Case Study: Rethink Food reclaims 2.5 months of manual work each year with Planful
Key results
The challenge
Rethink Food operates two legal entities, each running its own QuickBooks instance, so every financial report required manual export, consolidation, and reconciliation in spreadsheets. Budgeting often stretched beyond two months and quarterly board reporting required roughly 12 hours of preparation.
The solution
Rethink Food chose Planful for its direct QuickBooks integration, multi-entity consolidation, department-level self-service reporting, and scenario planning for shifting funding sources.
The results, in context
Rethink Food cut its annual budget cycle in half, from more than two months to under one, and reduced quarterly board report preparation 33%, from 12 hours to eight. Together the automation reclaimed approximately 2.5 months of manual work each year, without adding FP&A headcount.