The Essential System for Restaurant Owners Who Need to Focus Sep 10, 2024

Feeling overwhelmed trying to manage daily operations while also tackling important projects? Balancing the demands of day-to-day operations with long-term, important projects is a challenge every restaurant owner faces. But with the right approach, you can handle both efficiently, ensuring that...

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How to Use Restaurant Systems for Catering Aug 27, 2024

Caterers, have you ever wondered if restaurant systems could work for you? Today, I want to address the question: "Do your systems work for catering companies?" The short answer is absolutely! But let's dive deeper into why restaurant systems are essential for any food and beverage business,...

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Practical Steps to Increase Your Restaurant Profits - Part 2 May 07, 2024

Are you tired of seeing your restaurant's potential profits slip through the cracks? Whether it's disappearing into thin air through inefficiencies or getting devoured by high costs, it's time to take control. Welcome to this four-part transformative video series designed for restaurant owners...

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4 Reasons You Don't Have Restaurant Profits Apr 30, 2024

Are you frustrated by your profits slipping through the cracks of your restaurant? It's time to take charge and reclaim what's rightfully yours. Welcome to the first installment of a transformative blog series tailored for restaurant owners like yourself who are eager to unlock success. In each...

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A Tale of 2 Restaurants and the Gum Under Their Tables Jan 30, 2024

There is a sticky situation in the restaurant world – gum under the tables. But it's more than just a messy problem; it’s a great way to examine the importance of using systems in a restaurant and why they’re so important. Let’s talk about the tale of two restaurants and...

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What You Must Know and Do to Reduce Your Restaurant Labor Cost Mar 22, 2023

Labor costs are a real challenge for restaurants that want to make money. Restaurant owners have to battle with a lot of variables to control their labor cost and create success from things that are out of their control. For example, there is rising minimum wage – going as high as $22/hour...

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Who Should Train New Restaurant Employees? Oct 11, 2022

Training your restaurant team members and management is critical to your success. But in a busy restaurant environment, who can you spare to do the actual training? I’ll give you a hint: it’s probably not your best employee and it shouldn’t be you. Watch this video, and...

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Why Common Sense Is a Myth in the Restaurant Business Aug 16, 2022

Do you ever walk into your restaurant and think to yourself, who's the idiot not doing their job? It’s so simple, it just takes common sense, right? While it’s frustrating when people don’t do the job you want them to do, I want to share with you why common sense is a myth in...

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How Do I Work Less in My Restaurant Business? Aug 09, 2022

Do you wonder how you can work less in your restaurant business? It’s a common question I get and it has many layers. But for the purposes of this tip, I want to explain how the restaurant owners I coach have a minimum of two days off in their restaurants, have time with their friends and...

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Why Your Restaurant Business Success Depends on You Embracing Change Apr 20, 2022

 I don't need to tell you that running a restaurant has always been full of challenges. You’re living it. Right now you’re dealing with costs increasing at a record pace and a real labor shortage. You already know you can't keep doing what you've always been doing. Something must...

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Restaurant Training: 10 Steps to a Great Service Training Plan for Independents - Podcast Episode 15 Feb 24, 2021

In this episode of The Restaurant Prosperity Formula podcast, host David Scott Peters welcomes back Darren Denington, CFBE, founder of Service with Style. Darren has more than 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry and has an extensive background as a food and beverage director,...

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How to Run a Restaurant Successfully in Uncertainty Nov 10, 2020

Wouldn't it be nice to know how to run a restaurant successfully in uncertainty? Running your restaurant during the COVID-19 pandemic feels like trying to navigate your way home through a raging forest fire, like the ones that ravage the West Coast. It's frightening. If you take action too late,...

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