Philip Tulin (the visionary behind GameStirs) has been writing innovative restaurant management software since the beginning of the PC (Microsoft MSDOS) generation.... helping restaurants with operations, profitability, marketing and promotions.

• In 1980, he started a software company and wrote the "first" restaurant management software application (EFSCCOM) to help restaurants control their food costs, inventory, cash control, labor scheduling, recipes, portion control, menu pricing, order entry, waste control, theft and much more.

• In 1982, he wrote MARKET BASKET software to help restaurants purchase food, paper and janitorial products at the lowest prices. Each restaurant automatically downloaded their food, paper and janitorial prices from their EFSCCOM software to a master Executive Data Systems database which compared prices available from many national distributors in each area of the USA. At that time, modem and telephone dialup were used.

• In 1985, he wrote the first ISP (In-Store Processor) software for McDonald's® to completely run their individual stores along with the first direct order entry system from their restaurants to their national distribution centers across the USA.

• In 1988, he wrote the in-store software to run Arbys®, Wendys®, Burger King®, Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken® and KFC® restaurants.

APOP NETWORK

• In 1992, he wrote APOP (Animated Point Of Purchase) software for the restaurant industry (especially McDonald's®, D'Angelo® & Burger King®) which was the first point of purchase video menu boards with animation for the fast food industry (before flat screen technology).

McDonald's® APOP	D'Angelo® APOP
D'Angelo® APOP	McDonald's® APOP
Burger King® APOP	McDonald's® APOP

• And now in 2026... GameStirs to help restaurants succeed in business. The only thing different today from years past is that GameStirs is free for all restaurants to use.