Use the Power of Trust to Build a Thriving Restaurant BusinessĀ Ep 81 Sep 20, 2023

In the restaurant industry it’s important to focus on numbers and performance because those numbers tell you the health of your business. As a coach, I teach restaurant owners how to use budgets and set goals and then measure them. When hiring managers, it’s important to find those...

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Thereā€™s More Behind a Restaurant's Dirty Gaskets Sep 19, 2023

A dirty gasket on your refrigeration unit can tell me a lot of things I need to know about your restaurant, including whether your restaurant is making or losing money. I’m going to explain what is behind a restaurant’s dirty gaskets why they cost you real money. 

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Boost Cashflow with Inventory in Your Restaurant Business Sep 12, 2023

Why is it you can be hitting all your profitability numbers such as food cost, pour cost and labor cost, yet not have money in the bank? If you struggle with having enough cash to pay your bills, I'm going to talk about how you can boost cashflow with inventory in your restaurant business.

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Four Recipe Costing Card Musts for Absolute Accuracy Sep 06, 2023

If you have been following me for any length of time you have heard me say the following statement: The two most important systems any restaurant should have in place are budgets and recipe costing cards. Why are these two systems so important? They move you from a reactive form of management to...

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The Math Behind Accurate Restaurant Ordering Sep 05, 2023

As a restaurant owner, are you afraid to give up ordering because everyone else orders too much product? Is the over ordering emptying your bank account, so much so that you're finding it hard to pay your bills? Or maybe you're just frustrated because you're running out to buy product because no...

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What Is an Inventory Turn? Ā  Aug 29, 2023

How do you know how much food you should have on the shelves before you put yourself into a poor cash position? Today I'm going to answer what’s an inventory turn and why they're so important to understand when you want to take control of your kitchen.

What is an inventory turn? If you...

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9 Things to Avoid in Restaurant Hiring Episode 79 Aug 23, 2023

Hiring in any business is a challenge, but the restaurant and hospitality industries are especially hard. There isn’t an entrepreneur who hasn’t been duped by a smooth-talking go-getter, a server who says they have experience, or that manager with chain experience who you think is...

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Restaurant Inventory Management Is a Game Changer Aug 22, 2023

Why is taking inventory really worth the headache most restaurant owners see it as? The short answer is it's not just about calculating your cost of goods sold, it's about ordering and cash flow. Let’s talk about inventory management and how it's a restaurant game changer.

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What I Learned Eavesdropping at an Airport Bar Aug 15, 2023

If you don't believe me that your employees will tell anybody anything, I'm going to tell you right now they will. Recently, on a trip, I had a delay in the Austin airport on my way home, so I sat at the bar in a little burger restaurant. It turns out, it was a great place to eavesdrop on a...

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Why You're in the Hospitality Industry and Not the Food Industry Aug 09, 2023

I’m putting a flag in the ground: your restaurant is not a food business. It’s a hospitality business. If you tell people you are in the food business, then you’re telling them you provide the same thing as a gas station, which also sells food. Restaurants have the privilege to...

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A Visual Lesson on How to Calculate Your Restaurant Food Cost Aug 08, 2023

How to calculate restaurant food cost is one of the most frequently searched terms on YouTube. I even have several videos on my channel this topic. So why am I doing yet another video on food cost? Because you, my faithful followers, have been asking me to teach it using visual examples. This...

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5 Things to Know Before Working with a Restaurant Accountant Aug 01, 2023

Why is it that as business owners and restaurant owners that it sometimes feels like accountants show us smoke and mirrors? A lot of restaurant owners don't know what the heck accountants are saying to us. They feel beholden to them but don't know what's going on. In this video I'm going to...

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