FULL COMP: The Voice of the Restaurant Industry Revolution

When you open a restaurant you've investing in more than a business, you're investing in a community. As we change and evolve as individuals so do our communities and few places more beautifully illustrate this capacity to change more than Portland, Oregon. Today's we chat with, Portland's adopted son, Celebrity Chef Gregory Gourdet. Instead of staking his claim in his hometown of New York or following the trends out to Los Angeles, Gregory has chosen to walk a more complicated path, using this talent and his food to help mend together a community that is still struggling to become the best version of itself. For more on the chef visit https://www.gregorygourdet.com FULL COMP is 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. ________________________________ CLICK HERE to Chat with Josh Free Download: 5 Steps to Achieve a 15% Net Profit We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook Industry Town Halls

For years we've heard the tales of the days that robots would come to take our jobs. Well that day is today. On this episode we're chatting with Benson Tsai an engineer turned restaurateur who took top talent from SpaceX and leveraged their genius to create an autonomous pizzeria. Today we discuss the jobs his robots are taking and the opportunities that presents for all of us. For more on Stellar Pizza visit https://www.eatstellarpizza.com FULL COMP is 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. ________________________________ CLICK HERE to Chat with Josh Free Download: 5 Steps to Achieve a 15% Net Profit We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook Industry Town Halls

We know that there's restaurant tech out there that can make our jobs easier. There's tech out there that makes our customer's job a bit easier too. But, is there tech out there that can help us scale our organization, making a single unit restaurant run like one of the big guys? As it turns out there is and today we're chatting with Mike Connelly of Urban Plates who will break down the tech they've built and the tech they used to scale this small startup into a competitive restaurant chain. For more on Urban Plates visit https://urbanplates.com FULL COMP is 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. ________________________________ CLICK HERE to Chat with Josh Free Download: 5 Steps to Achieve a 15% Net Profit We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook Industry Town Halls

The pandemic decimated our industry on a global scale and, for many of us, it was the first time that mother nature played a major role in the way we do business. But, if you grew up in Southern Louisiana--and I did--you've been conditioned after countless natural disasters to safeguard your family and your business against the unpredictable nature of the changing tides. Today we chat with Isaac Toups. A Louisiana native and restaurateur who offers a masterclass in what it means to be resilient in the face of overwhelming odds and the courage it takes to rebuild from scratch again and again. For more on Toups' Meatery visit http://toupsmeatery.com FULL COMP is 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. ________________________________ CLICK HERE to Chat with Josh Free Download: 5 Steps to Achieve a 15% Net Profit We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook Industry Town Halls

We talk every week about the changes occurring in the restaurant industry. And that makes sense because we work in the restaurant industry. But few things affect our businesses more than tourism and the very nature of travel has changed. I wanted to dig deeper into what going on so I reached out to Rafat Ali of Skift. Rafat is an travel expert and his publication is the go-to resource of travel trends and the effect those trends are having on the larger industry. Today we talk about the trends and the disruptors making waves that will ripple into our industry and the way we connect with tourists. For more on Skift go to https://skift.com FULL COMP is 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. ________________________________ CLICK HERE to Chat with Josh Free Download: 5 Steps to Achieve a 15% Net Profit We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook Industry Town Halls

We all had a dream going into this life but so rarely do we actually achieve that dream. We're busy but we're broke. We're rich but we're working ourselves to death. We spend our days crunching numbers when all we wanted to do was cook. But some of us have figured it out. And there's hope in that for all of us. Today we chat with Kim Malek, the founder of Salt & Straw, an ice cream company that abides by every foundational business principle while breaking every rule in the restaurant industry. For more on Salt & Straw visit https://saltandstraw.com FULL COMP is 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. ________________________________ CLICK HERE to Chat with Josh Free Download: 5 Steps to Achieve a 15% Net Profit We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook Industry Town Halls

Andrew Friedman has made a career of chronicling the life and work of some of the worlds most famous and most successful chefs. What makes him and his work so interesting is the effort that he puts into going beyond the food. Andrew has had a front row seat to the evolution of our industry over the last 20+ years and today we discuss the good, the bad and the ugly. To check out more of Andrew's work visit https://andrewtalkstochefs.com FULL COMP is 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. ________________________________ CLICK HERE to Chat with Josh Free Download: 5 Steps to Achieve a 15% Net Profit We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook Industry Town Halls

What's that one thing that causes a restaurant to close? Well that's just the thing isn't it. There isn't just one. As restaurateurs we're affected by thousands of variables from weather to workforce and from competition to supply chain. How do we navigate our businesses through these murky waters? That's the question Jonah Bliss is trying to figure out. Jonah is the founder of Curbivore, a conference working to help restaurant find the path of least resistance as they navigate overwhelming demand, supply shortages, city regulations and an evolving marketplace. Today we talk about what he's built and what he's learned along the way. To get a free ticket to Curbivore be sure to click the link the show notes. www.eventbrite.com/e/205235293287/?discount=FullComp

The global pandemic brought tragedy to our industry but, and I think this needs to be said, it brought opportunity as well. Restaurant owners and operators saw the pandemic as a catalyst for change and so did some of the organizations that support us. Today's guest is Clare Reichenbach, the CEO of the James Beard Foundation. We talk about the evolution of our industry and the evolution of the foundation over the last 20 years and, especially, the last 24 months. For more on how the James Beard Foundation can support you and your restaurant, go to https://www.jamesbeard.org/ FULL COMP is 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. ________________________________ CLICK HERE to Chat with Josh Free Download: 5 Steps to Achieve a 15% Net Profit We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook Industry Town Halls

When the pandemic hit, we all had survival on the brain. Some of us focused on our families, some of us focused on our businesses and, a select few, turned their attention to our industry. Today we talk with Chef Edward Lee, who represents the absolute best of us, a true advocate for our industry serving up hope, change and inspiration for the future. For more on the Lee Initiative visit https://www.leeinitiative.org FULL COMP is 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. ________________________________ CLICK HERE to Chat with Josh Free Download: 5 Steps to Achieve a 15% Net Profit We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out the FULL COMP media universe by visiting: FULL COMP Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook Industry Town Halls