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Case Study: Wingstop cut expense review time by 70% with Pleo while scaling to 100 locations

Wingstop Case StudySourced & dated by Case Study Desk

Key facts · TL;DR

Company

Wingstop

Industry

Restaurants

Challenge

Manual expense review and low receipt capture while scaling rapidly

Headline result

A fast-growing UK restaurant group standardized expenses across hundreds of staff as it nearly tripled its footprint

Key results

-70%

expense review time

95%

receipt capture rate

up from below 50%

350+

employees using Pleo

100

locations

scaled from 40

The challenge

Wingstop's UK business grew from 40 to nearly 100 locations with around 3,500 employees, making manual expense review unsustainable. Receipt capture sat below 50%, and finance needed a simpler way to manage spend across a fast-expanding estate.

The solution

Wingstop deployed Pleo cards and expense management to more than 350 employees, standardizing spend controls and automating receipt capture as it scaled.

“Pleo's an integral part of the way that we do business. It gives us the freedom to invest in culture and motivation, while making expense management incredibly simple.”
SM
Suraj Mehta
Financial Controller, Wingstop UK

The results, in context

Expense review time fell by 70% and receipt capture rose to 95% from below 50%, with more than 350 employees using Pleo across a network scaling toward 100 locations. Figures are quoted from Pleo's published customer story and dated on access.

Products used

Pleo Pleo CardsPleo Pleo Expense Management