First Watch restaurants turns complex utility data into operational confidence

First Watch Restaurants manages hundreds of locations across the United States and thousands of utility accounts. Arcadia provides proactive oversight, account organization, issue resolution, and utility expense management support to help reduce disruptions and improve visibility across the portfolio.

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Use Case

Managing utility data across 3,200+ accounts to improve visibility and reduce operational risks.

Challenge

First Watch Restaurants manages hundreds of locations across the United States, making their portfolio highly complex. The company juggles thousands of utility accounts that, while often overlooked, are crucial to daily operations. To prevent missed payments and utility shutoffs, First Watch Restaurants partnered with Arcadia to gain visibility into issues before they escalate and ensure consistent, reliable support for internal teams. Our proactive oversight helped efficiently manage and organize their accounts, keeping them efficient and operational.

Solution

Arcadia’s dedicated team proactively monitored the accounts and flagged issues as they arose, investigating and resolving issues quickly. We aligned strongly with First Watch Restaurants' shared goals and outcomes. Arcadia kept the accounts organized and readily offered answers to First Watch Restaurants’ inquiries, typically within 24 hours.

Benefits

Using Arcadia as their all-in-one partner, First Watch Restaurants successfully organized their complicated portfolio of 3,200+ accounts, significantly reducing utility shutoff notices and shutoffs. View the video below to learn more about how First Watch Restaurants reduced unnecessary spend and gained clearer visibility into their utility accounts.

This story was originally produced under ENGIE Impact, now part of Arcadia.

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