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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The Surprising Impact Not Doing Inventory Has on Restaurant Food Cost
Does the thought of weekly inventory send shivers down your spine? Can you hear your managers complaining and resisting now? Let’s talk about the surprising impact not doing inventory has on restaurant food cost and the cash you need to pay your bills.
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How Many Restaurant Employees Do You Really Need?
Restaurant labor costs are one thing. Having the right amount of labor to handle the business walking through the doors is a completely different thing. So how do you determine how many restaurant employees you really need? Let's figure it out.
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Learn Effective Restaurant Marketing Tactics
In this episode of The Restaurant Prosperity Formula podcast, I talk to Josh Kopel, restaurateur and tech pioneer, about restaurant marketing. Learn his three levers of restaurant marketing that keep your business healthy.
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When Commissary Kitchens Are the Right Answer for Restaurant Owners
Have you been wondering if a commissary kitchen would be the right next move for you? I have some hard and fast rules to help you answer when it might be a good decision to open a commissary kitchen.
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How Independent Restaurants Grow from One to Two Locations
While you want to grow your restaurant, the realist in you how you are going to duplicate yourself when your current location needs you all the time. Here are five things you must have in place before you look at a second location.
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How to Run a Restaurant Business and Overcome the Fear to Persist
In this episode of The Restaurant Prosperity Formula, I’m talking about fear, why it’s harmful when it comes to running a restaurant business and things you can do to persist through the fear that holds you back.
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The Real Reason Your Independent Restaurant Isn’t Growing
For many independent restaurant owners, it’s nearly impossible to find time to work on the growing because they’re stuck in the day-to-day of running the restaurant. If you can relate feeling stuck, I want to share with you how you can change your reality and put yourself in a position to grow.
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How to Fix the #1 Reason Restaurant Customers Don’t Come Back
How to fix the number one reason restaurant customers don’t come back. Let’s talk about all the reasons you lose restaurant customers, the number one reason 68 percent of your customers don't come back and then what you need to do to fix it.
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How to Make All Your Restaurant Business Dreams Come True
In this episode of The Restaurant Prosperity Formula, I’m talking about restaurant coaching and who can benefit from a restaurant coach. Learn what a coach does, the benefits, what to look for and if coaching is the right choice for your restaurant business.
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Restaurant Owner Mistakes I See All the Time
Restaurant Owner Mistakes I See All the Time: No matter how many years you've been in the restaurant industry, you see restaurant owners make the same mistakes all the time. Heck, maybe you've made some. Here the mistakes I see restaurant owners make all the time so you can avoid them.
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