About the company
RAVentures operates hospitality brands with a large and growing footprint. Concepts include 110 Grill, Evviva Trattoria, and Oar & Iron Raw Bar & Grill.
Location
East Coast
Number of Sites
55+ hospitality locations across the portfolio (and growing)
Service type
Full-service
Cash exposure reduced and less time reconciling cash
No HQ check pickup—meaning less mileage and fewer interruptions.
Transparency employees love
“Our employees love being able to log in and see their tips by shift—and that it goes right to their debit card. It’s always safer than leaving a double with hundreds in cash.”
Senior Training & Admin Manager
Established in 1987, RAVentures has been developing companies and concepts across multiple sectors, with a focus on restaurant and hospitality. Their marquee restaurant brands include 110 Grill, Evviva Trattoria and Oar & Iron.
Renie Faddoul is the Senior Training & Administration Manager for 110 Grill. She and her colleagues Stephanie Sundberg (Director of Administration, Evviva), and Bri Jordan (Director of Training & Development, Florida), work together to vet new technology, lead rollouts by concept, and support training/operations across their multi-brand, multi-location portfolio.
The group collaborates closely on vendor selection and stages implementations by concept to move fast without disrupting ops.
Read on to see why they chose to digitize tips with Kickfin — or click below to watch their interview.
Before Kickfin, managers across RAVentures brands paid out cash nightly. When drawers ran low, locations emailed corporate for checks, then drove to their headquarters, cashed them, and drove back — a cycle repeated multiple times a week.
Operational pain points included:
It was clear that a new system was needed. The goal: find a way to eliminate bank runs, reduce cash handling, and shorten time to close — but still maintain same-day pay for team members.
The team piloted at 110 Grill (where several GMs already knew Kickfin), gathered feedback, and rolled across the brand in approximately 6 weeks. They extended to Evviva Trattoria and Oar & Iron soon after.
Re and her colleagues said Kickfin checked all the boxes – and implementation was “the easiest, most streamlined process” they’ve dealt with as operators. Staff could opt for instant, direct-to-bank payouts or bi-weekly payroll; overwhelmingly, they chose instant payouts.
Close-out time reclaimed: Managers spend less time reconciling cash and more time on the floor and training.
Bank runs done: No repeated HQ check pickups or bank trips—meaning less mileage, fewer interruptions, and safer ops.
Cash exposure reduced: Far less cash on site and in pockets at close, reducing liability.
Transparency employees love: Team members log in to see their tips by shift, with instant deposit to their bank accounts—nights, weekends, and holidays included.
Adoption speaks for itself: At Evviva Trattoria, 98% of employees opted into instant payouts; only a small minority preferred pay-check disbursement.
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“Managers can spend more time on the floor with their guests, spend more time training new team members that come in instead of having to sit in the office and do four hours of counting and paperwork at the end of the night.”
Senior Training & Admin Manager
