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How multi-unit restaurant operators use Expo.

Multi-unit operators running everything from national QSR brands to regional fine-dining concepts get results with Expo. No analyst, no BI build. See why operators pick Expo.

Dividend Restaurant Group

"Expo is not just reporting the news. It gives you the solution to the news. That's extremely rare."

60+ bps Labor improvement
30% Reduced management turnover

Ken Hoffman COO, Dividend Restaurant Group

What results do restaurants get with Expo?

Expo's customers run the full range of multi-unit restaurants, from QSR and fast casual like Burger King, Wingstop, and Bibibop to casual and fine dining like Sullivan's Steakhouses and Pacific Catch. They use Expo to consolidate their POS, labor, inventory, and guest data and get plain English answers without an analyst.

Operators report saving 40+ hours a month, cutting prime costs by up to 100 basis points, and reducing management turnover. Most go from contract to live dashboards in days, not months.

The numbers operators see with Expo.

-6348+
Hours saved per month

For your finance team
+-1587%
Check average improvement
Better upsell visibility
-15870 bps
Prime cost improvement
Pinpoint waste and theft
$-15870k+
Annual headcount savings
On a role you don't add

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How three multi-unit operators put Expo to work across their brands, in their own words.

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Ken Hoffman COO, Dividend Restaurant Group

Matthew Lau CTO, International Restaurant Management Group

Proof, in their own words.

Expo acts as an area coach. It flags the metrics that are off and points to the actions to take, instead of waiting on a director of operations who can't talk to everybody.

Matthew Lau CTO, International Restaurant Management Group

"Expo has been a game changer as we continue our fast pace of growth."

Regina Cheung CFO, Far West Restaurant Group · Wingstop, 150+ units

"Expo is a one stop shop."

John Reno CEO, MWB Restaurants · Whataburger VP of Franchisees

"Expo has enabled us to build a culture of accountability, competition, collaboration and knowledge sharing."

Nishant Machado Dividend Restaurant Group

What operators ask before they switch.

What results do restaurant operators get with Expo?

It depends on the operator, but the common ones are time and margin. Operators report saving their finance teams 40+ hours a month on manual reporting, improving prime costs by up to 100 basis points by pinpointing waste, and lifting check averages around 10% through better upsell visibility. Dividend Restaurant Group saw a 60+ basis-point labor improvement and cut management turnover 30%.

Which restaurant brands use Expo?

Expo works with the largest franchisees of national brands like Wingstop, Whataburger, Burger King, and Popeyes, plus full-service operators like Romano's Macaroni Grill, Sullivan's, and Eddie Merlot's. Our partners span QSR, fast casual, casual dining, and fine dining, running anywhere from 10 units to several hundred.

Does Expo work for franchisees?

Yes. Many of our partners are large multi-unit franchisees — operators like Far West (150+ Wingstop locations) and International Restaurant Management Group (160+ Burger King and Popeyes restaurants across 40 states). Expo consolidates the data across all their units so a single team can see every store without logging into a dozen systems.

How fast can Expo go live?

Days, not months. Most multi-unit operators go from contract to live, custom dashboards in days, because the Expo team handles integration setup and maintenance. That's the difference operators point to versus building analytics in-house with tools like PowerBI or Tableau, which typically takes 6–12 months and $100K+ before the first useful dashboard.

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