In this podcast, I'm recapping this blog I wrote a couple of weeks ago about Silicon Valley Financiers and how they are scamming the restaurant industry.

Check out the original blog to see some cool stats on restaurant operations. https://www.opsanalitica.com/2020/01/silicon-valley-big-money-is-trying-to-trick-restaurant-operators/

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In this episode, I interview Murk Maddock. Murk is a 30 year plus industry veteran that has worked in all positions in the stores. He is now an Ops Services guru.

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In part 2 of this two-part series. I will pretend that I'm the king of Subway and what I would do to fix the chain. I'm looking at this from the perspective that you are going to lose a majority of these Subways and how do you manage the fall. This is just a thought exercise and I have no affiliation with Subway.

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In part 1 of this two-part series. I'm going to discuss what is happening at Subway right now from a very high level. I'm going to discuss some of the patterns that I saw in failing franchisees when I managed the Franchise Assistance Program at Quiznos. In part 2, I will pretend that I'm the king of Subway and what I would do to fix the chain.

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In this installment, we speak with industry veteran, and real veteran, Jim Short. Jim has been in the industry for over 30 years, most of that time working for Pizza Hut franchises. He started in the kitchen washing dishes and has moved up to Facilities Manager for a large multi-unit operator.

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In this podcast, we are exploring restaurant shift readiness as a concept and a philosophy. This is more of an audio blog. Here are the blog articles I mention in the podcast:

http://www.opsanalitica.com/2018/06/shift-readiness-separates-great-restaurants-from-good-enough-restaurants/

http://www.opsanalitica.com/2018/06/lack-of-team-accountability-is-stealing-your-profits/

http://www.opsanalitica.com/2018/06/increase-employee-productivity/

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In this Episode we sit down with a partner of ours, Michael Pullman, with Zuus Dynamic Scheduling to have a quick conversation around their scheduling program and what are the challenges with labor laws and scheduling today. Check out Zuus at https://www.zuusworkforce.com/

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In this episode, we interview Tom Missios, a restaurant consultant specialing in helping his client's implement systems and controls, menu engineering and social media.  We talk about Tom's career and what he is seeing happening with his clients. If you would like to check out Tom's website, go to erestaurantconsulting.ca/

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In this interview, we speak with Allison Housley, co-owner, of Sputnik Denver. Sputnik has been at the heart of the Denver music and art scene for over a decade. Learn more about Sputnik here:

http://sputnikdenver.com/

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This is an interview with Chef Keith Jones. Keith and I have known each other since 1994 when I worked with him at The Metropolitan Club in Englewood Colorado. This is a great interview with Keith who has done and continues to do a little of everything in the hospitality business. We touch on the importance of mentors and a lot of other great topics in the business. I think a lot of you will like this episode because Keith has as expanded his horizons out of the restaurants but stayed in food service.

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