Filling 324 Roles in 8 Weeks: Streamlining NROs With AI-Powered Hiring

Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants believes great food and wine create lasting connections. But as the brand expanded with multiple New Restaurant Openings (NROs), the rising costs and time to hire across locations became a major challenge. Fast, efficient staffing was critical to launching on time and maintaining a consistent guest experience.

storefront

Company Type

Full Service Restaurant

business

Headquarters

Downers Grove, IL

people

Location Count

50-100

Solution

Cooper’s Hawk automated key stages of the hiring process using LANDED, reducing hiring costs and speeding up time-to-hire. AI-powered pre-screening, automated candidate engagement, and interview scheduling freed up managers’ time and ensured each new location opened fully staffed and ready to serve.

"LANDED has handled thousands of text messages with our incoming applicants, scheduled a ton of interviews, and really helped us save time by automatically engaging new applicants and scheduling interviews as they come in.”

Kevin Kuchar

Director of Talent Acquisition

Results

Cooper’s Hawk hired 324 team members in just 8 weeks, successfully opening 2 new locations on time.
800 hours saved per HM per year, equivalent to $36,630 in payroll savings.

6 day

Time-to-hire, half the industry average

53%

Decrease in cost-per-hire