Description

In this episode of the Restaurant Success Podcast, Matthew Mabel reveals why successful restaurant entrepreneurs often overlook their greatest business opportunities. Drawing from his extensive consulting experience with multi-unit restaurant owners, Matthew explains how focusing solely on problems can blind operators to the untapped potential hiding in the parts of their business that already seem to be working. Through two compelling client examples, he demonstrates how a production-focused culture shift and a food cost correction each led to dramatic profit increases—including one case where profits rose by fifty percent and another where millions of dollars were recovered. This episode challenges restaurant business owners to examine what they take for granted and discover where their greatest returns may be waiting.

Key Topics Covered

• Why restaurant owners instinctively focus on problems instead of opportunities
• How long-term success can become invisible to operators
• Real-world example: Shifting from production-focused to guest-focused culture for a fifty percent profit increase
• Real-world example: Correcting food cost handling and menu pricing to recover millions in lost profit
• Why making strong aspects of your business stronger yields the greatest return
• Questions to ask yourself about untapped upside in your restaurant operation

Links Mentioned

• Restaurateur's Investment that Consistently Out Performs New Units Every Time

Resources Mentioned

• Website: www.surrender.biz
• Free initial consultation available

Connect with Matthew Mabel

Matthew works with owners of successful, independent, multi-unit restaurants to improve:

• Profit growth
• Sales optimization
• Guest count increase
• Unit expansion
• Employee engagement
• Brand loyalty

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