#131: How this Restaurant Owner Runs Four Restaurants and Still Has Time for a Life
August 20, 2025 by David Scott Peters
What does it take to go from pulling double shifts in your family’s restaurant to running four successful locations while still making time for family? In this episode of “The Restaurant Prosperity Formula” podcast, I sat down with Matt Jacobs, a Pennsylvania-based restaurant entrepreneur who built Ben Franklin’s Tap Room and now owns three Jersey Mike’s franchises.
Matt shares his journey of starting out overwhelmed, underpaid and stuck in the day-to-day grind to creating restaurant systems, building a strong leadership team, and ultimately gaining both financial and personal freedom.
Listeners will walk away with inspiration and clarity on what’s possible when you commit to systems, accountability and scaling with purpose.
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