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[Features](https://www.crewapp.com/features) - [Help](https://help.crewapp.com/) - [Signup or Login](https://crewapp.com/app) - [Crew App](https://crewapp.com/app) - [Command Center](https://crewapp.com/enterprise/commandcenter/) [The Crew Blog](https://blog.crewapp.com/) ![Crew](https://blog.crewapp.com/hubfs/Crew_logomark_red-1.svg) # Crew Recent Posts by Crew: ## [Crew Stories: How a High Volume KFC Achieved its 95-second Speed of Service Goal](https://blog.crewapp.com/crew-stories-kfc-service-goal) by [Crew](https://blog.crewapp.com/author/crew), on June 19, 2018 [![Crew Stories: How a High Volume KFC Achieved its 95-second Speed of Service Goal](https://blog.crewapp.com/hubfs/aleks-dorohovich-484964-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.crewapp.com/crew-stories-kfc-service-goal) This month, we chatted with the manager of another high traffic quick service restaurant. KFC, the world’s most popular chicken restaurant chain, is committed to the success of its employees … [Read Story](https://blog.crewapp.com/crew-stories-kfc-service-goal) Topics:[Employee Engagement](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/employee-engagement)[Internal Communications](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/internal-communications)[Crew Stories](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/crew-stories) ## [Crew Tips ~ How to Shine a Light on Your Top Performers](https://blog.crewapp.com/shine-light-top-performers) by [Crew](https://blog.crewapp.com/author/crew), on June 12, 2018 [![Crew Tips ~ How to Shine a Light on Your Top Performers](https://blog.crewapp.com/hubfs/GoldStars.jpg)](https://blog.crewapp.com/shine-light-top-performers) Crew’s simple-to-use app centralizes communications for frontline teams in a variety of ways. So, to help Crew admins, managers and teams get the most from our service, we’ll be highlighting … [Read Story](https://blog.crewapp.com/shine-light-top-performers) Topics:[Employee Recognition](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/employee-recognition)[Employee Engagement](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/employee-engagement)[Internal Communications](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/internal-communications) ## [What’s New ~ Voice Calls, Mentions & More!](https://blog.crewapp.com/whats-new-voice-calls) by [Crew](https://blog.crewapp.com/author/crew), on May 31, 2018 [![What’s New ~ Voice Calls, Mentions & More!](https://blog.crewapp.com/hubfs/jae-park-9_SaFlgwFdA-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.crewapp.com/whats-new-voice-calls) Here at Crew we’re constantly working to make our product better for the thousands of frontline teams who rely on it day in and day out. Crew is all about … [Read Story](https://blog.crewapp.com/whats-new-voice-calls) Topics:[Product Update](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/product-update)[Employee Engagement](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/employee-engagement)[Internal Communications](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/internal-communications) ## [Crew Stories: Learn how this Domino’s franchisee used Crew to achieve double digit annual growth](https://blog.crewapp.com/crew-stories-dominos-growth) by [Crew](https://blog.crewapp.com/author/crew), on May 17, 2018 [![Crew Stories: Learn how this Domino’s franchisee used Crew to achieve double digit annual growth](https://blog.crewapp.com/hubfs/Rich%20Text%20Pasting/unknown-1593570434176.webp)](https://blog.crewapp.com/crew-stories-dominos-growth) For our next customer interview, we’re checking in with the folks over at RPM Pizza, the largest Domino’s franchisee in the United States for over 35 years. They employ over … [Read Story](https://blog.crewapp.com/crew-stories-dominos-growth) Topics:[Best Practices](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/best-practices)[Employee Engagement](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/employee-engagement)[Internal Communications](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/internal-communications)[Scheduling](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/scheduling) ## [Crew Stories: 10% lower turnover at Sonic Pacific Drive-Ins](https://blog.crewapp.com/crew-stories-lower-turnover-sonic) by [Crew](https://blog.crewapp.com/author/crew), on May 10, 2018 [![Crew Stories: 10% lower turnover at Sonic Pacific Drive-Ins](https://blog.crewapp.com/hubfs/Sonic-c-store.jpg)](https://blog.crewapp.com/crew-stories-lower-turnover-sonic) Today we’re excited to kick off a new series of monthly customer interviews, Crew Stories. We’ll be checking in with a bunch of smart front-line leaders who use Crew to … [Read Story](https://blog.crewapp.com/crew-stories-lower-turnover-sonic) Topics:[Best Practices](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/best-practices)[Employee Engagement](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/employee-engagement)[Internal Communications](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/internal-communications)[Scheduling](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/scheduling) ## [Crew Introduces New Service for Purposeful and Organized Team Communications That Keeps Everyone On](https://blog.crewapp.com/organized-team-communications) by [Crew](https://blog.crewapp.com/author/crew), on May 4, 2017 [![Crew Introduces New Service for Purposeful and Organized Team Communications That Keeps Everyone On](https://blog.crewapp.com/hubfs/nordwood-themes-q8U1YgBaRQk-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.crewapp.com/organized-team-communications) Announces Recent $15 Million Series B From Greylock Partners and Previously Unannounced $8 Million Series A from Sequoia Capital to Bring Total Financing to $24.9M Reveals Significant Growth With More … [Read Story](https://blog.crewapp.com/organized-team-communications) Topics:[Employee Engagement](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/employee-engagement)[Internal Communications](https://blog.crewapp.com/topic/internal-communications) [Prev](https://blog.crewapp.com/author/crew/page/1) [All Posts](https://blog.crewapp.com/all) Next ### The Crew Blog Best practices and guidance to help you build happier, more productive, and better informed frontline teams. - 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