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How One Pizza Brand Used Franchisee Data to Hit 300 Locations
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In this episode of Scaling Up with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the story of a regional pizza chain that grew from 12 company-owned stores to 300 franchised locations in less than a decade. The secret wasn't better pizza—it was a proprietary data platform that tracked every franchisee's key metrics in real time, from food cost variance to labor efficiency. The company used this data to identify underperformers early, offer targeted coaching, and keep its royalty pool healthy. Lucas breaks down how the founder built the tool with a two-person engineering team, why franchisees initially resisted, and how the data ultimately reduced store-level churn by 40 percent. Luna questions whether this model would work for non-food businesses and pushes Lucas on the ethics of constant surveillance. A concrete look at how data transforms the franchise playbook.