Monthly Archives: January 2022

Episode 90 – Digital Restaurant Strategies with Carl Orsbourn & Meredith Sandland



Welcome to The Restaurant Coach Podcast it is the cure for the common restaurant. The digital frontier is here my friends and if your restaurant is not actively looking on creating a strategy that incorporates digital delivery into you revenue steams you are going to be in big trouble this year. Digital isn’t just about making it easier for your guests to buy, it’s about making it customizable and flexible to work with their lifestyle and their schedules. The pandemic took traditional dining and shook the shit out of it like a giant snow globe. And if you think things are going to go back to normal or like they were before 2020 you are fooling yourself. The law of the universe is that you must adapt or you become extinct! My guests today have a book out that I am recommending every restaurant owner and operator read because the information inside might just allow you to stay ahead of where the market is going. Carl Orsbourn and Meredith Sandland are the authors of Delivering The Digital Restaurant: Your Roadmap to The Future of Food. It’s also available on Audible for those that prefer to listen to books. Let’s jump into the interview and get ready to get your digital dining on….

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Episode 89 – Marketing Predictions for 2022 with Bruce Irving



Welcome to another episode of The Restaurant Coach Podcast. It is the cure for the common restaurant. This year is already starting off with a wave of new challenges…new COVID variants, increase supply chain shortages, and the struggle to attract talent. Now along with challenges also comes opportunities if you are bold enough to take advantage of them. On this episode I talk to Bruce Irving from Smart Pizza Marketing. Bruce is a genius when it comes to marketing local business and he especially thrives at helping pizzerias dominate their market with a solid marketing plan. In this interview, Bruce shares his outline for starting a restaurant marketing plan from scratch. Plus, we also discuss some really hot topics right now like TikTok, NFT’s and Cryptocurrency! Let’s jump into the conversation…

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Episode 88 – 6 Steps to Set Your Restaurant Up For Success This Year



Welcome to The Restaurant Coach Podcast, it is the cure for the common restaurant. Here we are. It’s a new Year, a new you, and this is the year you make all those changes to your restaurant that you were going to do last year. Then January 1st came around and you were excited to get it all started. You are going to finally stop playing small and conquer your market.

Yeah, I know you made those same promises at the beginning of this last year too. But this year is going to be different, right

Oh, Not so fast.

Restaurant success isn’t rocket science, it’s people science. Once you understand that (and more importantly yourself) you’ll be on your way to finally breaking free from where you are now.

Here are 6 steps you must take to set your restaurant up for massive success in any year!

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Episode 87 – Omicron Action Plan for Restaurants



And welcome to another episode of The Restaurant Coach Podcast. It is the cure for the common restaurant. I wanted to give a big thank you out there for all the listeners and subscribers around the world that have become a member of The TRC Tribe. It’s a New Year and that always brings about excitement for change and also usually a bit of challenge. Right now Omicron is dominant the news as cases rip through our communities and once again has an impact on the restaurant industry. Are you feeling a little déjà vu? Well you’re not alone. If the pandemic of 2020 showed us that we need to expect the unexpected and have a plan. This last Sunday I did a training inside my private Facebook group called The Restaurant Coach Nation where I deliver free training each week to the members. This time I shared my Omicron Action Plan that Independent restaurant need to start implementing. So let’s jump into the training session…

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