panini Café

Harry Lopez

HR Director