Restaurant Unstoppable with Eric Cacciatore 797: Clyde Tiger Founder and Co-owner Fit Fixins
Clyde Tiger, founder of Fit Fixins, believes that no reward can be achieved without first taking a risk and in 2011, after losing over 50 lbs through proper diet and exercise, he made a decision to leave a 15 year career in the construction industry to pursue his new found passion of helping people achieve their ideal fitness levels. Working as a personal trainer, Tiger was finally pursuing his dreams, however he was faced with the challenge that no matter how hard his clients trained, if they didn't eat properly in between training sessions the results just would not be there. Soon after, he agreed to began preparing healthy meals for two of his clients. Word spread quickly and within a few weeks he was preparing meals for 10 clients in the evenings while continuing to work as a personal trainer during the day. The days began to run together with the increasing number of people requesting meals and Tiger was faced with another tough decision. It was time to take another risk and in early 2014 Tiger opened his own meal prep business, Fit Fixins, and the results have been overwhelming. In just a matter of months Tiger went from less than 10 clients to preparing and delivering close to 1,000 meals a week. Today, Fit Fixins has served thousands of customers from Sebastian to Broward County and serves an average of 3,000 meals a week.
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- Travel
- Live intentionally
- Growing up in a small community
- Physical health and improving your life
- Spiritual guidence
- Pivot
- What is your why?
- Believing what people say about you
- Logistics of the meal prep industry
- Social media is your greatest friend
- Show up!
- Worry about your network, not your net worth
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Knowledge bombs
- Which "it factor" habit, trait, or characteristic you believe most contributes to your success?
- Always show up, never give up.
- What is your biggest weakness?
- I give to a fault
- What's one question you ask or thing you look for during an interview?
- What's your dream?
- What's a current challenge? How are you dealing with it?
- Cultivating a brand that will leave a legacy
- Share one code of conduct or behavior you teach your team.
- I am responsible and quality matters over all
- What is one uncommon standard of service you teach your staff?
- We go to any length to fix mistakes
- What's one book we must read to become a better person or restaurant owner?
- Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins
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- What's one thing you feel restaurateurs don't know well enough or do often enough?
- Don't engage their customers enough
- Name one service you've hired.
- Videography/photography: Second Mile Digital Media
- What's one piece of technology you've adopted within your restaurant walls and how has it influence operations?
- Slack
- RouteSavvy - routing software
- If you got the news that you'd be leaving this world tomorrow and all memories of you, your work, and your restaurants would be lost with your departure with the exception of 3 pieces of wisdom you could leave behind for the good of humanity, what would they be?
- Be there with your kids
- Take time to build relationships with people
- Tell people you love them because you don't know when you will see them next
Website: fitfixins.net
Instagram: @fitfixins
Facebook: @fitfixins
Call: 772-519-1270 between 9am and 3pm
Email: info@fitfixins.net
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