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The Franchise Profit Playbook nbr 5

Mary Pillow Thompson — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:57:32 GMT

Issue #5:

The Store You Think You’re Running Isn’t the One Your Team Is Experiencing

For the past four weeks, this playbook has unpacked the math behind profitable stores.

The Franchise Profit Playbook nbr 4

Mary Pillow Thompson — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:51:58 GMT

Issue #4:

Why Some Shifts Produce $500 More Than Others (The 3 Conditions Behind It)

Every operator has seen it.

Discovering the Power of Zippy: A Game-Changer for Your Franchise Operations

Matt Forbush — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:46:17 GMT

Franchise owners know all too well the challenges of managing a business. Balancing sales, training, recruiting, and catering is no small feat, and every saving counts – be it time or money. In this blog post, we will explore how Zippy, a leading Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform, is revolutionizing the franchise landscape with its impressive features and dedicated customer service.

A Restaurant’s Essential Guide to the Effects of the Holiday Season (Infographic)

Jamie Harris — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:46:17 GMT

It’s the holiday season, which means it’s the busiest season for those of us in the restaurant industry! Tired of stressing over what days to stay open or how you’re going to promote your gift cards during this gift-giving season? Allow the infographic below to provide insight to these questions and more:

How Is Zippy Unique?

Jamie Harris — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:46:17 GMT

Curious what makes Zippy different from the rest? Watch Laurie Tucker, Carson Duffy, and Matt Forbush explain the qualities that make Zippy unique from its competitors:

Are You Really Taking Advantage of Your Restaurant’s Data?

Jamie Harris — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:46:17 GMT

Running a restaurant can oftentimes be considered overwhelming as is, and the idea of adding data analysis on top of the daily work load is generally unappealing. Being in such a fast-paced, high stake industry means restaurant owners need an extra edge over their competition when looking to grow, or to even keep their current establishment running; however, if owners can’t keep track and utilize their business and employee data effectively, how can they expect to gain this edge or possibly even remain successful?

Accurate data reporting is necessary when facing competition and battling high turnover, but how much effort is needed to use this data effectively? Thankfully, we live in the 21st century and modern technology allows restaurant owners to manage and organize their data with a click of a button! Now that it’s organized, what do you do with it?

Becoming the Employer of Choice: A Multi-Unit, Multi-Brand Franchisee’s Success Story

Matt Forbush — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:46:17 GMT

As a professional in the quick-service restaurant (QSR) industry, you’ll likely agree that finding the right balance between business growth and employee satisfaction is a delicate act. However, one multi-unit, multi-brand franchisee has found a way to navigate this intricate dance successfully. This blog post will take a closer look at their tried-and-tested strategies that have elevated them as an employer of choice in the QSR sector.

Franchisee-Centric Management Solution: Empowering Franchise Owners with Zippy

Matt Forbush — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:46:17 GMT

In the dynamic world of franchising, success is often a matter of striking the right balance between standardization and individualization. Franchise owners, known as franchisees, face unique challenges in managing their businesses while adhering to brand standards. That’s where Zippy comes in. This post will explore how Zippy, a franchisee-centric management solution, offers customized tools and support to streamline operations and empower franchise business owners.

Welcome to Zippy’s Official Blog

Jamie Harris — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:46:17 GMT

Hi, we’re Zippy. We’re new to the market and just launched our franchise management app earlier this year.

First, a little bit about us: Zippy was founded by a restaurant franchisee, Matt Forbush, back in 2016 to solve all the problems he was experiencing running his restaurants. We’ve been there – tucked away in the office, disengaged from employees and customers, but that’s no way to run a restaurant properly. Zippy started as a way to automatically calculate incentives and has grown into an app that combines all the tools you need to run a franchise business while keeping you engaged with your management and employees. By using Zippy to automate day-to-day responsibilities through an easy-to-use platform, a franchisee can ensure their business is operating at peak efficiency in order to accelerate growth and offer a peace of mind.

Curious about the name? Zippy is designed to send you signals when somethings not right. As a franchisee or manager, you’re juggling a million things at once, and really just need to know when to pay more attention to a specific store or employee. You set the rules and we’ll signal you when you need it.

At Zippy, we’re passionate about making franchisees successful. Through this blog, we’ll be sharing tips on forecasting, scheduling, incentives, and managing employees. And we’d love to hear from you! If you’ve got any questions or feedback for us, or if you just want to say hi, email us at support@zignyl.com. For even more content, follow our social media accounts, linked below, where we regularly post content that contains even more tips and tricks on how to run a franchise more effectively!

Have All The Insight Without Being On-Site

Matt Forbush — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:46:17 GMT

Business owners already have enough challenges. What if having immediate visibility into your sales, labor and operations wasn’t one of them? As a franchise owner, I’ve seen the overwhelming amount data that is provided across many spreadsheets and platforms. I knew there had to be a better way to curate all this important information into one dashboard, so I could be a more effective owner and run my business more efficiently.

Therefore, we created the Zippy. A patent-pending report developed by a franchisee, for a franchisee. This report gives you a visual snapshot of real-time data that makes you a more informed owner, so you can reduce the amount of variables and maximize the opportunities throughout the day to meet your Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

The dashboard includes essential data points (forecast sales, net sales, scheduled labor, actual labor, suggested labor and operations) that let you visualize the numbers and make real-time decisions to have your business running like clockwork.

Here is a step by step demonstration of the simple yet powerful Zippy Report Dashboard.