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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
25 episodes
If Your Restaurant’s Managers Are Underperforming, Listen To This
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, ev...
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39:45
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How To Deal With Bad Reviews (A Guide For Restaurant Owners)
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...
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Episode 24
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37:01
Multi-Unit Restaurants: How To Go From 2 to 5 Locations
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...
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Episode 23
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37:30
Turn New Hires Into Great Hires With THESE Training Tips (For Restaurant Owners)
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 own...
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Episode 22
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47:29
5 Restaurant Expenses You’re Paying Too Much For
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, ...
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Episode 21
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28:56
How To Stop Your Restaurant Employees From Quitting - Simple Tips To Increase Retention
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 tackl...
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Episode 20
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35:04
Multi-Unit Franchise Owner Reveals Proven Restaurant Turnaround Strategy
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 r...
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Episode 19
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53:28
Stop Covering Shifts! How to Slash Restaurant CALL-OUTS and Build a RELIABLE Team
You can reduce call-outs in your restaurant by 90% - all while creating a team that actually has each other's backs. The secret isn't threats or punishment. It's systems and culture.In this episode of Restauran...
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Episode 18
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28:18
Multi-Unit Basics: Going From ONE Restaurant To TWO Restaurants
Going from one restaurant location to two is the hardest and most dangerous expansion jump you'll ever make in your business. And it's where most owners make catastrophic operational and financial mistakes.In this epi...
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Episode 17
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57:30
Is Your Menu Actually Hurting Your Restaurant's Profitability?
Behind every failing restaurant is a menu filled with profit vampires - those seemingly innocent items secretly draining your bank account with every order.Andrew Scott (Founder Owner Shift) and Nathan Voulgaris dive deep into ho...
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Episode 16
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37:34
How to Make Your Seasonal Restaurant Wildly Profitable
From staffing nightmares to making enough during peak months to survive the off-season, seasonal restaurants face obstacles most year-round establishments never encounter.In this episode, your host, Andrew Scott, interviews Benja...
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Episode 15
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53:27
You Can’t Have A Successful Restaurant Without Successful Owner Habits
The only thing standing in the way of your success as a restaurant owner is the mental barrier you've placed in front of your own potential.Andrew Scott (founder of OwnerShift) and Dave Doyle confront the limiting belief that res...
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Episode 14
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23:22
Why Your Restaurant Falls Apart When You Leave (And How to Fix It Permanently)
Restaurant owners stuck working in their business, not on it, aren't failing at leadership - they're missing crucial restaurant systems. Tune in to this episode of Restaurant Growth Accelerator to learn how to build a restaurant ...
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Episode 13
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39:53
How To Raise Your Prices Without Losing Customers (A Guide For Restaurant Owners)
Terrified about raising menu prices? You're not alone. Many restaurant owners fear customer backlash, but avoiding price increases is a recipe for disaster in a world of rising costs.In this episode, Andrew Scott and indu...
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Episode 12
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39:35
How To Find Restaurant Staff Who Actually Want to Work
Hiring for restaurants has never been easy, but today’s labor challenges feel like an endless uphill battle - unless you know what’s really going on.In this episode of Restaurant Growth Accelerator, Andrew Scott (Founder of Owner...
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Episode 11
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54:11
The Secret to Fast, Friendly, and Profitable QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANTS
Quick service restaurants (QSRs) often fail because they ignore small yet crucial details - are you making these same mistakes? In this episode of Restaurant Growth Accelerator, Andrew Scott (Founder of OwnerShift) and Dave Doyle...
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Episode 10
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49:13
You Have To Earn The Right To Leave Your Business
Your restaurant should make you money while you sleep - not work you to death. Listen to today's episode of Restaurant Growth Accelerator with host Andrew Scott, as he shares systems that let you step away from running your resta...
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Episode 9
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8:33
Three Ways To REDUCE Your RESTAURANT LABOR Cost
Too many restaurant owners are getting crushed by rising labor costs. And if your restaurant has painfully low margins, then you already know that small changes to staffing costs can erase all your profits.Thankfully t...
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Episode 8
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34:11
Ann dropped 55lbs after taking back control of her restaurant AND her life
When Annie Clem (founder of the Restaurant “Annie’s Eats”) first connected with us, she was working 4 AM to midnight shifts, dealing with her son's cancer treatments, and sitting in tears in the corner of her restaurant. To...
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Episode 7
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32:36
3-Steps To Make Your Restaurant More Profitable (And Cut Your Working Hours)
Most restaurant owners are stuck working endless hours - while watching their profits shrink. In this episode of Restaurant Growth Accelerator, I reveal the exact three-part framework I used to transform my own struggling restaur...
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Episode 6
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28:31
The BIG Mistake Restaurant Owners Make When Giving Employee Feedback (Do You Do This?)
Many restaurant owners avoid dealing with employee issues because they’re afraid of the discomfort or damaging relationships. But there's a proven way to make feedback quick, clear, and effective - so your restaurant team operate...
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Episode 5
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13:24
How to Make Your Restaurant Run Without You (Successful Restaurant Systems REVEALED)
When Michelle McGlone opened her restaurant, Lucy's Burger Bar in Denver (Colorado), she had great food and busy nights - but something wasn't adding up. Despite strong sales and "good" systems, she found herself trapped in the d...
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Episode 4
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40:11
How to STOP Your Restaurant from Running Your Life
Are you tired of waking up to constant fires that need putting out in your restaurant? Maybe you're always reacting to the next crisis - instead of actually running or growing your restaurant business.In this powerful fir...
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Episode 3
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34:34
5 Ways to Slash Food Costs In Your Restaurant (Without Sacrificing Quality)
From managing eight restaurants and $60M in annual revenue, former regional manager Nathan Voulgaris brings practical insights on food cost management. Join your host, Andrew Scott, as he speaks with Nathan about five proven stra...
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Episode 2
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45:39
How I Went From Bankrupt To Four Restaurants (In Just A Few Years)
Running a restaurant business is NOT easy. In my twenties, I faced a nightmare scenario - potential bankruptcy that could cost my father his house. Working 80-100 hour weeks while battling severe health issues, I discover...
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Episode 1
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15:51