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The Restaurant Prosperity Formula

Direct conversations with independent restaurant pros and the occasional contrarian voice — on the decisions that actually move the needle. No fluff. No hustle culture. Just the work.

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The Restaurant Prosperity Formula podcast

01 · Latest episodes

Recent conversations.

Restaurant Technology Tips for Independent OperatorsIn this episode of The Restaurant Prosperity Formula podcast, host David Scott Peters discusses restaurant technology, the pitfalls restaurant owners fall into when using restaurant software and how to get the most out of it. There are so many reasons restaurant owners sign up for a variety of different restaurant…
In this episode of The Restaurant Prosperity Formula podcast, host David Scott Peters discusses the fears and challenges facing independent restaurant owners today amidst the pandemic. If you’re feeling hopeless, angry, frustrated, scared or any variety of these emotions, this episode provides answers for how to manage these emotions with solutions for running your restaurant….
In this episode of The Restaurant Prosperity Formula podcast, host David Scott Peters interviews Anne Gannon, CPA. After working in a big-five accounting firm in Boston, Anne was motivated to create a more efficient system for monthly accounting and tax services, so she opened her company, The Largo Group. She charges her clients a monthly fee…
In this episode of The Restaurant Prosperity Formula podcast, host David Scott Peters reveals where one of his favorite words comes from: clopen. You’ll also learn what “clopen” means. More importantly David teaches listeners the foundation to all successful restaurant systems, why they are so important and how they lead to restaurant owners being able…
In this episode of The Restaurant Prosperity Formula podcast, host David Scott Peters interviews Sandy Korem. Sandy is the CEO and founder of The Festive Kitchen, a one-of-a-kind catering company based in Dallas. No other catering company in America has established such a diverse and profitable take-home catering division. In her second company, The Catering…
In this episode of The Restaurant Prosperity Formula podcast, host David Scott Peters interviews Darren Denington, CFBE, founder of Service with Style. Darren founded Service with Style in 1998 to focus on helping companies across the country understand their guests through secret shopping. In this episode, David and Darren discuss the importance of systems for independent…
In this first episode of The Restaurant Prosperity Formula podcast, host David Scott Peters breaks down the path to restaurant prosperity and the restaurant solutions to use to get there. David also teaches listeners the three skill sets to develop to make money, have some freedom from the restaurant and have the restaurant business you…

02 · About the show

Same lens as the book. Different conversation each week.

Most weeks it’s me and a real owner working through what’s actually going on in their restaurant — the numbers, the team, the avoidance, the one decision they’ve been dodging. Some weeks it’s a solo episode where I work through a single idea I’ve been turning over in my own head.

If you’ve read the book, the podcast is the working session that comes after. If you haven’t, the podcast is a good place to find out whether the way I think matches the way you wish someone would think about your restaurant.

Heard enough to talk it through?

If an episode landed and you want to apply it to your restaurant specifically, book a 30-minute Profit Finder Call with Ryan James on my team. He’ll diagnose with you in real time and tell you the truth.