I was thinking about how to answer the question, "What does it take to be successful in the restaurant business?" If you want to be successful running a restaurant, you should know three key things. Watch this video, or continue scrolling, to learn those three key things.

About What It Takes for Running a Restaurant Successfully

I've worked with thousands of restaurant owners over the years all over the country. I've seen more P&Ls than an IRS auditor. I also ran a restaurant coaching...

I wrote a book for restaurant owners. It's called Restaurant Prosperity Formula: What Successful Restaurateurs Do. It's been a goal of mine for more than 15 years, and I'm so proud to see it out in the world. Below is the introduction from the book. This part is a mix of why I do what I do, how I got here, and how what I know can help you establish a successful restaurant that looks like the dream you've always had for it.  

Introduction from Restaurant Prosperity...

I talk about profitability a lot – because you’re in business to make money, not be a charity. Knowing your numbers and understanding your financial reports are a big part of being profitable. So, watch the video below, or keep scrolling, to learn about three financial reports you must understand and review every single month if you want to make money in your restaurant. 

I talk about numbers numbers numbers numbers, right? I'm a numbers geek, and I talk about the systems...

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New Book Teaches how to Run a Restaurant Successfully

Written by a restaurant industry expert and coach, this restaurant book outlines exactly what the most successful restaurant owners do

(Jan. 8, 2020 – PHOENIX) The restaurant business is one of the toughest businesses. In an industry where most restaurants have a profit margin of less than 5 percent, one man teaches restaurateurs how to carve out a 15 to 20 percent profit margin. David...

Do you know what the number-one sales tool is in your restaurant? It's your menu. And menu design is critical. Watch this video, or continue scrolling to read, to learn about the key things you need to have to be successful with menu engineering.

About Menu Design and Menu Engineering

Your menu is critical to your restaurant's success. In fact, if you can control your menu, you can adjust your cost of goods sold without giving up guest satisfaction, without cutting quality on the...

A key way to control your restaurant food costing is to control how you utilize your product. This involves how the kitchen utilizes product and how your managers make sure everyone is trained to not overuse product. If you want to know how to hold your management team accountable when it comes to food costing, watch this video, or continue scrolling.

Restaurant Manager Accountability to Food Costing

Food cost is one of the hottest topics in the restaurant industry. People ask me to speak...

Do you ever wonder how to transfer everything you know about running restaurants - especially your restaurant - to your managers? How do you teach your restaurant managers all that you know and get them to a point where you can trust them and hold them accountable? The secret is restaurant management classes. Watch this video, or continue scrolling, to learn why this is the trick to restaurant management training.

About Restaurant Management Classes

I've spent the last 16 years teaching...

Food cost, food cost, food costs keep going up. It is becoming a struggle to make money in our business, and now, with labor costs rising even faster, we’ve got to bring our food costs down. Watch this video, or continue reading below, to learn more about food costing and the food cost formula.

About the Right Food Cost Formula

If I were to ask you what your number one challenge in your restaurant is, you’d probably tell me labor, followed by food cost. I want to focus right now...

If you're running a restaurant business, you more than likely didn’t open up your restaurant to be a charity. And if you're like most restaurant owners, making money is tough. I have some ideas to help you make money in the restaurant business. Watch this video, or continue reading below, for three tips to make money in the restaurant business.

About Making Money in the Restaurant Business 

It all comes down to understanding your numbers. Look, that which you measure improves....

I made a quick-study course to teach you how to understand and manage your restaurant’s food cost. It’s free and available right now.

This quick-study course is something I used to teach in my three-day workshop for restaurant owners. It’s information that will change how you see the food in your restaurant and how that food translates to money. Not sure what I mean?

I’ve been teaching restaurant owners how to use systems to run their restaurants for 16 years, but...