Running Restaurants

Jaime Oikle of RunningRestaurants.com gets with Yelp's Small Business Expert Emily Washcovick in this episode of the podcast to talk all about restaurants and online reviews. As Yelp’s Small Business Expert, Emily is in the unique position of having spoken with thousands of restaurant owners about the challenges they face and strategies they employ to overcome them – not to mention discuss their p...

Join Jaime Oikle of RunningRestaurants.com and Andrew Pudalov, the CEO of Rush Bowls, in a wide-ranging conversation about the restaurant business, including: ●       The business origin story ●       Pioneering a model ●       Pandemic impacts and learnings ●     &nbsp...

Great episode for restaurant marketing! We get into the whys & hows of doing birthday marketing well for your restaurant. I'm so passionate about this topic, we've partnered to offer Birthday Marketing programs for our restaurant operator audience! Check out the tips & advice in this episode and then get in touch with us about getting your birthday marketing program going - https://www.run...

Good one on tap for you... Jaime Oikle of RunningRestaurants.com gets with Travis Talbot, Principal & Lead Strategist of Hospitality Arts as the two circle around a variety of restaurant topics including: Market niches -- Hooks & how they set you apart -- Company culture and positioning -- Social media tips -- Menu engineering -- The COVID Catalyst -- Removing friction points -- and more.....

Always great to talk with Tony Smith, CEO of Restaurant 365 about the business. Tony shares a solid and refreshing take on building a company culture that any restaurant business can use to better attract and retain staff -- everyone's biggest challenge these days. We hit on a lot including: Tony's back story & how tech has changed over time -- How operators can build a strong team and workpla...

A lot of marketing and tech talk packed into this one! Jaime Oikle of RunningRestaurants.com gets with Phil Crawford, CTO at CKE Restaurants, parent company of Carl's Jr and Hardee's including... Pandemic impacts on QSR -- Importance of push to tech -- Loyalty & Rewards -- Drive thru opportunities -- What's coming with AI & Robotics -- Ghost Kitchens -- Digital ordering, menu boards &...

Refreshing stuff with Stratis Morfogen of Brooklyn Chophouse, Brooklyn Dumpling Shop and the author of the new book Be a Disruptor. We talk about breaking rules & conventions, NYC restaurant life in the age of COVID, timing & execution, franchise growth, mob stories and more. Plus the interview pretty much starts with the "F" word...so there's that... You'll enjoy this one...Check it out.....

Want to hear about what explosive growth looks like? Join Jaime Oikle of RunningRestaurants.com as he talks with Bob Anderson, President of The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill about where they are now and the rapid growth that's planned. You have to have a lot of systems in place & working successfully to target aggressive growth as they are so it was great to take a peek inside their plans. C...

Jaime Oikle of RunningRestaurants.com visits with Ben Pryor, Head of Innovation at SpotOn, to discuss their recently released report, "Maximizing Profits." They walk through several screen grabs from the report, talking about the business and opportunities to enhance profits. Lots of good insights. Check out the episode! Find out more at SpotOn Report: Maximizing Profits and Running Restaurants .

Jaime Oikle of RunningRestaurants.com gets with Bo Davis, Co-Founder & CEO of MarginEdge. As both an experienced restaurant operator and tech entrepreneur Bo brought great insights to the episode. It's more important than ever to capture every nickel and dime possible for your restaurant's profits and there's no doubt that tech is leading the way to help make that possible. You'll enjoy our fu...

Jaime Oikle of RunningRestaurants.com visits with Michel Falcon, author of People First Culture and Founder/CEO of Brasa Peruvian Kitchen. The two uncover a bunch of valuable gold nuggets on the power of people development in your restaurant business. How do you start, grow, and make future expansion plans in a pandemic? Well, Michel has the formula, and I promise that some of it will be eye-openi...

This was a fun one for me as we got to mix softball, life and restaurants into an episode. Jaime Oikle of RunningRestaurants.com gets with Bill Hoopes from Capital Tacos and Florida PGF Softball for a wide ranging conversation. Bill's story is inspirational in many ways and I'm beyond sure that he's going to be successful in his new venture with the energy, passion & leadership he brings to th...

Jaime Oikle of RunningRestaurants.com visits with Ola Sars, Founder & CEO of Soundtrack Your Brand in this fun episode about how aspects of music at a restaurant or bar can be a powerful differentiating factor. Ola has a long & storied past in the music business so it was great to get his insights on what can work well for restaurants & bars. Check it out... Find out more at https://ww...

OK, hold on...Jaime Oikle of RunningRestaurants.com zips through a lot of powerful marketing tips for your restaurant with David "Rev" Ciancio of Branded Strategic Hospitality and Handcraft Burgers & Brew. They roll though a lot of marketing content for restaurants in a short time so have those notebooks out! They hit on how to build digital into the DNA of a restaurant, social media & a s...

Jaime Oikle of RunningRestaurants.com visits with David DeLorenzo of Bar & Restaurant Insurance on the state of insurance for restaurants here in 2022. I always enjoy talking to "DeLo." David's terrific. Loves the biz and is a great resource for his clients. We quickly covered a bunch of topics in the episode and I love the segment on "creative destruction" which applies to all businesses. Che...

I had fun chatting with Adam Garfield, VP of Restaurants at WIX. Wix is best known for easy to build websites so for sure we talked about that. But I also probed Adam on what's new with effective restaurant websites and it's amazing where things have come. I date myself in the episode when I talk about building websites with code by hand back 20+ years ago, but so much is different these days. We...

Jaime Oikle from RunningRestaurants.com interviews Jill Raff from The Jill Raff Group in this episode. Jill talks about what changes she's seeing in the marketplace and how restaurants can best adapt. You'll find her unique insights as an EX2CXTM expert helpful. 20+ more episodes at https://restaurantlaborcrunch.com

Great episode with Dave Dittenber, CEO of BYOD on how their AI tech is helping restaurant operate more profitably. In addition to running a tech company Dave is an operator of several concenpts in Michigan so he's dealing with all the same issues and challenges that you face at your restaurant. We got into... - How Dave grew up in and fell in love with the restaurant business - How COVID has impac...

Jaime Oikle from RunningRestaurants.com interviews Mark McDonnell of LaSalle Hospitality for the "Cracking the Restaurant Labor Crunch" program. Long-time operator McDonnell shares loads of wisdom in this labor crunch interview. 20+ more episodes at https://restaurantlaborcrunch.com/

Great episode with Savneet Singh of PAR Tech about how restaurants can best use technology today. We packed quite a bit into our @ 20 minute conversation, including... - What's the biggest hurdle in making tech work better for restaurants. - What are the important things that POS systems bring to restaurants today. - How restaurants can take better advantange of the data from their POS systems. -...

Darren Denington of Service With Style joins Jaime Oikle of RunningRestaurants.com where they delve into a 5-step people plan for your restaurant in this extended episode. You don't want to miss this...

Great episode as Jaime Oikle of RunningRestaurants.com interviews Kari Hensien, President of RizePoint about what restaurants could do here in January after the craziness of the holiday season to get prepared and organized for 2022. Lots of good stuff... You don't want to miss this! Check it out.... Find out more at https://www.rizepoint.com & https://www.runningrestaurants.com.

Author and restauranteur, Ken McGarrie of Korgen Hospitality joins the show and shares tips from his book The Surprise Restaurant Manager.

Jaime Oikle from RunningRestaurants.com interviews David "Rev" Ciancio of Branded Strategic Hospitality for the "Cracking the Restaurant Labor Crunch" program. Rev dishes out tips on what are the best things to do with your restaurant's marketing during the labor crunch. Do these things and I promise it will have an impact. 20+ more episodes at https://restaurantlaborcrunch.com/

Jaime Oikle from RunningRestaurants.com interviews Craig DeOrio of Fibber McGee's in Beverly, MA for the "Cracking the Restaurant Labor Crunch" program. 20+ more episodes at https://restaurantlaborcrunch.com/