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Crispy Cajun #142 — Broussard
STORE ID: CC-142-LA
HOT FOOD OPERATIONS PLATFORM

Stop throwing cash in the trash.
Start catching shrink in the act.

Built for c-store operators running Crispy Cajun, Krispy Krunchy, Chester's, and Champs programs. We ingest your POS data, hand your team a cook schedule built for your store's exact rhythm, and show you where your chicken is actually going.

Typical operator running at 30% gross margin — target is 50% — that 20-point gap = $36,000/yr on a $500/day store · $108,000/yr on a $1,500/day store
UPDATED 11:42 CST
Waste Rate · Last 7d
4.8%
▼ 6.7 pts vs. baseline
Shrink Flagged · This Week
23pc
▲ $87 unaccounted for
Gross Margin · Last 30d
47.8%
▲ 14 pts · from 34% baseline
Revenue · Last 7d
$14.8k
▲ 12.4% vs. trailing 4w
Hourly Demand — Today vs. Forecast
FRI · BROUSSARD · APR 24
Peer Benchmarks
17-STORE PILOT NETWORK
Waste %
4.8%
Shrink %
1.9%
Food Cost %
32.1%
$/Lb Revenue
$9.80
Batches/day
28
Your store ranks in the top quartile for waste reduction and top 30% for revenue per pound sold.
Today's Schedule
7 BATCHES · 56 PCS
10:00 AM Drop 1 batch · 8pc
11:15 AM Drop 2 batches · 16pc
11:45 AM Drop 3 batches · 24pc (payday peak)
2:30 PM Drop 1 batch · 8pc
4:45 PM Drop 1 batch · 8pc
Recent Waste Log
LAST 12 HRS
10:42 AM 3 pc
Past hold time · 9:45am batch
⚠ 9:18 AM 8 pc
Writeoff reason missing · flagged
8:05 AM 2 pc
Dropped on floor · photo attached
This Week's Win
MARGIN RECOVERED TO DATE
$2,083
Margin recovered this week from waste down, shrink caught, and supplier credits. Projected to $108,000/yr at current pace — this is a $1,500/day store moving from 30% to 50% GM.
Pieces Forecast · Week
780
~97 batches of 8
Peak Rush Hour
11:45A
FRI · payday effect
Expected Waste
~38pc
4.9% of production
Why these batches at these times?
Your forecasting model analyzed 60 days of POS data across 14 chicken SKUs, factoring in day-of-week patterns, payday cycles (bi-weekly Friday spikes), weather impact, and local event calendar. The model is ±6% accurate on demand prediction at 30-minute granularity.

Red batches = peak rush (drop early, don't be caught short). Gold batches = light demand (hold only if case is empty).
Print / Post Options
VARIANCE — LAST 7 DAYS
23pieces

You received 336 pieces of raw chicken this week. POS shows 291 pieces sold, and your team logged 22 pieces as waste. That leaves 23 pieces unaccounted for — approximately $87 in likely shrink. This is the kind of number you couldn't see before. Now you can.

Weekly Reconciliation
APR 18 – APR 24
Received
336
42 lbs · raw
Sold (POS)
291
86.6%
Logged Waste
22
6.5%
Variance
-23
6.8% shrink
Variance by Shift
Today's Log
Received · Last 7d
336pc
42 lb across 4 deliveries
Pieces / Pound · Your Store
5.4/lb
✓ calibrated · 3 weeks
Est. Variance
±4%
confidence range
Next Calibration
12d
monthly recount due
⚡ Fast Receive — 15 seconds per delivery
EMPLOYEE TABLET FLOW
Two intake modes
COUNTED vs. WEIGHED
🔢 COUNTED
By the bird / set / piece
Whole chickens, 8-pc dark sets, bone-in pieces. Known exact count. No calibration needed — 1 bird = 8 pieces, always.
⚖️ WEIGHED
By the pound
Tenders, nuggets, boneless wings, popcorn chicken. Piece count varies per bag. Calibration required to pin down pieces-per-pound.

Fast mode (weighed): Employee logs "1 box · 40 lb". System estimates pieces using your store's calibrated ratio.

Calibration mode (weighed): Once a month, a manager weighs + counts a sample bag to refine the estimate.

Confidence range (weighed): Instead of pretending we know exactly, we track a range (128–160). Variance detection uses the range, not a point estimate.

⚖️ Calibration · Weighed Products
PIECES PER POUND · YOUR STORE
Product Avg oz/pc Pieces/lb Confidence
Tenders
40 lb box / 4 bags
3.0 oz 5.4 (±0.4) 95%
Boneless wings
30 lb box · 3 bags
1.2 oz 13.3 (±2.3) 75%
Wings (split)
raw, 30 lb box
2.2 oz 7.3 (±0.8) 92%
Nuggets
high variance
0.6 oz 27.2 (±3.1) 78%
Popcorn chicken
highest variance
0.4 oz 40.0 (±5.8) 70%
Auto-learning: Every calibration weigh-in updates these ratios. Your numbers get more accurate as you use the system.
🔢 Counted Products
EXACT QUANTITIES · NO CALIBRATION NEEDED
Product Unit Pieces / Unit Accuracy
Whole chicken
fried whole / 8-pc meal
bird 8 pieces/bird Exact
8-piece dark set
pre-portioned
set 8 pieces/set Exact
Leg quarters (bone-in)
case of 40
piece 1 piece/piece Exact
Breast (bone-in)
case of 24
piece 1 piece/piece Exact
Zero variance on these: Suppliers sell whole birds and pre-portioned sets by count, not weight. 12 birds = 96 pieces, always.
Recent Deliveries — Last 14 Days
FULL AUDIT TRAIL
Date Supplier Product Weight Pieces (est.) Received By Status
Apr 22 · 3:14 PM Sysco Lafayette Tenders (2 boxes) 80 lb 432 (400–464) R. Hebert ✓ Verified
Apr 20 · 8:47 AM Sysco Lafayette Wings (1 box) 30 lb 219 (195–243) J. Anderson ✓ Verified
Apr 17 · 2:30 PM Sysco Lafayette Tenders (3 boxes) 120 lb 648 (600–696) J. Anderson ✓ Verified
Apr 15 · 11:02 AM US Foods Tenders (2 boxes) 78 lb 421 (390–452) T. Miller ⚠ Weight short
Apr 13 · 3:45 PM Sysco Lafayette Breast filets (1 box) 35 lb 108 (98–118) R. Hebert ✓ Verified
⚠ Apr 15 delivery flagged: Invoice said 80 lb, weigh-in recorded 78 lb. That's a ~11 piece shortage worth $42. System drafted a supplier credit request — review in Settings → Supplier Disputes.
🎯 Calibration Mode — Monthly Recount
MANAGER-ONLY · 5 MIN PER MONTH

Once a month, a manager picks any incoming bag, weighs it on a kitchen scale, and counts the pieces. The system updates your store's pieces-per-pound ratio.

Why this matters: Suppliers change vendors, bird sizes change seasonally, your menu item specs may shift. A 5 minute recount once a month keeps your shrink math accurate.

The payoff: After 3 months of calibration, your confidence range tightens from ±10% to ±3%. That means smaller variances get caught — you'll see $50 theft events that used to hide in the margin of error.

CALIBRATION HISTORY · TENDERS
Apr 1 · R. Hebert 10.2 lb · 55 pcs → 5.39/lb
Mar 4 · R. Hebert 9.8 lb · 52 pcs → 5.31/lb
Feb 6 · J. Anderson 10.5 lb · 58 pcs → 5.52/lb
Running avg (3 mo) 5.41 pieces/lb
Gross Margin · 90d
47.3%
▲ +14 pts from 33% baseline
Shrink Recovered · 30d
$9.0k
▲ per store avg
Waste Rate · 30d
4.2%
▼ from 27% baseline
Annualized Recovery
$324k
across 3 stores · 20pt GM gap closed
Waste % — Before & After HotCase Pro
ROLLING 7D · 90 DAYS
Store Comparison
YOUR 3 LOCATIONS
Store Rev/d Current GM Waste % Status
#142
Broussard
$2,117 49.1% 4.8% On Track
#207
Breaux Bridge
$1,845 44.3% 6.2% Watch
#311
New Iberia
$2,310 36.7% 9.4% Action
⚠ Store #311 alert: At 36.7% GM, this store is bleeding 13 points below target — roughly $108K/yr in unrealized margin. Morning shift (5am–1pm) shows highest variance. Recommend visit + shift-by-shift review.
🔥
THIS MONTH'S TEAM PROFIT POOL
$1,904 / $2,700

Crispy Cajun #142 recovered $9,014 in margin this month — $5,400 from waste, $2,700 from shrink caught, and $914 from supplier credits. 30% of that recovery funds the employee profit pool — split weekly based on individual Fryer Scores.

Apr 1 TODAY · DAY 24 Apr 30
PROJECTED PAYOUT · END OF MONTH
$2,380
Split across 4 team members based on scores
Team Leaderboard · April
CRISPY CAJUN #142 · BROUSSARD
1
Jamal Anderson 🔥 HOT STREAK · 7 DAYS
SHIFT: DAY · EMP-047 · HIRED 11/2023
Waste: 3.2% Schedule: 98% Logs: 100%
94
+$384
2
Rachel Hebert
SHIFT: NIGHT · EMP-031 · HIRED 8/2022
Waste: 4.1% Schedule: 95% Logs: 97%
87
+$298
3
Marcus Thibodeaux
SHIFT: DAY · EMP-055 · HIRED 2/2024
Waste: 5.8% Schedule: 89% Logs: 92%
74
+$201
4
Tyler Miller ⚠ 2 FLAGGED WRITEOFFS
SHIFT: DAY · EMP-071 · HIRED 1/2025
Waste: 9.4% Schedule: 76% Logs: 81%
52
+$89
Employee Tablet View
WHAT JAMAL SEES AT THE FRYER
HELLO, JAMAL 👋
SHIFT START · 6:00 AM
YOUR SCORE TODAY
94
🔥 7-DAY HOT STREAK
Your Bonus This Month $384
6 days left · on pace for $497
🎯 NEXT ACHIEVEMENT
Perfect Week
Under 4% waste all 7 days · +10 pts · 5/7 done
Employees log in on a tablet mounted at the fryer station, or from their own phone. Works on the store's wifi — no app store install needed.
Achievements · Unlockables
UNLOCKED BY TEAM · APRIL
🔥
Hot Streak
7 days under 5% waste
UNLOCKED · APR 23
🎯
Sharpshooter
Forecast accuracy ±5%
UNLOCKED · APR 18
👑
Clean Shift
Zero unaccounted · 10 shifts
6/10 · IN PROGRESS
💰
Money Saver
Save store $500 in a week
$340 / $500 · IN PROGRESS
🏆
Store Champ
#1 in network for a month
LOCKED
🥇
Perfect Logger
100% log compliance · 30d
LOCKED
Store-vs-Store · The Keaty Cup
NETWORK LEADERBOARD · APR
Rank Store Avg Score Savings
🏆 1 #142 Broussard 84.3 $2,823
2 #207 Breaux Bridge 76.1 $1,945
3 #311 New Iberia 62.8 $847
4 #418 Lafayette N. 71.2 $1,520
5 #506 Scott 68.9 $1,310
🏆 APRIL PRIZE: Winning store team splits $500 + team lunch. Runner-up gets $250. Monthly reset on the 1st.
Owner Controls — Pool Configuration
FULL CONTROL · YOUR RULES
30
%
Industry sweet spot: 25–35%. Keeps 65–75% of savings with owner.
$200
Pool only activates if savings exceed this — protects against noise months.
Monthly
Options: weekly, bi-weekly, monthly. Paid via payroll or gift card.
Why this works: Chick-fil-A, In-N-Out, and Culver's all use variants of profit-share bonuses and report 30–50% lower employee turnover and industry-lowest shrink. HotCase Pro brings that same system to every c-store — at a cost the owner would have paid in waste anyway.
What employees actually earn
MONTHLY PROFIT POOL · DISTRIBUTED BY FRYER SCORE
AVG STORE · $500/DAY
$225/mo
per employee avg · 4-person team
Top performer: $338/mo
= 15% bonus on base wage
GOOD STORE · $1,500/DAY
$540/mo
per employee avg · 5-person team
Top performer: $810/mo
= 37% bonus on base wage
TOP STORE · $2,000/DAY
$720/mo
per employee avg · 5-person team
Top performer: $1,080/mo
= 49% bonus on base wage
The retention multiplier: Owners report ~40% lower turnover after pool activation. At $4,000/replacement × 4 employees × 1.5× typical c-store turnover = $9,600/yr in additional savings to the owner, on top of the margin recovery. An employee earning an extra $540/month doesn't quit for a 50¢/hr raise across the street.
How it works
15 SECONDS PER LOG
1
Pick pieces. Big number pad or quick buttons (+1, +2, +5, +8).
2
Pick reason. One-tap tiles. No free text to avoid gaming.
3
Photo (if ≥5 pieces). Tablet camera opens. Must show chicken in trash + timestamp overlay.
4
Manager PIN (if ≥10 pieces). Large writeoffs need manager approval. Non-bypassable.
✓
Confirm. Shows score impact. Celebrates honesty, doesn't shame.
Anti-Gaming Protections
THE HARD PART
📸 Photo-gated writeoffs. Camera-captured with GPS + timestamp. Gallery uploads blocked. Blurry/black photos auto-flagged.
🔒 Manager PIN on ≥10pc. Manager has a personal PIN tied to their user account. Employee can't know it.
🧮 Reconciliation math. Raw received → sold + logged waste = variance. Missing pieces hit the logging employee's score.
👀 Peer oversight bonus. +2 points for flagging a missed log. Creates internal accountability without snitching culture.
📊 Pattern detection. ML-flagged: "round numbers only" · "always at shift change" · "same reason every time" · "no photos ever".
🎯 Score anomaly watch. Sudden 20+ point jumps trigger review. Hurts to game the system.
Design Principles
WHY THIS WORKS

Fast beats thorough. If logging takes more than 15 seconds, employees skip it when they're busy. Every extra tap = more unlogged waste.

Celebrate honesty, don't punish waste. The confirmation screen thanks the employee for logging. Nobody wants to snitch on themselves if it feels like self-punishment.

Show the bonus impact, not the dollar loss. "You're on track for $384 this month" beats "you just wasted $12". Same data. Opposite psychology.

Works offline. C-store wifi is unreliable. All logs queue locally and sync when online. Never block an employee from logging.

🖥️ Live Interactive Preview · Try it below
TRY LOGGING DIFFERENT AMOUNTS: 3 PIECES (NO PHOTO) · 7 PIECES (PHOTO) · 12 PIECES (MANAGER PIN)
YOU'RE LEAVING THIS ON THE TABLE
$36,000
Your 1-store program at $500/day is running at 30% gross margin. Target is 50%. That 20-point gap = $36,000/yr recovered when you plug it. At $1,788/yr in HotCase Pro, that's a 20× return, paid back in 18 days.
$500/day · $180,000/yr
30% · heavy shrink territory
50% · what the program should produce
1 store
Where the 20 points go
BREAKDOWN · HERO STORE
Waste / over-cook / stale toss10 pts
Shrink / theft / miscount6 pts
Supplier dispute leakage2 pts
Over-production (bad forecasts)2 pts
Total margin gap20 pts
Recovery in dollars
ANNUAL · YOUR STORE(S)
Waste recovery$18,000
Shrink recovery$10,800
Supplier credits$3,600
Forecast optimization$3,600
Total recovered/yr$36,000
Investment
WHAT IT COSTS YOU
HotCase Pro Pro tier-$1,788
Tablet (one-time)Operator provides
TrainingIncluded · 30 min
SetupDone-for-you
Net gain/yr$34,212
Your Hot Food P&L · Before vs. After
PER YEAR · 1 STORE
BEFORE HOTCASE PRO
Barely breaking even
Running at 30% gross margin. After labor, supplies, and cleaning, you might be netting 3-5%.
Sales$180,000
COGS (waste + shrink)-$126,000
Gross profit$54,000
→
HOTCASE
PRO
AFTER HOTCASE PRO
Your most profitable category
Running at 50% gross margin. Hot food becomes the highest-margin square foot in your store.
Sales$180,000
COGS-$90,000
Gross profit$90,000
60
THE FOUNDING OPERATOR OFFER
Free for 60 days. No card on file.
You only pay if it works.
Run HotCase Pro in your store for 60 days with zero commitment. If at the end of day 60 you haven't recovered at least 3× what the next 12 months would cost, you walk away owing nothing. No contracts, no credit card required to start, no cancellation fees.

If it works — and we know it will — you pay $99–$199/store/month based on your team size, going forward. Still month-to-month. Still cancel anytime.
WHAT YOU RISK
$0
No commitment · No card
60-DAY RECOVERY (HERO)
$6,000
$500/day store × 20 pts GM
STARTS AT
$99/store/mo
Up to 10 employees · per store