An operational turnaround for Houlihan’s

How does a large restaurant business wrangle a complex internal communications environment comprised of corporate managers, franchisees, and hundreds of employees? We’ve written a case study on the Houlihan’s Restaurants journey from pain to gain with the addition of their turnkey Jostle^® intranet. According to CEO, Bob Hartnett, “This is the best our company has been running in my entire 13 years here.”

Franchisees, corporate owners, remote offices, and centralized support operations create a complicated setting for communications. The existing tools (a very basic intranet and email) available at Houlihan’s could not help bridge distance and functions, or communicate relevant corporate, operations, and process information (such as menu changes) consistently and in good time. With no good way to share instructional communication, there was certainly no sharing of cultural stories or celebrations of the company’s people.

This poor communications infrastructure compounded by increasing lack of accountability, was felt in store level execution levels faltering along with guest satisfaction scores. Employee turnover was steadily rising and so were costs.

The executive team recognized that in order to rise above average and share spirit and learning across their dispersed workplace community, they needed to find a better way to communicate and coordinate their activities.

Jostle can transform your organization too.