With locations throughout Western Canada, Brewsters uses NorthStar Portal Hosted Solution (HS) to organize and deliver up-to-the minute reports on individual restaurant operations as well as chain-wide data. According to David Yipp, Project Manager for Brewsters, "Information that used to take days or weeks to search for, calculate and compile, is now available instantaneously so we can use it to make better decisions. It has made a huge difference on the administration level by reducing workflow and increasing our data awareness. This has fundamentally changed the way we run our business." NorthStar Portal HS was recently introduced by Irvine, California-based CBS. Company president Art Julian believes a key benefit of this spin-off from the company's successful NorthStar Enterprise software is that is puts valuable information technologies within economic reach for a wider range of restaurant operators. "Because NorthStar HS is web-based, there is not a big capital investment for servers, software and IT support. It's priced on a per month, per restaurant basis so they just sign-up and get started." Brewsters' Dave Yipp agrees, "NorthStar Portal HS is simple, flexible and very intuitive to use. It was obvious to me that whoever designed NorthStar had an intimate knowledge of the restaurant industry and how our business really operates. It pretty much worked flawlessly right from the start." The relationship between Brewsters and CBS began a few years ago when Dave Yipp contacted Art Julian in his quest for a technology solution that would bring to life Yipp's vision for a better flow of information within the company. "I knew the information was all there in our POS system but we couldn't get it organized and posted to the places where we needed it" explained Yipp. "I thought there had to be somebody out there who was doing this so I started searching and was ultimately introduced to CBS." At the time, NorthStar Portal was only available as a self-hosted software license which meant it was primarily targeted to larger operators. Yipp continued to stay in touch with CBS and when the Hosted Solution version of NorthStar Portal was launched in 2008, Brewsters became one of the first customers to sign up. More NorthStar products are now available in a Hosted Solution including the popular NorthStar Recipe Viewer/Training Center and NorthStar Change Management. For more information about NorthStar Hosted Solutions please contact CBS at 800-551-7674 or visit www.cbs-posi.com ABOUT CUSTOM BUSINESS SOLUTIONS: CBS provides a full range of restaurant technology products and services for the restaurant and hospitality industry throughout the Western United States. From the comprehensive NorthStar Enterprise Framework to fully integrated POSitouch point-of-sale systems, comprehensive training or contract maintenance services, CBS provides operators of all sizes with effective POS and reporting systems to drive their business. CBS is headquartered in Irvine, CA with six offices throughout the Western U.S. ABOUT BREWSTERS BREWING COMPANY AND RESTAURANT: Established in 1989 by the Lanigan family in Regina, Saskatchewan, Brewsters currently has eleven locations throughout Alberta and Saskatchewan and is Canada's largest Brewpub and Restaurant Group.
Contacts:
Art Julian, President Custom Business Solutions
800-551-7674 ajulian@cbs-posi.com Penny Welsch, Media Relations 714-642-3560
media@cbs-posi.com
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