Customer stories


Crabby Bill's Seafood Restaurants

A family-owned chain of restaurants on the Tampa/St. Petersburg coast of Florida uses the new External SQL Data Source feature of FileMaker Pro 9 to access inventory, accounting and sales data in two legacy SQL databases.

Tesco

FileMaker streamlines the creation of marketing materials in-store, saving millions for Tesco, Britain's biggest food retailer.

Dewar's

At Dewar's ‘World of Whisky' Visitor's Centre in Scotland, visitors create unique electronic postcards, then send the postcards to friends and families via email using a system powered by FileMaker Pro.

Cafe Volcan Baru S.A.

Gourmet coffee grower Cafe Volcan Baru S.A. created its own custom FileMaker Pro database to record each step of coffee production. In Cafe Volcan Baru's coffee mill, staff members document their work using FileMaker Mobile on Palm III handhelds; the data is then uploaded to the main database and published over the Web for access from various locations.

Ben & Jerry's

The busy Marketing and Design Department at Ben & Jerry's keeps its cool, thanks to the organizing power of FileMaker Pro.

The Food Connection

The Food Connection provides groceries to as many as 200 needy families in Pierce County, Washington. To track information on those families -- a task necessary in order for the Food Connection to receive local government funding -- The Food Connection uses FileMaker Pro, a perfect fit for a non-profit with a large volunteer turnover rate.

Rice Restaurant

At Manhattan eatery Rice -- voted one of the top fifteen Best Buy Restaurants in New York -- speedy take-out service is on the menu, thanks to FileMaker Pro. By keeping customer data in FileMaker Pro, Rice is able to process take-out orders quickly, and is able to easily notify regular customers about special promotions.