In this episode of the Restaurant Rockstars Podcast, I am joined by Chris Tripoli, founder of Multiple Concepts. We discuss Chris's extensive career in the restaurant industry, starting as a busboy and evolving into a concept developer, owner-operator, and consultant. Key topics include the importance of passion, mentorship, systems, financial acumen, recruiting vs. hiring, company culture, and the balance between hospitality and technology. Chris shares valuable insights and advice for restaurant owners and managers, emphasizing that success begins with people and requires continual learning, adaptation, and strong leadership.

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Instagram @christripolifcsi

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This episode of the Restaurant Rockstars Podcast features an in-depth conversation with Hunter Evans, a chef driven by early inspirations from his grandmother in New Orleans. Hunter shares his journey from the Culinary Institute of America to working with Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group. He established his restaurant Elvie's in Jackson, Mississippi, and his current project is reopening the historic Mayflower restaurant.

The discussion covers key themes of culinary education, the importance of culture in the restaurant business, building and leading a team, and Hunter’s personal and professional growth. Additional topics include marketing, hospitality, hiring practices, and the balance between creativity and business management in running a restaurant.

Learn the Top 3 Restaurant Profit Killers and how to fix them FREE DOWNLOAD: https://restaurantrockstars.com/profits/

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Thank you to our sponsors:

The Birthday Club – Everyone celebrates their birthday! Get new and repeat business, fill your tables, and boost sales with Birthdays: https://jointhebirthdayclub.com/BirthdayRockstar/

Restaurant Technologies: takes care of your fry oil challenges. They handle everything end-to-end from delivering, filtering monitoring, collecting, and recycling your waste cooking oil. Restaurant Technologies customers save 10-15% on their insurance premiums and even get bonuses for any new customer referrals. https://www.rti-inc.com or call 866-399-3639 to get started today.

UberDirect: With Uber Direct, you take orders on your website, app or by phone. Then, drivers from Uber’s courier network pick them up from your place and deliver them to your customer’s doorstep. Delivery just got better with Uber Direct. Learn more at https://www.uberdirect.com

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In this episode of the Restaurant Rockstars Podcast Brett Linkletter, co-founder of Dishio, delves into the transformative power of restaurant technology and marketing strategies.

We explore how restaurants can leverage digital menus, smart data collection, and innovative marketing techniques to enhance customer experiences, boost profitability, and overcome industry challenges. From the story behind Dishio's inception to the benefits of multilingual menus and trackable marketing, this conversation is packed with actionable insights for restaurateurs.

Don't miss out on learning how to rock your restaurant's growth with cutting-edge tech solutions.

Learn the Top 3 Restaurant Profit Killers and how to fix them:

FREE DOWNLOAD: https://restaurantrockstars.com/profits/

Rock Your Restaurant - Enroll Your Team in the Restaurant Academy:

We will train your entire team to up level your business, maximize sales and optimize profits - Join the Restaurant Academy: https://restaurantrockstars.com/joinacademy

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-beaudoin-21590016

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Connect with our guest:

- Brett: @brettlinkletter

- Dineline: @dinelineco

- Dishio: @getdishio

- Podcast: @restaurantmisfits

- https://get.dishio.com

- https://dineline.co

Thank you to our sponsors:

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UberDirect: With Uber Direct, you take orders on your website, app or by phone. Then, drivers from Uber’s courier network pick them up from your place and deliver them to your customer’s doorstep. Delivery just got better with Uber Direct.

Learn more at https://www.uberdirect.com

Restaurant Technologies: takes care of your fry oil challenges. They handle everything end-to-end from delivering, filtering monitoring, collecting, and recycling your waste cooking oil. Restaurant Technologies customers save 10-15% on their insurance premiums and even get bonuses for any new customer referrals. Go to https://www.rti-inc.com or call 866-399-3639 to get started today.

Restaurant Equippers: Top equipment brands, extensive inventory, everyday low prices, and 60 years serving independent food service operators. Only at https://www.equippers.com/

In this episode on the Restaurant Rockstars Podcast, I’m speaking with Gail Kurpgeweit, Gail has had great success launching over 100 restaurant brand products for scale and getting them placed in major supermarkets and famous name big box stores.

Learn the Top 3 Restaurant Profit Killers and how to fix them:

https://restaurantrockstars.com/profits/

Rock Your Restaurant - Enroll Your Team in the Restaurant Academy:

We will train your entire team to up level your business, maximize sales and optimize profits - Join the Restaurant Academy: https://restaurantrockstars.com/joinacademy

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-beaudoin-21590016

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Stitcher - https://bit.ly/3iFGAAb

Soundcloud - https://bit.ly/3lYBhho

Ask Roger a Question or Share a Restaurant story with us:

https://www.speakpipe.com/RestaurantRockstars

Thank you to our sponsors:

The Restaurant Academy: Everything you need to know to optimize profits, maximize sales and train your team in restaurant fundamentals! https://restaurantrockstars.com/joinacademy/

UberDirect: With Uber Direct, you take orders on your website, app or by phone. Then, drivers from Uber’s courier network pick them up from your place and deliver them to your customer’s doorstep. Delivery just got better with Uber Direct.

Learn more at https://www.uberdirect.com

The Birthday Club – Everyone celebrates their birthday! Get new and repeat business, fill your tables, and boost sales with Birthdays: https://jointhebirthdayclub.com/BirthdayRockstar/

Restaurant Technologies: takes care of your fry oil challenges. They handle everything end-to-end from delivering, filtering monitoring, collecting, and recycling your waste cooking oil. Restaurant Technologies customers save 10-15% on their insurance premiums and even get bonuses for any new customer referrals. https://www.rti-inc.com or call 866-399-3639 to get started today.

Restaurant Equippers: Top equipment brands, extensive inventory, everyday low prices, and 60 years serving independent food service operators. Only at https://www.equippers.com/

In this week’s episode on the Restaurant Rockstars Podcast, I’m speaking with David McClaskey, a 50-year trainer who shares that effective restaurant training cultivates excellence in both employees and entire organizations.

Listen as David tells us the secrets to effective restaurant training including:

• The meaning of leadership and how to shift your managerial approach

• How to overcome the labor and staffing crisis and retain great people

• Striving for and developing your restaurant training for 100% optimum performance

• Key learnings from David’s own personal restaurant experiences from on the road

• The change that’s possible in your restaurant training

• A framework for restaurant training success

David also shares some powerful case studies and client results from a concept with 31 locations.

Don’t miss out on the Restaurant Profit Maximizer while it is available. This easy to digest video course will help you INCREASE your PROFIT even as you battle inflation & high labor costs. https://restaurantrockstars.com/profitmaximizer

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Facebook: @mcclaskeyexcellence

Twitter: @mcclaskeyexcel

Instagram: @mcclaskeyexcellence

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mcclaskey-excellence-institute

https://mcclaskeyexcellence.com

Thank you to our sponsors:

The Restaurant Academy: Everything you need to know to optimize profits, maximize sales and train your team in restaurant fundamentals! https://restaurantrockstars.com/joinacademy/

Cirrus: cirrus led digital signs attract attention, bring your business to life & increase customer traffic and sales. Cirrus signs are versatile and allow easy changing of content and displays. You can subscribe to pay with low monthly payments and no upfront cost. https://try.cirrusled.com/rockstar

The Birthday Club – Everyone celebrates their birthday! Get new and repeat business, fill your tables, and boost sales with Birthdays: https://jointhebirthdayclub.com/BirthdayRockstar/

Restaurant Technologies: takes care of your fry oil challenges. They handle everything end-to-end from delivering, filtering monitoring, collecting, and recycling your waste cooking oil. Restaurant Technologies customers save 10-15% on their insurance premiums and even get bonuses for any new customer referrals. https://www.rti-inc.com or call 866-399-3639 to get started today.

Restaurant Equippers: Top equipment brands, extensive inventory, everyday low prices, and 60 years serving independent food service operators. Only at https://www.equippers.com/

In this episode of the Restaurant Rockstars Podcast, I’m speaking with Carsten Johannsen and Gary Wallach, restaurateur Co-Founding Partners of Renwick Hospitality Group who are blazing their own unique path in New York City.

The Restaurant Profit Maximizer will show you proven ways to BOOST your restaurant bottom line. You have Nothing to lose but your shrinking margins. Check it out here https://restaurantrockstars.com/profitmaximizer

Rock Your Restaurant - Enroll Your Team in the Restaurant Academy:

We will train your entire team to up level your business, maximize sales and optimize profits - Join the Restaurant Academy: https://restaurantrockstars.com/joinacademy

Connect with us on Social Media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-beaudoin-21590016

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/restaurantrockstars/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/restaurantrockstars

X: https://twitter.com/RestaurantRock1

Subscribe to the Restaurant Rockstars Podcast:

iTunes - https://apple.co/2WaKyqV

Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3xGuOd0

Google - https://bit.ly/2VM10P1

Stitcher - https://bit.ly/3iFGAAb

Soundcloud - https://bit.ly/3lYBhho

Ask Roger a Question or Share a Restaurant story with us:

https://www.speakpipe.com/RestaurantRockstars

Connect with our guest:

@renwicknyc

https://www.renwicknyc.com

Thank you to our sponsors:

Cirrus: cirrus led digital signs attract attention, bring your business to life & increase customer traffic and sales. Cirrus signs are versatile and allow easy changing of content and displays.

Best of all, with cirrus you can subscribe to pay with low monthly payments and no upfront cost.

Go to https://try.cirrusled.com/rockstar

The Restaurant Academy: Everything you need to know to optimize profits, maximize sales and train your team in restaurant fundamentals! https://restaurantrockstars.com/joinacademy/

The Birthday Club – Get new and repeat business, fill your tables, and boost sales with Birthdays: https://jointhebirthdayclub.com/BirthdayRockstar/

Restaurant Equippers: Top equipment brands, extensive inventory, everyday low prices, and 60 years serving independent food service operators. Only at https://www.equippers.com/

Restaurant Technologies: takes care of your fry oil challenges. They handle everything end-to-end from delivering, filtering monitoring, collecting, and recycling your waste cooking oil. Restaurant Technologies customers save 10-15% on their insurance premiums and even get bonuses for any new customer referrals. Go to https://www.rti-inc.com or call 866-399-3639 to get started today.

I’m speaking with Kacie Dancy, daughter of the Founder and V.P. of Operations at Pop’s Beef, a 17-location company that’s loved by its guests, employees and communities that it serves.

Listen as Kacie tells us the secrets to restaurant longevity including:

• Her key-lessons learned from growing up in this family restaurant

• All the pieces that have made the biggest difference in Pop’s restaurant success

• How to overcome the labor and staffing crisis and retain great people

• Pop’s biggest operating challenges and how they are battling inflation

• Pop’s restaurant finances system and key performance indicators (KPIs

• The importance of giving to the local community and helping others

And finding the balance between all-important “word of mouth” marketing, paid advertising, social media and text messaging to continue growing restaurant traffic and loyalty.

I am obsessed with restaurant profit and want to help boost your bottom-line. My new course The Restaurant Profit Maximizer will show you proven ways to INCREASE Profit to battle inflation and high labor costs. It’s just $7. Nothing to lose but your shrinking margins. Check it out here https://restaurantrockstars.com/profitmaximizer -

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/pops-italian-beef/about/

https://www.instagram.com/popsbeef/?hl=en

https://popsbeef.com

Thank you to our sponsors:

The Restaurant Academy: Everything you need to know to optimize profits, maximize sales and train your team in restaurant fundamentals! https://restaurantrockstars.com/joinacademy/

Restaurant Equippers: Top equipment brands, extensive inventory, everyday low prices, and 60 years serving independent food service operators. Only at https://www.equippers.com/

The Birthday Club – Get new and repeat business, fill your tables, and boost sales with Birthdays: https://jointhebirthdayclub.com/BirthdayRockstar/

Restaurant Technologies: takes care of your fry oil challenges. They handle everything end-to-end from delivering, filtering monitoring, collecting, and recycling your waste cooking oil. Restaurant Technologies customers save 10-15% on their insurance premiums and even get bonuses for any new customer referrals. Go to https://www.rti-inc.com or call 866-399-3639 to get started today.

Cirrus: cirrus led digital signs attract attention, bring your business to life & increase customer traffic and sales. Cirrus signs are versatile and allow easy changing of content and displays.

Best of all, with cirrus you can subscribe to pay with low monthly payments and no upfront cost.

Go to https://try.cirrusled.com/rockstar

Today on the Restaurant Rockstars Podcast, I’m speaking with Mike Bausch, the co-founder and visionary behind Antolini’s Worldwide Hospitality Group with 7 concepts in 12 locations.

Learn the Top 3 Restaurant Profit Killers and how to fix them:

https://restaurantrockstars.com/profits/

Rock Your Restaurant - Enroll Your Team in the Restaurant Academy:

We will train your entire team to up level your business, maximize sales and optimize profits - Join the Restaurant Academy: https://restaurantrockstars.com/joinacademy

Connect with us on Social Media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-beaudoin-21590016

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/restaurantrockstars/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/restaurantrockstars

X: https://twitter.com/RestaurantRock1

Subscribe to the Restaurant Rockstars Podcast:

iTunes - https://apple.co/2WaKyqV

Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3xGuOd0

Google - https://bit.ly/2VM10P1

Stitcher - https://bit.ly/3iFGAAb

Soundcloud - https://bit.ly/3lYBhho

Ask Roger a Question or Share a Restaurant story with us:

https://www.speakpipe.com/RestaurantRockstars

Connect with our Guest:

@mikeybausch

@andopizza

https://www.getunsliced.com

https://www.andolinisworldwide.com

Thank you to our sponsors:

Restaurant Technologies: takes care of your fry oil challenges. They handle everything end-to-end from delivering, filtering monitoring, collecting, and recycling your waste cooking oil. Restaurant Technologies customers save 10-15% on their insurance premiums and even get bonuses for any new customer referrals. Go to https://www.rti-inc.com or call 866-399-3639 to get started today.

Cirrus: cirrus led digital signs attract attention, bring your business to life & increase customer traffic and sales. Cirrus signs are versatile and allow easy changing of content and displays.

Best of all, with cirrus you can subscribe to pay with low monthly payments and no upfront cost.

Go to https://try.cirrusled.com/rockstar

The Birthday Club – Get new and repeat business, fill your tables, and boost sales with Birthdays: https://jointhebirthdayclub.com/BirthdayRockstar/

Restaurant Equippers: Top equipment brands, extensive inventory, everyday low prices, and 60 years serving independent food service operators. Only at https://www.equippers.com/

In this episode of the Restaurant Rockstars Podcast, I speak with restaurant training guru Rachael Nemeth.

Learn the Top 3 Restaurant Profit Killers and how to fix them:

https://restaurantrockstars.com/profits/

Rock Your Restaurant - Enroll Your Team in the Restaurant Academy:

We will train your entire team to up level your business, maximize sales and optimize profits - Join the Restaurant Academy: https://restaurantrockstars.com/joinacademy

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-beaudoin-21590016

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/restaurantrockstars/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/restaurantrockstars

X: https://twitter.com/RestaurantRock1

Subscribe to the Restaurant Rockstars Podcast:

iTunes - https://apple.co/2WaKyqV

Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3xGuOd0

Google - https://bit.ly/2VM10P1

Stitcher - https://bit.ly/3iFGAAb

Soundcloud - https://bit.ly/3lYBhho

Ask Roger a Question or Share a Restaurant story with us:

https://www.speakpipe.com/RestaurantRockstars

Connect with Rachael:

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/opus-so/

• YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@opustraining

• IG - https://www.instagram.com/get_opus/

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/opus.so/

• https://www.opus.so/

Today on the Restaurant Rockstars Podcast, I’m speaking with Gregg Majewski, the former CEO of Jimmy Johns, who’s now growing Craveworthy Brand’s multiple concepts in 24 states and counting.

The Restaurant Profit Maximizer will show you proven ways to BOOST your restaurant bottom line. https://restaurantrockstars.com/profitmaximizer

Connect with us on Social Media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-beaudoin-21590016

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/restaurantrockstars/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/restaurantrockstars

X: https://twitter.com/RestaurantRock1

Guest Links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/craveworthy-brands/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/craveworthybrands/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/craveworthybrands

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CraveworthyUS

Website: https://www.craveworthybrands.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CraveworthyBrands

Thank you to our sponsors:

The Restaurant Academy: Everything you need to know to optimize profits, maximize sales and train your team in restaurant fundamentals! https://restaurantrockstars.com/joinacademy/

The Birthday Club – Get new and repeat business, fill your tables, and boost sales with Birthdays: https://jointhebirthdayclub.com/BirthdayRockstar/

Cirrus: cirrus led digital signs attract attention, bring your business to life & increase customer traffic and sales. Cirrus signs are versatile and allow easy changing of content and displays.

Best of all, with cirrus you can subscribe to pay with low monthly payments and no upfront cost.

Go to https://try.cirrusled.com/rockstar

Restaurant Equippers: Top equipment brands, extensive inventory, everyday low prices, and 60 years serving independent food service operators. Only at https://www.equippers.com/

Restaurant Technologies: takes care of your fry oil challenges. They handle everything end-to-end from delivering, filtering monitoring, collecting, and recycling your waste cooking oil. Restaurant Technologies customers save 10-15% on their insurance premiums and even get bonuses for any new customer referrals. Go to https://www.rti-inc.com or call 866-399-3639 to get started today.