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

Struggling with slim profit margins in your restaurant?

In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, Andrew Scott (founder of Owner Shift) shares 5 proven restaurant growth strategies you can use to boost profits and cash flow - in just 7 days.

You’ll walk away with actionable insights you can implement immediately.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

✅ How to increase restaurant pro...

If you’re a restaurant owner who’s always covering shifts, stuck in 80-hour weeks, and constantly putting out fires - you need to know that restaurant owner burnout is real.

And it’s costing you your freedom, your profits, and your life.

Multi-unit restaurant owner and founder of Ownershift, Andrew Scott, and Client Success Director, Dave Doyle, break down why so many independent restaurant owners are burned out, ...

Your kitchen could be costing you thousands in hidden labor and wasted time.

In this episode of The Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, your host, Andrew Scott, sits down with kitchen expert Bruce Nollert.

Together, they share how optimizing your kitchen layout, systems, and equipment can massively increase your restaurant’s efficiency, profitability, and team performance.

Whether you’re a restaurant o...

High stress. Long hours. Angry outbursts. If your restaurant is running you into the ground, it’s time to get honest about emotional control - and how it could be killing your business

In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, host Andrew Scott - Founder of Owner Shift, 20-year restaurant veteran, and multi-location owner - gets real about the anger, frustration, and emotional pressure that restaurant o...

From an exhausted bakery owner working nonstop to selling her bakery at a profit - Camile Sue’s story is proof that you can grow a bakery, restaurant, or any food service business AND get your life back.

In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, Andrew Scott sits down with Camile Sue - a bakery owner who went from overwhelmed to building systems, doubling sales, selling her bakery at a profit, and fina...

When you've been running restaurants for almost 20 years like I have, you start noticing patterns.

Eespecially when it comes to why certain restaurant managers thrive while others quietly (or loudly) drive top talent out the door.

And it rarely has anything to do with technical skill.

In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, we dive deep into the DISC personality assessment system and ho...

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-location r...

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Think hiring a restaurant manager will free up your time and boost profits? 

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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 mistake.

In this e...

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 sales will solve...

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 problems permanently.

In...

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, master restaurant rec...

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 working fewer hours.
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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 many restaurant ...

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 behind why guests comp...

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.

In this episode, A...

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 employees and i...

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 you know how to ...

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 start thinking about...

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 discovered broken equ...