Tips, tools & resources to help restaurant owners and managers Rock Their Restaurant! Engaging conversations with industry leaders and fellow restaurateurs.
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What if I told you that the difference between struggling and thriving in the restaurant industry is just one conversation away? I’m Josh Kopel, a Michelin-awarded restaurateur who’s spent decades building blockbuster brands across every tier of dining. I know the challenges you’re facing—because I’ve been there. That’s why I created FULL COMP. Every week, I go one-on-one with the smartest minds in the game: restaurateurs, chefs, and industry insiders who’ve cracked the code. Together, we un ...
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Entrepreneurship and business techniques and tips you won't learn in business school.
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Restaurant Business is the leading media brand in the commercial foodservice industry, with a focus on entrepreneurship, innovation and growth.
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Restaurant Catering Smarts is your essential guide to mastering the art of restaurant catering. Hosted by Michael Attias, founder of CaterZen Catering Software, this podcast delivers expert advice, innovative strategies, and actionable tips for restauranteurs looking to grow their catering profit centers. Each episode features in-depth conversations with industry leaders, sharing their knowledge, stories, and proven tactics to help your business thrive. Whether you’re a seasoned catering pro ...
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Get cutting edge tools, techniques, tips and straight talk from the world’s leading restaurant coach. Donald Burns is know for unique programs and methods that create dramatic results for his clients. When restaurant owners or chefs need change and success they call The Restaurant Coach. Are you ready to take your business and life to the next level?
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Restaurant Growth Accelerator: More Profit, More Locations, And More Time With Your Family
Andrew Scott
Most restaurant owners are trapped - working crushing hours, missing time with loved ones, and wondering if all this sacrifice will ever pay off. But there's a better way. Welcome to Restaurant Growth Accelerator, your blueprint for transforming your restaurant into a profitable, scalable business that runs on autopilot. Your host, Andrew Scott has scaled multiple successful restaurants himself. Andrew is also the founder of Owner Shift Training - where he helps restaurants increase profits ...
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Step inside the mind of a retail and wholesale veteran who’s spent four decades turning struggling businesses into profit powerhouses. Pete Primeau doesn’t just talk theory – he delivers battle-tested strategies from the trenches of the furniture and mattress industry that translate into explosive growth for ANY business. What You’ll Discover: • Advanced sales psychology and customer conversion techniques refined through $millions in transactions • Marketing strategies that work in today’s h ...
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Brands and companies' approach to purpose is increasingly important to consumers, and the long-term success of the business. Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast, aims to inspire hospitality professionals to make a positive change in their businesses by shining a light on the stories of some truly remarkable people, innovating across their businesses. With a focus on positive change, our podcast hosts will be speaking to visionary industry leaders about their own journey in hosp ...
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Secret Sauce - The Restaurant Marketing Podcast
James Eling |Restaurant Marketing, Strategy and Tactics
We discover the ingredients of your Restaurant's secret sauce. SEO, Facebook, Twitter, emails, coupons, yield utilization, USPs, Menu engineering, direct mail, Instagram, partnerships - there are many ingredients for creating your Secret Sauce and with the right Secret Sauce you can find more customers and turn them into repeat customers. We deconstruct the recipes, so you can increase increase turnover, increase profit and maybe decrease the amount of time you spend working in your Restaurant.
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Running a restaurant is one of the most exhilarating yet challenging ventures out there. Every day, passionate restaurateurs pour their hearts into delivering dining experiences that both excite customers & simultaneously drive profits to the bottom line. But how can restaurants do both even better? Welcome to Running Restaurants, the podcast exploring actionable tips, valuable resources, and interesting insights every restaurant owner can easily implement in their own businesses. Whether yo ...
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You need more than inspiration to build your food business. Launch and scale your restaurant, bakery, CPG brand, food blog, or food truck with tips, strategies, and lessons learned from your favorite Black chefs, Black owned restaurants and Black content creators from around the world. Join the host, Mercedes Gosby, at the intersection of food, tech, business, and finance as she interviews food professionals and entrepreneurs every week to discover how to get started in the hospitality indus ...
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A business weekly to share management tips and growth hacks for startup founders on how they can be more effective and efficient in the day to day life as an entrepreneur. The host Malay Damania, Business Transformation Coach and Mentor, Author of the book Business Champ shares the strategies with which he built a successful accountancy firm, DNV & co. with 75+ employees helping multiple MSMEs and corporate giants increase their profitability and skyrocket their growth. Malay squeezes out fr ...
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Join us on our podcast as we explore the world of restaurant ownership! As veterans in the food industry, we'll be sharing our experiences and insights into what it takes to run a successful restaurant, including the newest trends in the industry and how to achieve ambitious revenue goals. One of the biggest goals for any restaurant owner is to generate revenue. We'll be discussing strategies and best practices to help you achieve this goal, including menu development, pricing strategies, ma ...
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Anger Management Tips For Restaurant Owners
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38:05High stress. Long hours. Angry outbursts. If your restaurant is running you into the ground, it’s time to get honest about emotional control - and how it could be killing your business In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, host Andrew Scott - Founder of Owner Shift, 20-year restaurant veteran, and multi-location owner - gets…
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You Don’t Have to Be L.A. to Be Legendary: Eric Bost on Building Fine Dining Outside the Bubble
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39:25Eric Bost built something remarkable in LA. Then, like so many, he lost it to the pandemic. But what came next wasn’t a pivot. It was a complete reinvention. Today, Eric runs four thriving restaurants in a market many still underestimate—North County, San Diego. In this episode, he breaks down how he rebuilt his career by doubling down on team cult…
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Business Strategies Following The Fed Rate Cut
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20:32Paul Cheetham discusses strategies for businesses following the Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate cut. Paul is the CEO and founder of Vanla Group, a business advisory firm serving small- and mid-sized companies. He is an expert in M&A, business valuation and growth strategies. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine…
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S2 Ep9: One of Only A Pavement Away’s longest standing members, Paul, explains how the charity supported him from homelessness into employment
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20:55Paul found himself and his family homeless during the pandemic and was supported back into work, and accommodation, by Only a Pavement Away. Paul and Greg discuss his journey from living on the streets to becoming a Goods Receiver at The Ivy Collection. Each month, Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast, shines a spotlight on purpose and…
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In this episode, Pete reconnects with renowned podcast producer Chris Stone to tackle raw, unfiltered questions straight from the mattress and furniture retail world. Drawing on more than 40 years of industry wisdom, Pete offers honest, experience-backed advice for retailers facing the pressures of underperforming stores, personal commitments, and …
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460. Framework for Leading High Performing Restaurant Teams - Chef Franck Desplechin
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28:53Train, prepare & lead your team with Michelin-level systems from Chef Franck’s 5 Ps of Leadership. Michelin-trained Chef Franck shares his proven framework for building high-performing restaurant teams. From his start as a 15-year-old apprentice in France to leading Michelin-starred kitchens and consulting for top hospitality brands, Chef Franck re…
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What Good Leaders Can Learn From Bad Bosses
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26:38Mita Mallick talks about her book The Devil Emails at Midnight.” Mita is a Wall St. Journal and USA Today bestselling author, a contributor to Harvard Business Review, and an authority on inclusive leadership and workplace culture. Listen as she examines what good leaders can learn from bad bosses. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? http…
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Grow Deep, Not Wide: Mark Rampolla’s Five-Year Rule for Building Brands That Last
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42:32What if your next move isn’t another location—it’s owning a moment in your guest’s life? Mark Rampolla built ZICO into a category and now backs founders with a $600M fund; his playbook is built for operators under pressure. We talk about the five-year reality of product-market fit, why velocity per store beats “more units,” and how owning a specifi…
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Office Hours: Merchandise Minutes, Not Meals
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7:57I’m Josh Kopel, a Michelin-awarded restaurateur and the creator of the Restaurant Scaling System. I’ve spent decades in the industry, building, scaling, and coaching restaurants to become more profitable and sustainable. On this show, I cut through the noise to give you real, actionable strategies that help independent restaurant owners run smarter…
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Why a choosy investor opted to invest in a major 7 Brew franchisee
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26:22What goes into an investment into one of the country’s fastest growing restaurant brands? This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Scott Romanoff, the cofounder and co managing partner of Franchise Equity Partners. Franchise Equity Partners is a long-term investor in multi-unit operators of all types and recentl…
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The Connection Hack: Pepper Baumer on Building a Relationship-Based Empire
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36:11What if your factory was idling, your shelves were empty, and your business had just lost $15 million—and you still chose not to lay off a single person? That’s the line Pepper Baumer drew. As the third-generation CEO of Crystal Hot Sauce, he inherited a 100-year-old legacy—and nearly watched it collapse under the weight of supply chain failure, ma…
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Smarter Kitchen = Bigger Profits: Restaurant Kitchen Systems That Work
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34:13Your kitchen could be costing you thousands in hidden labor and wasted time. In this episode of The Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, your host, Andrew Scott, sits down with kitchen expert Bruce Nollert. Together, they share how optimizing your kitchen layout, systems, and equipment can massively increase your restaurant’s efficiency, profitab…
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In this episode, Pete teams up once again with top podcast producer Chris Stone to answer real, unfiltered questions from the mattress and furniture retail community. Pete shares candid advice rooted in over four decades of industry experience. He speaks directly to retailers trying to balance underperforming stores with personal commitments—and th…
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459. Secrets to Restaurant Success with Chef Todd Richards
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34:41What does it really take to achieve restaurant success?In this episode of the Restaurant Rockstars Podcast, Roger sits down with Chef Todd Richards, a celebrated chef and concept developer behind some of the most innovative airport restaurants in the country. From starting in the dish pit to collaborating with celebrities like Ludacris on Chicken +…
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Doug Crowe discusses authoring a book in the age of AI. Doug is an accomplished author, writer’s coach, and former senior correspondent at Newswire. He first joined us way back in July 2015 on Episode 21, where we discussed his book “Author Your Brand.” Today, he specializes in helping authors and top execs navigate the intersection of AI, storytel…
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Quick Serves Ep1: Behind the Scenes at Passport 2 Employment
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7:47Quick Serves: The Only A Pavement Away Mini Podcast On-the-Go Alongside our monthly Serving Success episodes, Quick Serves brings you bite-sized conversations to keep you inspired, connected and up to date. Each mini episode takes you behind the scenes of our latest programmes, events, and initiatives showcasing how we’re rebuilding lives through e…
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Perfect Meals Don’t Matter: Sara Fay Egan on Experiences That Scale
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37:16If your guests remember the night but forget the meal, did you succeed? Sara Fay Egan never planned to run restaurants—she built experiences. After a career in high-end event planning, she was thrust into leadership at Beale Street Blues Company after the sudden passing of her father. But instead of mimicking traditional models, she brought an outs…
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Restaurant Digital Marketing That Actually Drives Results With David "Rev" Ciancio
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36:24In today’s highly digital world, maintaining a strong online visibility is a must if you want your business to thrive. But in the restaurant industry, hospitality marketing executive David "Rev" Ciancio has noted one alarming truth: many are not doing even the fundamentals of digital marketing. He joins Jaime Oikle to point out what restaurant owne…
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Why restaurants may be missing an opportunity on delivery
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27:53Are restaurants missing a key opportunity on delivery? This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Cameron Watt, the CEO of secret shopper firm Intouch Insight. Intouch recently completed an exclusive study on delivery for Restaurant Business and we’re chatting about some of the conclusions. We caught up with Camer…
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Episode 19: Marketing That Moves the Needle with George Westberry, Director of Marketing Initiatives at Red Hot & Blue
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44:34In this episode of Restaurant Catering Smarts, Michael Attias sits down with George Westberry, Director of Marketing Initiatives at Red Hot & Blue Barbecue. With 13 years at the brand and a career that began in the back of the house as a chef, George has a unique perspective on how marketing, hospitality, and operations come together to grow both d…
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Competition Isn’t Your Biggest Threat: Jean-Pierre Lacroix on the Power of Relevance
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39:12What if your restaurant’s biggest threat isn’t your competition—it’s your own irrelevance? Jean-Pierre Lacroix has spent decades helping brands regain their footing after losing touch with what made them matter. In today’s conversation, we unpack what’s killing restaurant loyalty—and it’s not what you think. Jean-Pierre argues that operators are ov…
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Sales Differentiation & The First Meeting Differentiator - Lee Salz: Episode 242
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57:16In this episode, we’re joined by Lee B. Salz, a leading Sales Differentiation Strategist and bestselling author, known for transforming salespeople into high-performing sales forces. As the founder of Sales Architects, Lee helps companies stand out in competitive markets through tailored sales consulting, coaching, and custom sales playbook develop…
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Matty Graham, Managing Director at Ryze Labs, envisions a future where AI agents, or "digital twins," handle key financial transactions—and feels that this is a natural evolution of cryptocurrency. Listen as we explore strategies working to shape the future of AI commerce. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? https://Everyday-MBA.com/guest…
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Quality is Overrated: Allan Dib on Scaling Sales the Smart Way
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39:20Most restaurant owners think better food or better service will win the game. But Allan Dib has a different take: your product is not your problem—your marketing is. Allan is the best-selling author of The 1-Page Marketing Plan, and in this conversation, he dismantles the myths that keep restaurants stuck. We get into the high cost of bad positioni…
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I’m Josh Kopel, a Michelin-awarded restaurateur and the creator of the Restaurant Scaling System. I’ve spent decades in the industry, building, scaling, and coaching restaurants to become more profitable and sustainable. On this show, I cut through the noise to give you real, actionable strategies that help independent restaurant owners run smarter…
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On McDonald's head-scratching stand on the tip credit
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27:20Why is McDonald’s taking on the tip credit? This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive takes a hard look at the fast-food giant’s stand on the tip credit, which enables businesses to pay a subminimum wage to tipped workers, so long as the tips make up the difference. We feature three guests on this podcast: Saru Jayaraman,…
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Burnout Isn’t a Badge: Ahu Hettema on Risk, Reinvention, and Building Restaurants That Work
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35:19Ahu Hettema didn’t hedge her bets—she burned the boats. No Plan B. No safety net. Just a belief that betting everything on one restaurant could rewrite her life. And it did. But not through stubbornness. Through adaptation. In this episode, Ahu breaks down how listening—really listening—to her guests saved her concept, why comfort matters more than…
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458. Hooks, Cash Cows & Affinity: The Secrets to Restaurant Marketing That Print Money
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25:12Discover proven restaurant marketing strategies that build loyalty, boost profits, and turn guests into brand ambassadors. From cash cows to mug clubs, Roger shares trackable, ROI-driven ideas that keep customers coming back.Restaurant Profit Maximizer Mini-Masterclass: Learn how just a few tweaks in the way you run your business can hugely impact …
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How This Bakery Owner Escaped 80-Hour Weeks and Built a Profitable Business
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39:44From an exhausted bakery owner working nonstop to selling her bakery at a profit - Camile Sue’s story is proof that you can grow a bakery, restaurant, or any food service business AND get your life back. In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, Andrew Scott sits down with Camile Sue - a bakery owner who went from overwhelmed to…
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Success Leaves Clues - My Story - Fawad Zavary: Episode 241
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58:52In this episode, we sit down with Fawad Zavary, a 26-year veteran of the furniture industry and a driving force behind Exclusive Furniture’s continued success. Known for his relentless pursuit of excellence and innovation, Fawad shares insights into what it takes to create a standout customer experience in today’s competitive market. As both a resp…
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Sunny Singh, founder of Adobo Fresh Burrito Franchising, talks about success in “boring” businesses and some practical insights about the business of franchising and investing in restaurants. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? https://Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to advertise on the …
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This Is What Luxury Actually Feels Like: Chris Adams on Culture, Tech, and the Soul of Service
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36:59Chris Adams does. He’s built a business on showing some of the biggest brands in the world how to make guests feel something—without faking it. In this episode, we dig into what defines modern luxury and why it has less to do with money and more to do with culture, people, and emotional precision. Chris shares how AI and tech can enhance—not replac…
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Office Hours: Acquire Talent, Don’t Nurture It
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9:00I’m Josh Kopel, a Michelin-awarded restaurateur and the creator of the Restaurant Scaling System. I’ve spent decades in the industry, building, scaling, and coaching restaurants to become more profitable and sustainable. On this show, I cut through the noise to give you real, actionable strategies that help independent restaurant owners run smarter…
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Episode 176 – From Bleeding Cash to Banking Profit with Matt & Stephanie Dunken
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44:41In this episode of The Restaurant Coach® Podcast, I sit down with Matt & Stephanie Dunken, the powerhouse duo behind Slam Dunk Pizza. Their story is one every independent restaurant owner needs to hear. When they started working with the TRC Method, they were drowning with a prime cost of 94%. Profit was non-existent, stress was constant, and vacat…
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How the convenience-store chain Casey’s is making waves in the pizza business
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30:44What is the country’s fifth largest pizza concept doing to expand its reach? This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Tom Brennan, the chief merchandising officer for the Iowa-based convenience-store chain Casey’s. That is right. Casey’s is the fifth-largest pizza concept in the U.S., at least based on sales. Th…
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Episode 18: Community, Culture and Catering Growth with Kevin Reading, VP of Sales at Luna Grill
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46:24In this episode of Restaurant Catering Smarts, Michael Attias welcomes Kevin Reading, VP of Sales and Community Engagement at Luna Grill. Kevin shares his journey from hotel catering to leading national catering at Qdoba, and now helping Luna Grill scale its off-premise and catering programs. He dives into the advantages of working in a nimble, ent…
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From Maxed-Out Credit Cards to 41 Locations: John Gelastopoulos on Building Broken Yolk’s Lasting Momentum
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35:49Most people buy a restaurant and inherit someone else’s problems. John Gelastopoulos bought a closed breakfast spot, maxed out his credit cards to keep it alive—and turned it into a 41-location powerhouse. The secret? Relentless persistence and an obsession with people. In this conversation, John shares how he went from washing dishes to franchisin…
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Music For Restaurants: Build Your Brand & Boost Profits with Ola Sars of Soundtrack
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38:42Choosing the right music for restaurants may not seem important from the get-go, but it is definitely a crucial aspect of your business that you must never set aside. Jaime Oikle emphasizes how your chosen playlist can make or break your restaurant environment with Ola Sars, founder and CEO of Soundtrack. He shares how they serve as a one-stop shop…
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