The Blog
Clarity in writing.
Field notes from twenty-plus years of coaching independent restaurant owners. What works. What doesn’t. What the noise is hiding.
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What You Must Know and Do to Reduce Your Restaurant Labor Cost
In this episode of my podcast, The Restaurant Prosperity Formula, I cover how to stay on budget in labor from week to week, how to help your managers successfully manage labor cost and how you, as the restaurant owner, can teach and lead your team to run the right ideal labor cost.
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1 Thing to Do to Track and Control Your Restaurant Labor Cost
If you want to control your labor cost, scheduling on budget is only half the battle. Before you start jumping into more advanced controls, in this video, I’m going to share the one thing you can do today to track and control your restaurant labor cost.
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Restaurant Owners: Is It Burnout or Stress?
The restaurant industry is stressful, so how do you know when it’s just extreme stress or burnout, and why does it matter? In this video, I explain the difference for restaurant owners between stress and burnout and what you can do about it.
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How Restaurant Owners Can Identify and Overcome Burnout
In this episode of my podcast, The Restaurant Prosperity Formula, I'm sharing how restaurant owners can tell the difference between work related stress and burnout, how to avoid burnout in the restaurant industry and how to keep or reignite your passion for your restaurant to keep burnout at bay.
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8 Ways to Reignite Passion for Your Restaurant Business
If you find yourself dreading going into your restaurant, you may have lost your passion for your restaurant business and could be on your way to restaurant burnout – or already experiencing it. Watch this video to learn eight ways to reignite your passion for your restaurant business.
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Can You Get Rich with a Restaurant Business?
Yes, you can get rich in the restaurant business. You can't just go willy-nilly into the business. Your budget will dictate whether you can buy a location or what the sales are going to net you. Tune in to learn what it takes.
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How this Restaurant Owner Exploded His Profits
In this episode of the podcast, The Restaurant Prosperity Formula, listen to a restaurant owner share how he went from a restaurant owner already using restaurant systems to someone who now understands the why of those systems and how using the why helped him explode his profitability.
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No 1 Tip to Motivate Restaurant Managers
How do you keep your team of restaurant managers motivated and headed in the right direction? In this video, I am going to share with you the number one tip to motivate restaurant managers.
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7 Things to Look for When Interviewing for Kitchen Managers
Let’s first talk about common things that happen in a restaurant that lead you to hire the wrong person. Then let’s talk about the seven things to look for when interviewing restaurant managers for the kitchen.
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The Secret to Finding Good Restaurant Managers for the Kitchen
Hiring a restaurant manager is a challenge, but there’s no greater challenge than finding the right kitchen manager. In this episode of my podcast, The Restaurant Prosperity Formula, you’ll learn what to avoid in hiring and what to expect from your restaurant kitchen manager.
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