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Restaurant Growth Accelerator: More Profit, More Locations, And More Time With Your Family
Most restaurant owners are trapped - working crushing hours, missing time with loved ones, and wondering if all this sacrifice will ever pay off.
But there's a better way.
Welcome to Restaurant Growth Accelerator, your blueprint for transforming your restaurant into a profitable, scalable business that runs on autopilot.
Your host, Andrew Scott has scaled multiple successful restaurants himself. Andrew is also the founder of Owner Shift Training - where he helps restaurants increase profits while working less.
In each episode of Restaurant Growth Accelerator, you'll discover actionable strategies, systems, and stories for transforming your restaurant from a burden to an asset.
Whether you're struggling with your restaurant staffing, restaurant marketing, restaurant profits, or just want to spend more time with your family - this show gives you the exact roadmap to restaurant freedom.
If you're ready to increase your profits while spending more time with your family, click here and we'll map out a strategy together https://hs.ownershifttraining.com/doubleprofits
Episodes
80 episodes
The Social Media Strategy Restaurant Owners Actually Need in 2026
Restaurant social media isn’t dead. But posting food photos, boosting posts, and chasing likes won’t reliably turn attention into restaurant sales.In this episode, Andrew Scott and Chris Wietecha explain how one restaurant genera...
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Restaurant Owner Pay… How Much Should You Actually Take Home?
Your restaurant can show a profit on paper and still leave you asking, “Where the hell did all the money go?”In this episode, restaurant coach Andrew Scott reveals how much money a restaurant owner should actually take home - and...
The Restaurant Hiring System That Cuts Turnover and Labor Cost
"Nobody wants to work anymore." - Every restaurant owner has said it. But the strange thing is, the generation and your local area haven't actually changed. So why has hiring got harder?In this episode, restaurant coach Andrew Sc...
The Checklist System That Runs a Restaurant Without You
Want your restaurant to run like a well-oiled machine, even on your day off? Press play.In this episode, Andrew Scott (founder of Owner Shift) shares how to build restaurant employee training systems, SOPs, and processes that mak...
Why 90% Of Restaurant Owners Never Escape The Kitchen
Getting out of restaurant operations is not the hardest part of growing a restaurant business. The real challenge is resisting the urge to step back into the chaos once strategic restaurant leadership starts to feel slower, h...
How We Took a Restaurant From $0 Profit to $40K Profit in 90 Days
A restaurant can be busy, generate strong sales, serve great food - and still lose money.In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, Andrew Scott speaks with restaurant owner Monty about how he went from making ...
How To Hire Better Restaurant Staff
A stronger restaurant hiring process can help you attract better applicants, reduce employee turnover, and build a team that does not depend on you for everything.In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator podcast, Andr...
Full Restaurant, Empty Bank Account. Where did the Money Go? | Joseph “Pino” Ciccone
Busy restaurant, empty bank account? This restaurant owner discovered why strong sales don’t always lead to restaurant profitability (and what changed everything).If you're working 60-to-80-hour weeks, struggling with cash flow despite ...
Why Most Restaurant Owners Never Take A Real Day Off
Should you close your restaurant one day a week?Many restaurant owners think about closing their restaurant one day a week to reduce stress and reclaim their time. Before they make that decision, they need to ask a more i...
3 Myths About Selling A Restaurant | With Joseph McKeown
A restaurant doing $1 million in sales can still be worth far less than the owner expects if the profit, team, and operations aren’t built correctly.In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, Andrew Scott sits ...
Why Busy Restaurants Still Go Bankrupt | With Tim Halls
This restaurant owner was making $20,000 a week in sales - and still losing money. Bad debt, broken bookkeeping, and weak systems pushed his BBQ restaurant straight into bankruptcy.Then he turned it all around with real b...
The Hardest Lessons From 20 Years of Owning Restaurants Part 3
This is the third and final part of my journey as a multi-unit restaurant owner. I share the real cost of growing a restaurant business too fast.I lost the lease on my first shop after ten years of hard work (my landlord gave my ...
The Hardest Lessons From 20 Years of Owning Restaurants Part 2
A profitable restaurant is built before it’s scaled. This is part 2 of Andrew Scott sharing the biggest lessons and mistakes from scaling his own restaurants.You’ll hear how Andrew went from one struggling location to three locat...
The Hardest Lessons From 20 Years of Owning Restaurants Part 1
Andrew Scott (founder of Owner Shift) didn't plan to buy a restaurant at 20.He just said yes when the owner offered it to him, and his dad co-signed a loan that put the family house on the line. What followed was seven ye...
What You Need To Know About Franchising And Franchises
Franchising your restaurant can be a powerful way to grow a restaurant brand, create recurring revenue, and expand faster - without funding every new location yourself. But if your restaurant isn’t already profitable, systemized, a...
Why One Franchisee Made 20% Profit and Another Lost Money
Why do two restaurants with the same brand and similar sales produce completely different profit margins? In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, Andrew Scott breaks down why two restaurants can have complet...
How to Control Restaurant Labor Without Hurting Service
Are you cutting restaurant labor to save money… but accidentally destroying your restaurant’s profitability, customer experience, and team morale in the process?In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, Andrew...
Weak Restaurant Standards Are Costing You Thousands
Are weak standards, poor employee accountability, and avoided financial conversations secretly destroying your restaurant's profitability? In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, Andrew Scott (founder of Own...
Create a Better Workplace While Lowering Costs. Here’s How
Most restaurant owners think their labor cost is already as low as it can go. But what if they're wrong?If your restaurant labor cost is sitting at 30-35% of sales, you're likely leaving thousands in profit on the table every mon...
Your Restaurant Profit Problem Starts Here
If you're a restaurant owner struggling with profit, cash flow, or growth… this might be the most important episode you listen to this year.Most people think restaurants fail because of bad food or bad service.But that's ...
Restaurant Staffing Problems? Here’s What You’re Doing Wrong
Hiring more staff won't fix your restaurant staffing problems.In fact, it's probably making them worse.If you're constantly short-staffed, dealing with unreliable employees, or stuck working in your restaurant instead of on it… ...
The Right Way to CUT COSTS in a Restaurant Business
Most restaurant cost-cutting strategies fail because restaurant owners are cutting costs the wrong way - destroying profit margins and unknowingly making their business harder to run.This episode will help you change that, so you...
Why Doing It Yourself Is STOPPING Your Restaurant Growth
Most restaurant owners say, “I can’t afford help”... but what if that mindset is actually costing you tens of thousands of dollars every year?This episode exposes one of the biggest mistakes restaurant owners make - trying to do ...
The High Sales Low Profit Trap - what most owners get wrong
If your restaurant is packed but your bank account isn’t growing, this shows you exactly why - and how to increase restaurant profits.In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator, Andrew Scott (multi-unit restaurant owner...
How He Turned One Bagel Shop Into 6 Restaurants - Then Sold the Business for 5× | Chris Wietecha
Growing a profitable restaurant is hard. Scaling a restaurant to multiple locations is even harder. But building a restaurant business that someone will actually pay millions to buy? That requires a completely different level.