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Restaurant Legends are the profitable, successful owners and operators of the hospitality business. Each one dreamt of opening a great restaurant (s)and spent hours of planning to create their winning concepts. These are the entrepreneurs who made it through the bad times and revel in the good times. Every conversation is filled with stories and anecdotes that may reveal secrets to success or sometimes are just fun to hear. Either way, they will always be interesting making Restaurant Legend ...
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Badass Business Owners: Tips for Small Businesses Serving their Communities
Badass Business Owners are Small Business Owners serving their local communities who are tired of living job to job and want to grow their business income & their personal income. If it seems like the harder you work, you still can't seem to grow your profits as fast as you want, I'm here to help. So, if you are ready to MAKE MORE MONEY IN YOUR SMALL BUSINESS then you are in the right place!
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Katzenjammer: A Day in the Life of Two Restaurant Owners
Jamie Adams and Leonardo Moura
Chef Jamie Adams and Leonardo Moura are co-owners and business partners with over 40 years of experience in the restaurant industry. We all love to eat well, drink and be merry and we got pretty good at selling that whole thing with our two Atlanta based restaurants, il Giallo and Lagarde, so we’ve decided to share our food and wine experience in a podcast that covers our experiences and expertise with a great sense of humor and without taking ourselves too bloody seriously. Welcome to Katze ...
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A POWERFUL Tip to Help You Use Your Business Numbers to Grow Your Business
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Most small business owners don’t realize that doing this one trick will help them increase their sales and profits. Your business numbers are more than numbers on a page. They hold the key to some powerful insight into your business and how you can create more sales and profits. _____________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Numbers Refe…
Have you raised your prices and now worry you might have gone too high? Maybe you have been losing customers left and right and think it might be your prices? Let’s talk about what might have happened. _____________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Numbers Reference Guide 👉 Want to Learn Your Business Numbers Better? Check Out this Affor…
Small Business Owners will spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars with companies to grow their sales, yet, make this one little mistake that is costing them the ability to get potential customers to take action and give them a call. _____________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Numbers Reference Guide 👉 Want to Learn Your Business N…
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Restaurants in War; Maria Banko, The Ukraine Tapes
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This episode was first released in May of last year, only three months into the Ukraine/Russia conflict/war. Kyiv had already experienced a few missile strikes, but it felt to everyobne that the coming spring would be somewhat normal. But, here we are nearly one year later wirh thousands of deaths, destroyed infrastucture and familys. Ive been tryi…
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Your Team Isn’t Letting You Down, You Are Letting Them Down
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Employees, don’t wake up each day asking how they can make your life miserable. The reality is, we cause most of our employee problems without even realizing it. What if there were things you could do to help ensure you have the best employees? There is! _____________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Numbers Reference Guide 👉 Want to Lea…
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How Atomic Habits Can Help Small Business Owners Like You
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Habits Can Make or Break You. Not just you. Your business, your life, your relationships. One of the most powerful books a small business owner can read (or listen to) is Atomic Habits by James Clear. The concept of using small, 5 min habits to change your life is something that all of us can do. Grab ATOMIC HABITS by James Clear - https://amzn.to/…
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Buona Restaurants; The Next Italian Beef Breakout
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Nearly every major city has a particular sandwich that residents can claim as the original home of that sandwich. These are some the very well-known hand held’s like Cheesesteak, French Dip, Cuban, Loose Meat , Smoked Brisket, Chopped Pork, Fish Taco, Po’Boy and on and on. For as long as I can remember as a Chicago native the hot dog, the one that’…
Yes. You need sales to make money. But not all sales are profitable. It is about chasing the right sales. Sales that create a profit. Way too many people only chase sales without ensuring those sales will be profitable. It is a huge mistake that can crush your business. _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Numbers Ref…
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Can a Mentor Actually Hurt Your Business?
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It is natural to be attracted towards a business that looks to be successful. You want to learn what that business owner is doing so you can copy or implements their best practices. But beware, sometimes a mentor might look successful but they are not as profitable as you think. Learn from them, but look how to leverage your profits at the same tim…
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How Your Operational Expenses are Impact Your Pricing
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By not accounting for expenses in your pricing, you risk not having a business profit. For every sale you do, a certain percentage needs to be set aside to cover your expenses. It is important that you are reviewing those expenses on a regular basis to keep that percentage at a minimum. _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Bus…
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Restaurant Unstopable Host - Eric Cacciatore
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Why chat with another podcast host about the same thing you focus on in your own posdcast? Well, the best way to describe it is to listen for yourself to hear why the wisdom of the overview revieved by an itelligent host is why. We started our conversation with the timeline of events that brought him to the world of podcasting. Even after growing u…
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Are You Letting Your Emotions Get in the Way of Your Pricing?
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Does the thought of raising your prices make you want to be sick? Feel you just can’t raise your prices? You might be surprised to learn that you could be costing yourself thousands of dollars of profit each year due to making an emotional decision on your prices vs what the market will actually pay. _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free…
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Growing Your Side Business with a Full Time Job
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Are you working a full-time job and building your business on the side? Have you found that your sales are at a standstill because you can't grow while you have this full-time job? Are you wondering what it is that you need to do at this point in order to be able to grow this business and make that leap to full-time entrepreneur? __________________…
Is your business in a rut? Can’t seem to grow your sales or profits? Odds are it might be due to one of these four reasons. Or probably a combination. If you want to get unstuck, rate how you are doing and see where the log jam might be happening in your small business. _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Numbers Ref…
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Why Are You Still Not Looking at the #1 Tool for Profits in Your Business?
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Even when small business owners know they need to read their Profit & Loss Statements on a regular basis, they still don’t. Why is that? Isn’t the goal of your small business to earn more profits? Why wouldn’t you look at your #1 tool to help you? _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Numbers Reference Guide 👉 Want to …
Each year opens up the opportunity to start fresh and leave any bad business habits in the past. The key is staying motivated throughout the same year vs falling into old habits of the year prior. Here is what I’ll be doing… How about you? _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Numbers Reference Guide 👉 Want to Learn Yo…
One mistake I see all the time with small business owners is, they think if they work harder, they will make more money. But that isn’t always the case. You just burn out and wake up to the reality that all these hours aren’t providing the profits you thought you were going to see. _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business…
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Restaurant Readying For Franchise Explosion
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Berkley California can be known as the seat of social and political protest, the birthplace of the hippie lifestyle and most recently as the nova of many culinary stars. Jeremiah Tower, Mollie Katzen and of course Alice Waters just to name a few. Gregoire Jacquet, a denizen of the Gourmet Ghetto as he calls it opened his small sandwich shop in Berk…
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Should You Start a 2nd Business or Expand Your Current Business?
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So you have a new business opportunity you want to explore. Maybe it is a new market you can open or even a completely new business. But should you do it? For most people, the answer is no. You just aren’t ready right now. No isn’t forever, but it does mean you need to get your current business to a state that can easily make this leap. Let’s discu…
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Marketing Your Small Business – Some Things to Keep in Mind
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With so many options for marketing or advertising your small business, which is the best for you? They all have their pros and cons. But your marketing needs to lead to new customers, repeat customers, or them spending more money. You need to focus on your ideal customer and target their needs. Let’s discuss… _______________________________ 👉 Grab …
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What Would You Give Yourself? | How Does Your Business Rate?
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How would you rate your business? What would customers say about your business? Let’s take a critical look at how your business's performance has been over the past year. _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Numbers Reference Guide 👉 Want to Learn Your Business Numbers Better? Check Out this Affordable Course: Underst…
Do you find you are just going through the motions in your business? Are you lacking the focus or desire to work “ON” the business vs just “IN” the business? Sometimes we need a little push to get back on track so we can take our business to the next level. _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Numbers Reference Guide …
Sometimes the stairs to success require you to stop and work internally on the business before you head up the next flight. This is crucial to ensuring the business is ready for what is to come. Let’s discuss this concept and how it can help you become even more successful. _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Numbers…
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Create More Profit | Time to Review Your Operational Expenses
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Want more profit? Then Dive into Your Operational Expenses of Your Small Business. There is money hiding in there that you are wasting that you can create instant profits. Every dollar adds up, and this is a quick way to boost your profits. _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Numbers Reference Guide 👉 Want to Learn Y…
Looking to Grow Your Sales? All sales come from either increasing your customer count, getting customers to come back more often or getting your customers to spend more money. In this episode, we break this down a little further and a great exercise for you to do. Let’s get those sales up! _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your …
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Time to Review Your Prices for the New Year
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With the new year quickly approaching, now is the time to step back and review your pricing and product/product mix. Most of you are a little slower and have the time to do this exercise. You want to hit the ground running this coming year so you need to look at the successes and failures of the past year to make sure your pricing and product/servi…
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Ticked Off Customers Suck! | Dealing With Upset Customers
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Sometimes customers just suck. Let’s face it. Not all customers are happy campers and can ruin your day and become one of your worse nightmares. The problem is, you can’t let them ruin your day and more importantly, ruin the experience for the other customers that you have to deal with. So how do you deal with them? Today I’ll share some of my thou…
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Improving the Profit on Your Best-Selling Item
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Did you know that if you focus on improving the processes around your best-selling item you will not only increase your profit on it, but you will realize that you can sell less and make just as much money. Before you hire people to sell more, spend some time on improving the process / systems first around your best seller. ________________________…
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Improving Your Profits | The Pumpkin Plan Method
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We are always on the lookout for new ideas and ways to increase our profits. Sometimes just looking at how other people view profits and sales can give us a great nugget or two on what we might be able to do. This week we take a look at the Pumpkin Plan by Mike Michalowicz. Mike discusses that by killing off the vine (bad pumpkins/clients) we incre…
On the way to discovering the how’s and whys of tipping I was able to discern some of the pros and cons with a little more clarity and I’ve boiled down to three major points that I’ll discuss in this episode on how changing the tipping culture can help re-structure restaurants into a healthier business that is less vulnerable to failure. First up i…
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Set Your Self Up for Success in 2023 – Start Now!
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As we start to wind down 2022, it is time to fight two fights. Ending the year strong but also putting into place the tools, processes, etc to start 2023 strong out the gate. Way too many small business owners relax at the end of the year and are shocked when the new year doesn’t start as strong as they hoped. Spend a week brainstorming all the thi…
Recession, Recession, Recession, that is all you hear about when you turn on the TV, Radio, and even YouTube. Doom and Gloom sells. But should you panic in your small business? You need to be aware, you need to have a plan, but you can and will survive this economic challenge if you pay attention to your money and your ideal clients. ______________…
Can Facebook still provide you leads for your small local business? With Facebook having typical viewers over the age of 30 and with disposable incomes and being homeowners, you never want to overlook the power Facebook still has for your small business. It isn’t the paid advertising either. By just being part of your community pages, you can find …
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Mexican Restaurant Revolution; Michael Harvey and Jalisco
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Defining Mexican restaurants as only nachos and chimichangas is much like never looking beyond eggrolls and Chow Mein when trying to describe a Chinese restaurant menu. On this podcast I have Michael Harvey from Charleston South Carolina talking about Jalisco. A restaurant he and his partner have built examining the depth of Mexican cuisine and int…
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Motivated and Focused When Business is Slow
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Many small businesses have slowed down and let’s face it, so has the motivation to get anything done. How do you keep motivation high and use this time to take your business to the next level? _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Numbers Reference Guide ______________________________ 👉 Want to Learn Your Business Numb…
Do You Have a Plan to Maximize Your Sales and Profits as We Head into the End of the Year? Don’t miss the opportunity to have your best year-ending results yet! Whether you are going into season or headed to your slow time, there is still plenty of money to make before the year is done! _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Bus…
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Stop Burying Your Head in the Sand on Your Business Numbers!
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Way too many small businesses are bleeding cash and are in danger of collapsing. But it isn’t too late! Your business numbers hold the key to stopping the bleeding and creating some amazing profits in your small business. _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Numbers Reference Guide ______________________________ 👉 Wan…
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Eric Sheffer; Restaurants with Heart by a Serial Entrepreneur
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Eric Sheffer did what may be unthinkable to some or life saving to others and that’s leaving a successful career in advertising and entertainment. Move about 2300 miles to the other side of the country and jump in headfirst into a tough industry known for its difficulty and high failure rate…hospitality. When I was given the opportunity to talk wit…
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Is Your Business Debt Getting Out of Control?
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The past few years have been tough and business debt is on the rise. Are you going into debt in your business? Are you thinking about going into debt in your business? Let’s discuss why you might want to think twice about going into business debt and what you want to do to get out of business debt. _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free K…
If you grow your business too fast, you risk the wheels falling off and ultimately a big hit to your sales and profits. Here is a story of a pool company that took a big leap and is now paying the price. _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Numbers Reference Guide ______________________________ 👉 Want to Learn Your Bu…
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Restaurant Tech with Popmenu CEO Brendan Sweeney
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I’ve been messing around with hospitality technology as it started developing in the mid 80’s. At that time, most programs were centered om enterprise systems, meaning bean counting programs. The ever-present digital marketing we know today was in its infancy then. Restaurant owners and end users were left out of the development process that was ob…
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Understanding What You & the Business Needs Monthly to Survive
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Knowing your monthly business nut is very helpful when determining what you need to do in sales. Especially when our personal monthly nut usually drives the total need. The business needs to make a certain amount to survive, but so do you and by combining the two, you know what you actually need. _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Kno…
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Create More Profit thru Improving Your Business Processes
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While you improve your profits by pricing correctly, your next step is to tackle your processes that are also costing you profit. While you might have a bunch of broken processes, by focusing on one big one at a time, you will add to your bottom line in big ways! _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Numbers Reference …
Unsustainable pricing prevents every single operator from being able to provide a living and equitable wage for their employees, top to bottom. Fear of competition and “the marketplace” keep prices unsustainably low. Conditions that support staff rather than abuse them need to improve. There needs to be a clear path of growth and achievement creati…
Business is booming and you need to hire people to help with all the clients. However, sometimes hiring people will kill your profits and your personal income. It is critical that you hire for the right reasons. Sometimes, you are better off raising your prices vs hiring people. _______________________________ 👉 Grab Your Free Know Your Business Nu…
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Pricing – Do You Include Your Personal Expenses?
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Many new business owners tend to set their prices based on the amount of money they need each month to cover their personal expenses. However, this is not how you want to do it but I want to explain why and how you still can accomplish the same thing but look at it differently. Plus, let’s discuss those personal expenses that are also business expe…
The drama and life lessons depicted in fiction on film of working in restaurants can look very realistic at times as in the John Favreau film "Chef" or it can be romatisized like it is in the Disney film "Ratatouille". Capturing the raw drama of restaurants happens artfully in the award winning documentary "Jiro Dreams of Sushi". However there are …
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5 Must Read Books for Small Business Owners
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While I’m not a fan of reading (can’t sit still so I’m an audiobook person) I am a fan of learning as much as I can about being a better business person and leader. There is a reason these 5 books tend to show up on many business owners' top 10 lists. Even if you get one nugget, it is worth the money. Plus, all 5 of these give a different nugget of…
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What is Profit First? | Will it Really Help You Be More Profitable in Your Small Business?
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You might have heard of a book called Profit First by Mike Michalowicz. Some have embraced it and others have felt overwhelmed. Let’s take a look at just a couple of the core parts and how they can help you immediately in your small business. Even adopting one or two concepts can make a huge difference in your profitability. Grab the Audiobook or B…
What is the best sign to tell if the restaurant industry has recovered from the devastating shutdowns and restrictions precipitated by the pandemic? Is it when the sales of your restaurant sales return to normal values? Is it when the dining room is filled on a Friday night? Restaurant owners and managers are tearing their hair out trying to balanc…
