CHICAGO, July 18, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ArrowStream, Inc. (“ArrowStream”), a supply chain innovator that combines expertise in data science and analytics to improve the way supply chains perform, today announced that Raising Cane’s® (“Raising Cane’s”), the popular Louisiana-based restaurant company known for its ONE LOVE® - quality chicken finger meals, has licensed ArrowStream’s market-leading OnDemand software to better manage food spend, inventory, and auditing with its suppliers and distributors.
Raising Cane’s faced challenges that are common for many foodservice chains that lack the requisite visibility and tools to effectively manage an expanding supply chain. With an aggressive growth plan and a multi-distributor environment, Raising Cane’s could no longer rely solely on spreadsheets and manual processes to uncover financial opportunities and potential supply chain disruptions.
“Having the opportunity to partner with ArrowStream to leverage both their technology and long-standing industry expertise will bring immediate and immense value to Raising Cane’s,” said Jeremy Lyle, VP of Supply Chain at Raising Cane’s. “After seeing the comprehensive capabilities of OnDemand and how easily it highlights the tangible issues we care about, we knew this was a necessity for our business that would not only improve how we operate internally, but also enable greater collaboration with our distributors and suppliers.”
Raising Cane’s is the latest major food chain to partner with ArrowStream, joining Sbarro, Hooters, Shake Shack, and CraftWorks as recent additions to a portfolio of customers that includes Church’s Chicken, Popeyes, Golden Corral, Panda Restaurants, and Einstein Noah. OnDemand empowers restaurant chains to quickly identify price variance savings opportunities and proactively address the most pressing threats in their supply chains by centralizing inventory, contract, and quality assurance information. OnDemand’s streamlined interface eliminates the need for traditional data mining by bringing specific challenges to the forefront and by cleansing, merging, and mapping restaurant data that enables immediate action to be taken. Restaurant supply chain and purchasing departments have a single source of truth with OnDemand, leading them to better tactical and strategic decisions.
“Raising Cane’s is a great addition to the ArrowStream family of customers,” said Jeff Dorr, Chief Customer Officer, ArrowStream. “Their growth model and progressive approach aligns perfectly with ArrowStream and our drive for product innovation, that in 2017 is delivering our customers a new level of direct supplier collaboration and dramatically shortening the industry’s timetable to achieve full product traceability. We look forward to supporting Raising Cane’s expansion efforts and providing the technology and expertise needed to achieve their goals.”
About Raising Cane’s®
Founded by Todd Graves in 1996 in Baton Rouge, LA., RAISING CANE’S CHICKEN FINGERS has more than 320 restaurants in 23 states with multiple new restaurants under construction. The company has ONE LOVE® - quality chicken finger meals – and is continually recognized for its unique business model and customer satisfaction. Raising Cane’s vision is to have restaurants all over the world and be the brand for quality chicken finger meals, a great crew, cool culture and active community involvement. More information is available at raisingcanes.com
About ArrowStream
Headquartered in Chicago, IL, ArrowStream is the first company to develop innovative solutions that address both inbound logistics and supply chain management, optimizing powerful data to provide unprecedented levels of transparency, control, and actionable insight. ArrowStream has been serving the food industry for over 17 years, combining proven supply chain expertise with data science and analytics to help clients rethink and optimize their supply chains. Industry leaders nationwide trust ArrowStream to proactively manage their supply chains, dealing with issues well in advance of impact. For more information on ArrowStream, please visit arrowstream.com.