FULL COMP: The Voice of the Restaurant Industry Revolution

Warren Rustand is the most successful human I know. Warren is a basketball hall of famer, he's served US presidents, been the CEO of 10 companies and mentor to countless CEO's and, candidly, he's been an amazing father, husband and friend. Today, Warren will give you the tactics, tools and strategies he's used to live the life of his dreams. For more on Warren or to buy his book visit https://warrenrustand.com _____________________________________________________________________________ Full Comp brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time. We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other shows: Restaurant Marketing School Industry Town Halls

Today we chat with Emilio Cervantes of Fuente Coffee. A beverage entrepreneur who has help restaurant owners and operators scale their coffee programs to $250,000, $500,000 and even $750,000 dollars. We discuss marketing, brand strategy, messaging and salesmanship to help you weaponize your coffee program. For more on Fuente Coffee visit https://fuentecoffeeco.com _____________________________________________________________________________ Full Comp brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time. We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other shows: Restaurant Marketing School Industry Town Halls

Sean Finter is a hospitality legend. He coaches incredibuly successful hosptialty professionals at the highest level and, in this conversation, he shares the same lessons he teaches them with us today. For more on Sean and his program visit https://www.barlaunch.com Full Comp brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time. We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other shows: Restaurant Marketing School Industry Town Halls

Over the years I've had the privilege of watching the surgical precision with which Christian Page take stale restaurant brands and given them new life. And what works for him in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and even Hawaii can work for us too. Today we talk branding, marketing and timing with one of the masters. For more on Christian visit https://www.boombang.restaurant Full Comp brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time. We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other shows: Restaurant Marketing School Industry Town Halls

Knowing how to cook doesn't mean you can farm and building a beverage brand is very different from building a restaurant. So, I've brought in some experts. Brett Lawrence and Stephen Young have not only built a successful hard seltzer brand, they built a brewery and a beer company before that. In today's episode we leverage their years of experience to determine the path of least resistance when building our own brands. For more on Elephant Craft Seltzer visit https://elephantcraftseltzer.com ____________________________________________________________ Full Comp brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time. We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other shows: Restaurant Marketing School Industry Town Halls

Stratis Morfogen has done business differently from the beginning and, over the last 30 years, it's made a dramatic impact in how successful he's become as a restaurateur. Today, we unpack lessons to be learned from both his successes and his failures on his path of industry disruption. For more on his concepts visit https://www.brooklynchophouse.com ____________________________________________________________ Full Comp brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time. We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other shows: Restaurant Marketing School Industry Town Halls

In this episode, we chat with restaurateur and media mogul John McDonald who grown a successful media empire alongside his restaurant empire, leveraging the lessons learned from one to improve the other. Today we unpack why media matters. For more on his restaurant group visit https://www.mercerstreethospitality.com/ ____________________________________________________________ Full Comp brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time. We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other shows: Restaurant Marketing School Industry Town Halls

Jim Taylor of Benchmark Sixty, believes he's found the solution to our biggest hurdle as an industry: the lack of predictability when it comest to sales. In our conversation he lays out how we can optimize restaurant profits, make major costs more predictable, and forecast more accurately. For more on Benchmark Sixty visit https://www.taylorcoconsulting.com/ ____________________________________________________________ Full Comp brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time. We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other shows: Restaurant Marketing School Industry Town Halls

Corey Mintz is a failed cook and a successful writer. His latest book "The Next Supper: The End of Restaurants as We Knew Them, and What Comes After" carefully lays out the thesis for why success is so hard to come by in our industry. In today's conversation we discuss the obstacles within the restaurant business and practical solutions to overcome them. Be sure to pick up his book, The Next Supper, wherever you buy books. ____________________________________________________________ Full Comp brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time. We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other shows: Restaurant Marketing School Industry Town Halls

Michael Benson's company SoCal Restaurant Design Group has built some of the most prolific restaurants in California and today he's sharing the tactics, tools and strategies he uses to ensure his clients get the most for the least in the shortest period of time. For more on his company visit https://www.socalrestaurantdesign.com/ ____________________________________________________________ Full Comp brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time. We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other shows: Restaurant Marketing School Industry Town Halls