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The Winning Recipe

The Winning Recipe

By: Johnny Nguyen
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Summary

The The Winning Recipe is for people who are serious about the food business.

Whether you're trying to open your location, survive the chaos of your second, or scale past ten stores without losing your mind, this is where real operators come to talk real numbers, real mistakes, and real wins.

Every episode, I'm sitting down with founders, franchisors, franchisees, and people who have actually built something in food and restaurants. No theory. No fluff. Just the stuff that actually moves the needle.

And on solo episodes, I'll be pulling back the curtain on my own journey building MidnighTreats from the ground up, the wins, the losses, and everything in between.

This is The Winning Recipe. Let's get to work.

John Nguyen 2026 Economics Leadership Management & Leadership Marketing Marketing & Sales
Episodes
  • How I Grew a Million Dollar Bakery with no Debt!

    How I Grew a Million Dollar Bakery with no Debt!
    Apr 2 2026

    No investors. No loans. No debt. Just a million dollar bakery built from the ground up.

    This episode is about the mindset and the moves behind growing MidnighTreats without ever borrowing a dollar. I break down how reinvesting revenue compounds over time and why avoiding debt is the most underrated growth strategy in the food business.
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    20 mins
  • Opening a Bakery for $30k

    Opening a Bakery for $30k
    Mar 27 2026

    $30,000. That's all it took to open our storefront. And we did it three times.

    In this episode, I break down how MidnighTreats opened three brick and mortar locations on a lean budget and what that means for anyone thinking about starting a food business. You don't need hundreds of thousands of dollars to get started. You need a plan and the right priorities.
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    13 mins
  • 1 - Intro to MidnighTreats

    1 - Intro to MidnighTreats
    Mar 12 2026

    You don't need permission to start. You just need to start.

    In the very first episode of The Winning Recipe, host Johnny Nguyen introduces what this show is all about and tells the story of how he built MidnighTreats from zero to four locations. No fluff, no highlight reel. Just the real story of how it happened and where it's going.
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    11 mins
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