Case studies

Restaurants that stopped guessing.

Real numbers from restaurants like yours.

+35.6% Revenue Growth
+$126K Del Bar Revenue
20 hrs Saved/Week
Del Bar

+35.6% Revenue Growth in 30 Days

Del Bar — Alpharetta, GA (4 locations). Owner gets clarity. Makes data-driven decisions. Revenue jumps.

The Challenge

  • No visibility into what was actually working
  • Sales data in Toast, financials scattered in QuickBooks
  • Manual reconciliation eating time and focus
  • Gut-feel decisions instead of data-driven strategy

The Solution

Wells connected Toast POS + QuickBooks in 48 hours. Within a week, owner Ferris saw exactly which menu items drove profit vs. which killed margin. Which hours were peak. Which costs were creeping up.

Ferris started adjusting immediately: redesigned specials based on profitability, adjusted labor staffing based on predicted demand, adjusted pricing on high-demand items.

Del Bar, Alpharetta GA
Del Bar Alpharetta, GA — 4 locations
+35.6%
Revenue Growth +$126K
10,245
Covers Served +35% volume
30%
Less Time On reconciliation

Why This Happened

Not because Wells "created" revenue. Because clarity created confidence.

With daily visibility into what's selling, what's prepped, what's on pace to 86, Ferris could:

Ferris could also see his goodwill fund data for the first time. Del Bar targets less than 10% of meals comped — Wells made it easy to track which locations were hitting that number and which weren't. He could see which locations were actually embracing the data, and course-correct fast.

"I had a restaurant that was working, but I didn't understand why. Wells made the numbers visible. Once I understood them, the decisions were obvious."

— Ferris, Owner
Lapeer Time Savings
Lapeer Group Multi-location — 4 restaurants
Lapeer

80% Less Time in Admin. 10+ Hours Back Per Week.

Multi-location group trades spreadsheets for a command center.

The Challenge

  • Four restaurants, four GMs drowning in reconciliation
  • Weekly reconciliation: 20-24 hours of spreadsheet work
  • GMs doing accounting instead of managing floors
  • No consolidated view across locations
  • Cash flow visibility delayed by 1-2 weeks

The Solution

Wells automated financial reporting across all four locations. Connected each location's Toast + QuickBooks. Set up automated weekly KPI packs. Built a consolidated view of all locations.

GMs could finally see their numbers in real-time instead of waiting a week.

20 hrs → 3 hrs
Admin Time/Week 85% reduction
$52K+
Annual Time Savings 4 GMs × 5 hrs/week
Same-Day
Cash Flow Visibility vs. week 2 of next month

What Changed

"I used to spend my week pulling data. Now I spend it coaching my GMs. That's a completely different job."

— Regional Manager
Patterns we see

What every restaurant has in common.

I Didn't Know What I Didn't Know

Once the data was visible, the decisions were obvious. You can't optimize something you can't see.

We Saved Time We Didn't Think Was Recoverable

Admin work is invisible until it's gone. GMs get 10+ hours back every week. That time goes to leading people, not managing spreadsheets.

The Money Was Already There

No-shows, labor waste, pricing inefficiency. The revenue was already leaking. Wells just plugged the leak. The growth was always available.

Systems Talking Changes Everything

Once POS talks to accounting, FOH talks to BOH, today talks to tomorrow. Management becomes orchestration instead of firefighting.

Wells Learns Your Restaurant

The more you use it, the better it gets. Wells isn't generic AI — it learns your menu, your regulars, your slow nights, your rush patterns. Month 3 looks different from Month 1.

Aggregate data

Average results across all deployments.

Every restaurant is different. These are the averages we see across 50+ deployments. Your restaurant will be different.

Metric Average Range
No-show Reduction -45% -30% to -55%
Labor Cost Reduction -2.3% -1.5% to -3.5%
GM Time Saved/Week 12 hours 8 to 15 hours
Revenue Impact (Year 1) +8-12% Varies by baseline
Payback Timeline Month 4 Month 2 to Month 6
Customer Satisfaction (Wait Times) +20% Varies by baseline
Staff Retention Improvement +15% +10% to +25%

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