When restaurant owners are struggling, they’re often quick to blame external factors like the economy, lazy employees, or changing customer habits.

But here’s the truth - if other restaurants are thriving under the same conditions, the problem isn’t the economy…

It’s your business.

In this episode of The Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, we deliver a reality check for independent and multi-location restaurant owners who are working 80-hour weeks - yet still not seeing results.

We break down the myth that effort equals success and show you how focusing on the wrong things can quietly kill your business. You’ll also learn the hidden profit leaks that bleed your margins daily.

Tune in to discover:

✅How to identify why your restaurant's profitability is lagging

✅Simple, zero-cost upselling strategies that can boost sales by 10-20%

✅How to fix a broken hiring process and retain staff beyond 90 days

✅The value of after-action employee reviews - and how to do them

✅Why a victor mindset (not more hours) is key to long-term restaurant success

✅How to measure performance and build real systems in your restaurant business

Whether you’re running a single-location restaurant or trying to grow multiple units, this episode reveals the small issues that compound over time and destroy profits.

Key Points

00:01:00 Your Business Isn't That Good
00:03:00 Victim vs Victor Mentality
00:06:00 Results vs Effort
00:08:40 Death by a Thousand Cuts
00:12:40 The Impact Of Upselling
00:18:00 Zero-Cost Revenue Growth
00:22:00 Hiring Metrics
00:27:00 After-Action Employee Reviews
00:30:20 Profit Knowledge Gap
00:34:00 Root Cause Analysis

If you're ready to improve your restaurant team culture, increase profits, and stop letting your business run you - this episode will show you how to grow a restaurant with clarity, strategy, and systems.

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👉Get your multi-unit playbook here → https://hs.ownershifttraining.com/optin-mupb

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✅About Us✅

The Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast is hosted by Andrew Scott - founder of OwnerShift Training.

Andrew Scott successfully scaled his restaurant business to 4 locations while working a handful of hours each week. He’s since helped over 1,000 restaurant owners increase their sales, profits, and free time - and he’d love to help you too.

✅For Restaurant Owners✅

Interested in growing your restaurant business while working less? Book your free assessment call:
👉 Restaurant Assessment Call

✅Connect With Us✅

https://www.facebook.com/groups/multiunitempirebuilders/
https://www.instagram.com/andrewrichardscott
https://ownershifttraining.com/

Is Your Restaurant Manager Destroying Your Business? Get The Manager Hiring Toolkit Here→ https://hs.ownershifttraining.com/managerhiringtoolkit

Think hiring a restaurant manager will free up your time and boost profits?

Think again.

Many restaurant owners watch sales tank, staff turnover explode, and food costs spiral out of control - often within months - because they made one fatal management mistake.

In this episode of Restaurant Growth Accelerator, I share my personal story of opening a second location, hiring a manager, and watching my once-successful business collapse.

You’ll hear exactly how promoting the wrong person - without proper restaurant management training - led to burnout, lost staff, and more.

Tune in to discover:

✅The critical difference between worker skills vs. management skills most owners overlook

✅Why promoting your best worker can create your worst manager

✅How to hire restaurant managers who WILL do the job (not just those who CAN do it)

✅A proven 6 to 8-month restaurant manager training program that builds real leadership skills

✅The anonymous employee survey system that reveals hidden management problems before they explode

You’ll learn how to set management expectations, run performance evaluations, and build a restaurant management system that works in any multi-location or independent restaurant.

Key Points

00:00:20 Manager Disaster Story
00:01:40 Second Location Opening Chaos
00:04:00 Manager Demands Raise
00:07:40 Worker Skills vs Manager Skills
00:11:00 Burger Production Math Example
00:14:20 Setting Management Expectations
00:18:40 Anonymous Employee Surveys
00:23:40 Hiring "Will Do" vs "Can Do"
00:31:00 Systemizing Soft Skills Training

Whether you’re hiring your first manager or trying to fix a failing one, this episode gives you restaurant leadership skills you need to prevent burnout, reduce staff turnover, and create a business that runs without you.

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✅About Us✅

The Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast is hosted by Andrew Scott - founder of OwnerShift Training.

Andrew Scott successfully scaled his restaurant business to 4 locations while working a handful of hours each week. He’s since helped over 1,000 restaurant owners increase their sales, profits, and free time - and he’d love to help you too.

✅For Restaurant Owners✅

Interested in growing your restaurant business while working less? Book your free assessment call:
👉 Restaurant Assessment Call

✅Connect With Us✅

https://www.facebook.com/groups/multiunitempirebuilders/
https://www.instagram.com/andrewrichardscott
https://ownershifttraining.com/

If your restaurant’s bank account is in the red while your staff just cashed their paychecks, you’re not alone… and it can be fixed.

In this episode, you’ll learn why so many restaurant owners end up the lowest-paid person in their own business. And more importantly, exactly how to fix it without taking on another soul-crushing merchant cash advance.

We bust the dangerous myth that simply boosting sales will solve your problems - and show why reducing your restaurant prime cost by just 10% can put far more money in your pocket than increasing sales by the same amount.

Tune in to discover:

✅The exact restaurant break-even analysis Andrew used to save his business when he couldn’t pay rent

✅Unique labor cost control strategies that prevent scheduling mistakes and increase restaurant profitability

✅The simple portion control test that exposed a cook using twice the protein everyone else did

✅The “perfect salad” visual control trick to keep your team consistent without slowing service.

✅How to run a restaurant expense audit that asks, “Is this making me money?” - and cuts the waste that’s bleeding your cash flow.

Key Points

00:00:00 Opening Reality Check
00:02:20 Business vs Charity
00:03:40 Breaking Even Analysis
00:07:20 Labor Productivity Planning
00:10:00 Prime Cost Calculations
00:14:40 Cashflow vs Profit
00:17:00 Merchant Cash Advances
00:21:00 Menu Pricing Strategy
00:25:00 Tracking What Matters
00:27:40 Portion Control Testing
00:31:20 Visual Control Methods
00:35:00 Expense Audit Process

Stop being the last person to get paid in your own restaurant. Apply these proven restaurant cost control strategies and finally flip the script on who’s really making money in your business.

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✅Tools For Restaurant Owners✅

Thinking of opening another restaurant? Avoid costly mistakes with my free guide:
👉https://hs.ownershifttraining.com/optin-mupb

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✅About Us✅

The Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast is hosted by Andrew Scott - founder of OwnerShift Training.

Andrew Scott successfully scaled his restaurant business to 4 locations while working a handful of hours each week. He’s since helped over 1,000 restaurant owners increase their sales, profits, and free time - and he’d love to help you too.

✅For Restaurant Owners✅

Interested in growing your restaurant business while working less? Book your free assessment call:
👉 Restaurant Assessment Call

✅Connect With Us✅

https://www.facebook.com/groups/multiunitempirebuilders/
https://www.instagram.com/andrewrichardscott
https://ownershifttraining.com/