With its signature PERi-PERi-chicken dishes Nando’s was hatched from a South African restaurant called Chickenland and its popularity lead to rapid expansion around the world. The first UK Nando’s restaurant opened in 1992 in Ealing and the company has gone from strength to strength. Today it has 248 outlets across the UK and Ireland and is one of the biggest restaurant names on the high street.
Nando’s has been a Coda Financials user since 2006 when it sought a best of class financial management solution that would facilitate current and future growth and change within the business.
The selection of a new finance system began in 2004 when it became apparent that the company’s existing solution was proving increasingly difficult to operate and reporting was unreliable and inconsistent. Michelle Ruddock, Finance Project Manager, commented: “We needed a reliable system that generated accurate and timely reports about the financial and operational performance of the business. We also wanted to automate and streamline a large number of our processes so that we could spend less time slicing and dicing data. Our incumbent solution was inflexible and just not scaling to meet these needs. So we issued a tender document and began our search.”
The team met with a number of potential vendors before short-listing three and it was Coda Financials from UNIT4 that really stood out. Michelle continued: “I have used Coda Financials before and know that it has the rich financial management capabilities we require combined with an ability to integrate with the other line of business applications that we use within Nando’s. It can be easily scaled as our business grows and helps us to make more informed decisions based on accurate and consistent financial and wider management information.”
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