CrunchTime! vs. Fourth Procurement and Inventory

CrunchTime! is well suited for non-franchised restaurant brands. When you have control of the end-user it makes deployment and use much easier. It is less suited for franchised restaurants because of the inability for the franchiser to require its use. Without end-user interaction some data points are not available. Some of the recent changes in the software have addressed this.

Incentivized

The product is user-friendly in automating the tasks, managing the master data through central purchasing, and creating custom reports. It lacks certain basic functionalities like a record of wastages, sending automated emails confirming if the automatic tasks (scheduled tasks) have been completed or not, and the ability to automate the nutrition information, etc.

Incentivized

• The integration to our Vendors is well done allow us to place orders and monitor vendors for contract compliance.
• The integration to our POS was simple which allows us to easily exchange data.
• There update cadence is short and they are always releasing system improvements.

Incentivized

• Links very well to the point of sale
• Accurate and quick stock taking
• Managing suppliers and products
• Invoicing and cost price control

Incentivized

• Until recently we were unable to get accurate data from franchisees that are unwilling to use the product. That is changing with some new feature releases.

Incentivized

• It can be difficult to understand or it can give false answers.
• Batches are problematic.
• Projects take too long.
• Projects are very expensive.

Incentivized

The support has improved a lot. The team knows what they are doing and aims to provides resolution within 24hrs.

Incentivized

We selected CrunchTime! many years ago because they were a relatively small company with a good product. We have grown with them. We have looked at competitors over the years and have not found a company that we would consider switching to.

Incentivized

• The software has allowed us to maintain consistency of our products while helping to keep food cost down.
• The software has allowed us to maintain quality and determine which stores are not properly executing our recipes which allows us to do customized training.

Incentivized

• Fourth certainly has an easy-to-use interface that becomes quickly more familiar the more you use.
• With the quick options for me to see the state of my stock at any given time, Fourth has helped me in making decisions on when is necessary on buying more stock.

Incentivized