Restaurant Growth Accelerator: More Profit, More Locations, And More Time With Your Family

When restaurant owners are struggling, they’re often quick to blame external factors like the economy, lazy employees, or changing customer habits. But here’s the truth - if other restaurants are thriving under the same conditions, the problem isn’t the economy… It’s your business. In this episode of The Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, we deliver a reality check for independent and multi-lo...

Is Your Restaurant Manager Destroying Your Business? Get The Manager Hiring Toolkit Here→ https://hs.ownershifttraining.com/managerhiringtoolkit Think hiring a restaurant manager will free up your time and boost profits?  Think again. Many restaurant owners watch sales tank, staff turnover explode, and food costs spiral out of control - often within months - because they made one fatal management...

If your restaurant’s bank account is in the red while your staff just cashed their paychecks, you’re not alone… and it can be fixed. In this episode, you’ll learn why so many restaurant owners end up the lowest-paid person in their own business. And more importantly, exactly how to fix it without taking on another soul-crushing merchant cash advance. We bust the dangerous myth that simply boosting...

Every restaurant owner knows that sinking feeling when their phone explodes with problems before they’ve even had their morning coffee... But what if those daily fires are actually a roadmap to the real issues killing your restaurant operations? In this episode, you’ll uncover a powerful, systematic framework to identify the root causes of your restaurant’s challenges - so you can solve the proble...

Is your restaurant always short-staffed? Are you constantly stuck covering shifts? And does it feel like it’s impossible to hire reliable restaurant employees? Today we’re sharing restaurant hiring strategies that actually work - so you can break the cycle of constant turnover. In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, you’ll learn how to build a restaurant hiring funnel, maste...

Most restaurant owners buy themselves an 80-hour-a-week job earning $50,000 per year, thinking they own a real business - but in truth, they’ve just created another stressful job. I was recently a guest on The Restaurant Technology Podcast (see links below), hosted by Jeremy Julian.  During the episode, I shared my journey and biggest tips for restaurant owners who want to be more profitable while...

One of the biggest mistakes restaurant owners make is assuming that hiring an "experienced" manager will magically fix their problems. Without a solid restaurant manager training system, clear expectations, and accountability, even experienced managers fail. In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, Andrew Scott and Nathan Voulgaris break down the real reasons why so...

Customer complaints and bad reviews in your restaurant can be massive opportunities to increase profits, boost customer retention, and dominate your local search results. In this episode of The Restaurant Growth Accelerator , we unpack the restaurant reputation management strategies that turn negative customer reviews into lifelong loyalty and recurring revenue. Discover the exact psychology behin...

Struggling to scale your restaurant from one to three or more locations?   Discover the exact systems, structure, and mindset shifts that every successful multi-unit restaurant owner must master. With these new insights, you’ll understand how to build a sustainable, profitable restaurant operation with proper restaurant operations systems, a defined leadership structure, and a CEO-level strategy....

Many restaurant owners struggling with staff turnover, poor restaurant staff training, and chaotic onboarding are watching $1000s walk out their back door - disguised as "employees who couldn't cut it". When the truth is: the owners were setting them up to fail from their very first shift. In this episode of The Restaurant Growth Accelerator - you’ll discover how to train restaurant...

Most restaurant owners are unknowingly overpaying for five expense categories that can drain thousands from their bottom line each month. From hidden distributor markup schemes to the productivity-killing effects of overstaffing, these profit leaks are quietly sabotaging your financial success. The good news is, each one can be plugged quickly with the right knowledge and systems - especially when...

Your most reliable employees might be planning their exit right now, but you can still keep them if you know the warning signs. In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator podcast, hosts Andrew Scott and Dave Doyle tackle one of the most frustrating challenges restaurant owners face: employee turnover. Drawing from their combined decades of experience, they reveal that most employees star...

Most restaurant owners work IN their business when they should be working ON their business - one franchise owner flipped that script in just 120 days. Brad Morton’s transformation of a failing Sonic franchise reveals the brutal reality most restaurant owners face, and the proven path to restaurant turnaround success. Starting with a $10,000 investment in a store he'd never visited, Brad disc...

You can reduce call-outs in your restaurant by 90% - all while creating a team that actually has each other's backs.  The secret isn't threats or punishment.  It's systems and culture. In this episode of Restaurant Growth Accelerator, Andrew Scott and Dave Doyle share proven strategies to significantly reduce call-outs and no-shows in your restaurant, including: ✅How to create brea...

Going from one restaurant location to two is the hardest and most dangerous expansion jump you'll ever make in your business.   And it's where most owners make catastrophic operational and financial mistakes. In this episode, multi-unit growth experts Andrew Scott and Nathan Voulgaris share hard-earned wisdom from their combined experience managing multiple restaurant locations (Andrew w...

Behind every failing restaurant is a menu filled with profit vampires - those seemingly innocent items secretly draining your bank account with every order. Andrew Scott (Founder Owner Shift) and Nathan Voulgaris dive deep into how your menu could actually be hurting your bottom line. They explore counterintuitive insights about scratch kitchens versus pre-made products (hint: one can perform bett...

From staffing nightmares to making enough during peak months to survive the off-season, seasonal restaurants face obstacles most year-round establishments never encounter. In this episode, your host, Andrew Scott, interviews Benjamin Devlin, a successful multi-location seasonal restaurant owner. You’ll hear how his restaurant in Muskoka (the "Hamptons of Ontario") does a quarter million...

The only thing standing in the way of your success as a restaurant owner is the mental barrier you've placed in front of your own potential. Andrew Scott (founder of OwnerShift) and Dave Doyle confront the limiting belief that restaurant owners MUST work 20+ hours per day to be successful - a belief Andrew once held himself. They break down the fascinating psychology behind why we cling to be...

Restaurant owners stuck working in their business, not on it, aren't failing at leadership - they're missing crucial restaurant systems. Tune in to this episode of Restaurant Growth Accelerator to learn how to build a restaurant business that runs smoothly without you. Your host and multi-location restaurant owner Andrew Scott - and Dave Doyle - reveal why owners struggle to take time of...

Terrified about raising menu prices? You're not alone. Many restaurant owners fear customer backlash, but avoiding price increases is a recipe for disaster in a world of rising costs. In this episode, Andrew Scott and industry veteran Nathan Voulgaris (former manager of a $60M restaurant group) debunk the myths around price increases - and reveal a proven framework for pricing your menu strat...

Hiring for restaurants has never been easy, but today’s labor challenges feel like an endless uphill battle - unless you know what’s really going on. In this episode of Restaurant Growth Accelerator, Andrew Scott (Founder of OwnerShift) and Dave Doyle (Success Director at OwnerShift) share why top restaurant owners never struggle to find employees - while everyone else does. Spoiler alert: It’s no...

Quick service restaurants (QSRs) often fail because they ignore small yet crucial details - are you making these same mistakes? In this episode of Restaurant Growth Accelerator, Andrew Scott (Founder of OwnerShift) and Dave Doyle (Client Success Director At OwnerShift) reveal the top mistakes QSRs make and how to fix them. They break down why food quality should always come first. And how inconsis...

Your restaurant should make you money while you sleep - not work you to death. Listen to today's episode of Restaurant Growth Accelerator with host Andrew Scott, as he shares systems that let you step away from running your restaurant every day. While putting in the work is essential, most restaurant owners are missing a crucial piece of the puzzle: it's not about MORE work but the RIGHT...

Too many restaurant owners are getting crushed by rising labor costs. And if your restaurant has painfully low margins, then you already know that small changes to staffing costs can erase all your profits. Thankfully the solution can be simple - though it might not be what you expect. In this episode of Restaurant Growth Accelerator, Andrew Scott (4-location owner & founder of OnwerShift Trai...

When Annie Clem (founder of the Restaurant “Annie’s Eats”)  first connected with us, she was working 4 AM to midnight shifts, dealing with her son's cancer treatments, and sitting in tears in the corner of her restaurant. Today, she works just 20 hours a week, has lost 55 pounds, and runs a thriving restaurant business that gives her time for what matters most. In this powerful episode of Res...