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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How Restaurant Owners Can Support Employees to Reduce Stress
In this episode of Restaurant Prosperity Formula, I’m talking with Azizi Marshall, Founder and CEO of the Center for Creative Arts Therapy. During our conversation we cover some very important topics, such as how to support employees’ mental health, the importance of creating a supportive work.
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Steps to Follow for Ingredient Costing and Recipe Costing
You know you need recipe costing cards, but maybe you're not 100% sure what the steps are to follow for costing out ingredients and for the costing out of the recipes. In this video I take a deeper dive into steps to follow for ingredient costing and recipe costing.
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How to Manage Your Restaurant Management Team to Success
Are you struggling to manage your management team? Strong managers are essential if you’re a restaurant owner who wants a life outside the restaurant. In this video, I explain how you're the solution to this challenge and what you need to do to change.
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How to Keep Restaurant Employees Happy and Why You Should Care
Get ideas for how to approach your employees, things you can do to meet their needs, how you can afford it and other resources to help you during this ongoing crisis.
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How Restaurant Technology Can Benefit Your Business
Restaurant technology can benefit your business in so many ways. Efficiency, accuracy, flow, consistency are all benefits of restaurant technology. But what kinds of technology tools are worth the investment? These questions and more are answered in this episode.
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What To Require from Your Restaurant Management Team
If you're wondering what you should expect from your restaurant managers, I’m going to answer this question for you. I can't wait to shine a spotlight on what you should be expecting from your restaurant managers on a daily basis.
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How to Understand Restaurant Accounting without Being an Accountant
Restaurant accounting can throw you for a real loop, but you can learn it well enough to understand the fundamentals, enough to use them to run your business. Let's break down restaurant accounting to make it work for you.
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Successful Restaurant Stories: Where Are They Now
In this podcast episode, my guest is Emmy Barnick, owner of The Captain’s Cabin in Washburn, ND. In this “where are they now” interview, Emmy describes her timeline from thinking about closing her restaurant to making a bottom-line improvement of $288,000 in the last 12 months. Click to listen.
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Why Restaurant Owners Should Care About Company Culture
The major transformation restaurant owners have in working with me is the shift in their company culture. Watch this video, and I’ll share exactly why restaurant owners should care about company culture.
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Owning a Restaurant in Today’s Economy
Let’s talk about this crazy economy, or at least how crazy it is for owning a restaurant in today’s economy. I have good news: there is a solution to the madness. Watch this video for some motivation and hope to get through today’s economy.
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