Technology

Restaurant365 acquires ExpandShare

April 9, 2024

Restaurant365, an all-in-one restaurant enterprise management platform, has finalized the acquisition of ExpandShare, a learning-management system built for restaurants to deliver and track training content quickly and easily across platforms.

"Guest satisfaction is paramount to restaurant success, and the main driver for both is capable employees who carry a strong company culture to customers," Restaurant365 co-founder and CEO Tony Smith said in a company press release. "We're thrilled to offer this invaluable learning tool to the 40,000 locations we serve, and we're confident that adding best-in-class training to our one-of-a-kind back-office system will allow leaders to holistically grow their business in a way the industry has never seen."

ExpandShare Founder Eric Harsh said he was grateful to join Restaurant365 in its mission to integrate and streamline restaurant workforce management, alongside accounting and store operations, on a single platform

"We've seen the importance of labor investment and development in recent years and are excited to help restaurants further strengthen their teams, operations and bottom lines," Smith said in the release.

Harsh launched ExpandShare in 2012, and it integrates with over 70 restaurant technology providers and is used by hospitality brands nationwide, including U.S. Foods, Starbird, Newk's Eatery and Marco's Pizza. Its user-friendly interface, automation and tailored content libraries simplify training, empowering employees to enhance brand experience, boost sales, scale location count, and uphold quality and safety standards.

"Learning and growth are core tenets of Restaurant365, and we know they play prominently in many of the most successful restaurants," Smith said.

ExpandShare's mobile platform saves managers time by making critical resources available to staff at the right place and time. With a revolutionary AI-drive course builder, a marketplace of ready-to-use industry courses and templates, and multi-language support capabilities, leaders can quickly build custom learning paths and translate them into more than 80 languages.

ExpandShare is the latest of several innovations to join Restaurant365's all-in-one platform over the previous 12 months. Others include tip automation, restaurant intelligence dashboards and Capture AI, which brings the power of machine learning to invoice management.