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If you're looking for some inspiration and tips on how to grow your own franchise business, you won't want to miss this episode of RTG podcast. I had the pleasure of chatting with Robert Maynard, the founder and CEO of WonLifeBrands, a company that owns and operates several successful franchises, including Famous Toastry, a breakfast and brunch chain that has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur,...

Check out how to do digital menu boards right with CEO and Founder Marc Rosenberg.  Marc shared his insights on how digital signage, menu boards, kiosks, and other innovative solutions can enhance the customer experience, increase sales, and reduce costs. We also talked about some of the challenges and opportunities that restaurant owners and operators face in this fast-changing landscape. Tune in...

Sunny Street Café® is a family-owned and operated breakfast and lunch concept founded by Mike Stasko Sr. that opened its flagship restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. The restaurant began as Peaches in Bradenton, Florida, and was discovered by Mr. Stasko in 2006. He loved the idea of a home-style Americana restaurant and decided to purchase the franchise. Stasko moved the restaurant to Columbus, Ohio, an...

In this episode, Jeremy Julian interviews Adam Ahmad, the CEO and founder of kea.ai, a company that provides human-assisted AI voice ordering for restaurants. They talk about how kea.ai works, what benefits it brings to restaurant operators and customers, and what challenges and opportunities they face in the industry. You'll hear how kea.ai uses natural language processing and machine learning to...

Learn how branded phone calls can increase guest satisfaction and get you in touch with your customers faster and easier in the restaurant world. Check out the team at First Orion Branded Communication & Call Protection Solutions (firstorion.com)

In this episode, the Restaurant Technology Guys interview Ben Brown of Converse Now, a company that provides voice AI solutions for restaurants. Ben shares how voice AI can help restaurants automate their ordering process, reduce errors, increase sales, and enhance customer satisfaction. He also talks about the challenges and opportunities of implementing voice AI in restaurants, and how Converse...

In this episode, we chat with Matthew Marx, the founder and CEO of Evocalize, a platform that helps local businesses create and run effective digital marketing campaigns. In the show we discuss how Evocalize can help restaurant owners reach more customers, increase their online presence, and grow their revenue. We also talk about the challenges and opportunities of local marketing in the post-pand...

Hey, do you love Wow Bao as much as we do? Then you'll want to tune in to this episode of the podcast where we talk with Devour founder Chad Horn and Jeremy chat with Geoff Alexander, the CEO of Wow Bao. They'll discuss how wow bao is using the metaverse to create immersive and interactive experiences for their customers. You'll learn how you can order, customize, and enjoy your bao in a virtual r...

Learn about private party booking app Restaurent with founder Nick Cianfaglione. Book any restaurant for a Private. Event Venues of all shapes and sizes, for all occasions. Nick goes through the common problems with booking private parties. Check them out https://restaurent.com/.

alwaysAI Co-Founder and CEO Marty Beard was a recent guest on The Restaurant Technology Guys ' Podcast discussing how computer vision is disrupting the restaurant industry by providing real-time insights into behind-the-counter operations to improve speed of service. Listen to learn more! Check them out at  Computer Vision Platform | alwaysAI

Hey guys, welcome back to my channel! In today's episode, I'm going to show you how FasterLines helps make drive thru lines quicker with the top selling Zaxby's franchise owner. FasterLines will help your restaurant operate at top efficiency using machine learning and AI tools to help find the bottleneck and stop it once and for all. It's super convenient and fast, and it also reduces errors and w...

In this episode, I'm going to show you how Tillster helps restaurants with guest ordering. Tillster is a company that provides online and mobile ordering solutions for restaurants, so you can order your food faster and easier. Tillster also helps restaurants increase their sales, improve their operations, and engage their customers with personalized marketing. If you want to learn more about Tills...

Hey, welcome to the podcast where I, talk to amazing entrepreneurs and innovators who are changing the world with their ideas and products. In this episode, I chat with Osayanmo Osarenkhoe , the founder of ClearCOGS, a startup that uses AI to help restaurants optimize their food preparation and reduce waste. We discuss how he came up with the idea, what challenges he faced along the way, and what...

Today I have a special guest with me: David Eha from Restaurant Technologies Inc. He's here to tell us how his company helps restaurants with oil management. You know, that stuff you fry your food in. Turns out, it's not as simple as you might think. There are a lot of challenges and risks involved in handling, storing, and disposing of oil. That's why Restaurant Technologies Inc. offers a smart s...

Join Jeremy and Olga Lopategui where they talk about restaurant loyalty and how to maximize your brand message.  After 15 years in brand marketing and international franchise marketing at Pizza Hut, KFC and TGI Fridays, Olga noticed that restaurant chains were getting proficient at collecting customer data, yet the skill of using that data for marketing seemed to be lacking in many organizations. ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of the hospitality industry, the demand for exceptional experiences is at an all-time high along with record high staffing shortages. Over 500,000 jobs remain vacant each month. Corwin Carson, the visionary CEO of United Robotics Group, sees a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between the staggering job vacancies and the need for efficient and seamless service wit...

Join Jeremy and Founder of Veggie Grill T.K Pillan where they talk about the shift from technology startup to becoming the largest plant-based chain in the country.  In 2006, investor partners T.K. Pillan and Kevin Boylan began looking for the next big restaurant idea. Around the same time, the duo were personally experiencing the tremendous health benefits of a plant-based diet and were becoming...

Join Jeremy and Zack where they talk about why most feedback systems fail and how Ovation has changed the feedback game.  Voted the #1 guest feedback platform in a nationwide RestaurantOwner.com survey, Ovation starts with a 2-question survey, is SMS-based survey, and works on- and off-prem. Through frictionless integrations with online ordering platforms and other methods, Ovation allows restaura...

Randy Sharpe is the CEO of Xperience Restaurant Group (XRG), bringing extensive operational expertise to one of the nation’s leading operators of casual, polished casual, and fine dining brands. Upon joining XRG in 2018, he brought two decades of regional and national management experience at a variety of multi-concept restaurant chains. “I believe in collaboration and partnership,” Sharpe says. “...

SoundHound offers an independent voice AI platform that enables businesses across industries to deliver conversational experiences to their customers. Built on proprietary Speech-to-Meaning® and Deep Meaning Understanding® technologies, SoundHound’s advanced voice AI platform provides exceptional speed and accuracy and enables humans to interact with products and services like they interact with e...

Tune in to hear the founder and CEO of ItsaCheckmate, Vishal Agarwal, and RTG’s Jeremy Julian, as they talk about where the future of the digital ordering category is heading, a critically important narrative surrounding restaurant profitability, and how operators can drive incremental sales by taking advantage of that narrative. ItsaCheckmate is the center of a restaurant’s digital ordering busin...

Hey everyone, welcome back to my channel! In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Daniil Klubov, the founder and CEO of spoon.tech, a company that provides AI-powered tools for restaurant process automation and employee training. Daniil shared his journey from working at McKinsey to launching his own restaurant startup and then creating spoon.tech. He also gave some insights into the c...

We are joined by Ufuk Soyturk, the founder and CEO of Accross Accounting, a restaurant consulting firm that specializes in group purchasing organizations (GPOs). In this podcast, I'll share with you how you can save up to 15% on your food and beverage costs by joining a GPO, and how to find the best GPO for your needs. Tune in every week for new episodes of the Accross Accounting podcast, and don'...

Jeremy talks with the Co-Founders of Juicer CARL ORSBOURN and ASHWIN KAMLANI (juicerpricing.com) about their journey to help restaurants understand the power of data to make pricing decisions. Our conversation is a master class on the use of data to make better decisions within your restaurant pricing strategy.  The days of guessing your menu prices are over. Check them out Home | JUICER: Dynamic...

ABOUT TOPPERS PIZZA Founded in 1991 as an alternative to big-box pizza, Toppers is built on a bold attitude with the product to back it up. Headquartered in Whitewater, Wisconsin, 70+ Toppers locations are on a mission to redefine what customers should expect from QSR pizza. The menu features unique flavors, bold recipes, crave-worthy Topperstix, signature wings, specialty desserts and a growing s...