Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine Issue III, 2013 | Page 30

Executive Summary: SurePayroll Delivers for Vibe Restaurants Vibe Restaurants with 34 franchises and nearly 1,000 employees in six states experienced payroll growing pains. To find an easy, accurate and efficient way to handle payroll and payroll taxes for its employees in light of ever-changing tax regulations in multiple states, Vibe turned to SurePayroll, a Paychex company. SurePayroll’s Franchise Management Portal allows Vibe Restaurants instant access and the ability to manage payroll for all locations with just one secure login. Meet Vibe Restaurants Founded in 2005 as the franchisee for seven Little Caesar’s restaurants, Vibe Restaurants has grown to 34 franchises under the leadership of Shalin Patel, who succeeded his father in management of the company. Vibe Restaurants manages 33 Little Caesar’s pizzerias and one Which Wich restaurant. The Challenge: Dream Growth Creates Potential Payroll Nightmare While its success has been a dream come true, managing payroll for all of Vibe’s businesses had been more like a nightmare. Vibe Restaurants realized that QuickBooks, which the company had been using, was not nearly robust enough to meet its needs. Vibe needed: (1) To find a way to efficiently handle payroll for the wide scope of their operations. (2) To ensure that they were keeping up with various and ever-changing tax regulations, payroll schedules filing and reporting deadlines. (3) To find an efficient way to manage all the reporting and record keeping for their dozens of locations. SurePayroll is the Right Fit Vibe Restaurants signed on with SurePayroll in April 2012. SurePayroll’s franchise-friendly online product proved to be the right fit as it could provide: (1) Secure single login to a Franchise Management Portal that provides an overview for access and management. (2) A nationally renowned platform which pays and files local, state and federal taxes in all 50 states. (3) An award-winning U.S.-based customer care team backed by 40 years of payroll experience. Easy Payroll, Employee Access, & Customer Satisfaction: “Our number one payroll concern of course is that our employees be paid accurately and on time and have easy access to their payroll details and pay stubs. When you have dozens of employees in dozens of facilities with varying benefits etc., this can be tricky. We know SurePayroll is meeting this need. And our employees appreciate the online access to their information,” says Vibe Restaurants Human Resources Manager Rosalyn Williams Easy Management & Automated Reporting: Williams is most impressed with SurePayroll’s MultiAccess solution requiring only one secure login to access and manage payroll for all 27 of the franchises. “Being able to log in and see all the companies with just a click allows us to effectively monitor each location to assure their payroll needs are being met,” says Williams. Moreover, since SurePayroll provides comprehensive full-service payroll management, there is no need to get involved with tedious tax work and other minutiae that would otherwise keep clients from being able to focus on their own area of expertise. Conclusion: A Strong Partnership, Peace of Mind and Valuable Time and Cost Savings. “SurePayroll was able to easily overcome our challenges and even anticipate potential future issues. There is