We start at your front desk.
Before any software, we sit with you and your managers and watch how a week really runs: every cash register, every schedule, every spreadsheet, every text.
Show us how you close out a Monday.
Every location, on one screen.
αFranchise brings every location's sales, labor, payroll and know-how into one place. Here's what that changes, told through one ordinary week.
01 · The week, before
Eleven locations. Four systems each. One owner holding it together.
Every location runs its own cash register, its own schedule and its own spreadsheet, and none of them agree on what a sale or an hour is. So the owner's week isn't spent running the business. It goes on stitching it back together.
- Monday
Waiting until Thursday to find out how last week went, and why.
- Payroll day
Rebuilding hours from four systems, one location at a time.
- Every day
The same questions from managers, by text, at all hours.
02 · How we build it
Listen first. Then connect what's already there.
Nothing gets ripped out. Scroll, and watch a store's week come together the way it does when we build it.
We agree what the numbers mean.
Every system has its own words for the same things. We settle what counts as a sale, an hour and a visit, once, and it's the same at every location.
Does a gift card count when it's sold, or when it's used?
We connect what you already have.
Your POS, payroll, bank and scheduling flow into one place on their own. Nobody changes their cash register.
Keep your systems. We'll do the copying.
Then we keep watch with you.
When a location starts to drift, you hear about it midweek, in plain English, while there's still time to fix it.
A heads-up on Wednesday beats a surprise on payday.
03 · The same week, with αFranchise
Same eleven locations. A very different week.
MondayUnderstand what happened↓
Payroll dayPay everyone, right↓
SaturdayAnswer without the phone call↓
Monday · 8:10 am
Something's off at Store 3. And it already knows why.
Last week's numbers are waiting before the first appointment. Store 3's labor is running at 32%, four points over target, because of overtime and longer shifts. Stores 1, 8 and 11 are improving.
It's written out in plain English, not left in a chart to decode. So the owner calls the right manager while the week can still change.
Runs on αInsights
- 1The four numbers that matter
Revenue, labor %, payroll variance and stores above target, against the last 90 days.
- 2Insights in plain English
Which store is over, why, and which ones are getting better.
- 3Every store against target
Each store's labor beside the target line, so the outliers find you.
- 4The reasons behind the numbers
Overtime, longer shifts, extra hours: what's driving each store's variance.
Payroll day · 10:00 am
Payroll for eleven locations. Before lunch.
Hours from every location arrive already matched to schedules and pay rules. Nobody copies a timesheet into a spreadsheet any more.
What's left is the short list that needs a person: missing punches, overtime alerts, unapproved time and new-hire paperwork. Clear those, then run payroll once for everyone.
Runs on αPayroll
- 1Every location, side by side
Spend, headcount, hours and average rate for each location, in one table.
- 2Only the exceptions need you
Missing punches, overtime and unapproved time, flagged before payroll closes.
- 3Then run it once
One run for every location, instead of 11.
Saturday · 7:40 am
A new manager's first weekend. Nobody's phone rings.
The policies, checklists and training that used to live in binders and inboxes are all in one place, and you can ask in plain words: “How do I hire staff?” “When are the payroll deadlines?”
The answer comes from the franchise's own documents, so it's the same answer at every location. And the owner gets a Saturday off.
Runs on αLibrary αSearch
- 1Ask it like a person
Plain questions, with suggestions for the ones people ask most.
- 2Sorted the way people work
Operations, people, marketing, finance and compliance, each a tap away.
- 3What every new starter needs
The onboarding guide and daily checklist, right at the top.
04 · By the end of the week
Less chasing. More running the business.
- Monday starts with answers.
Last week's numbers for every location are waiting, instead of being pieced together by Thursday.
- Labor caught in time.
A store drifting over target is flagged while the week can still change, not after the pay period closes.
- Payroll without the rebuild.
Hours, schedules and pay rules reconciled in one place, with only the exceptions left for a person.
- One answer at every location.
Managers find it themselves, from the franchise's own documents, whenever they need it.
05 · Where we are
Being built with a franchise owner and their eleven stores.
αFranchise is bringing each store's sales, labor, payroll and know-how into one place, so the owner can see which stores are pulling ahead, which are drifting, and why.
It's still in the works. We'll share results once it's live, and not before. We'd rather leave a gap than guess.