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 improve your restaurant onboarding process.

Your hosts Andrew Scott and Dave Doyle, multi-unit restaurant owners with over 40 years combined experience, reveal the truth about why approaches like "throw them in the fire" is actually sabotaging your business.

They share real stories of employees walking out mid-shift, never to return, and explain how proper restaurant training systems can transform your team's performance while dramatically reducing employee turnover in restaurants.

The episode dives deep into creating systematic training processes in restaurants, including the controversial shift evaluation method that helps you identify whether a new hire will succeed.

From onboarding best practices to building a restaurant training checklist that scales across multiple units, this episode is packed with actionable insights for restaurant owners ready to scale and succeed.

Key Points

00:00:00 Friday lunch rush training disasters
00:03:50 The two-way evaluation of orientation
00:11:10 Creating systematic training processes
00:17:00 Training the trainers properly
00:24:20 Show, tell why, and follow up
00:29:00 The forgetting curve phenomenon
00:31:20 Five-minute debrief conversations
00:34:40 Measuring character over proficiency

Click play and discover how to reduce restaurant labor costs, improve retention, and finally train restaurant employees the right way.

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✅About Us✅

The Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast is hosted by Andrew Scott - founder of OwnerShift Training.

Andrew Scott successfully scaled his restaurant business to 4 locations while working a handful of hours each week. He’s since helped over 1,000 restaurant owners increase their sales, profits, and free time - and he’d love to help you too.

✅For Restaurant Owners✅

Interested in growing your restaurant business while working less? Book your free assessment call:
👉 Restaurant Assessment Call

✅Connect With Us✅

https://www.facebook.com/groups/multiunitempirebuilders/
https://www.instagram.com/andrewrichardscott
https://ownershifttraining.com/

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 lower restaurant expenses without affecting quality.

In this episode, Nathan Voulgaris shares battle-tested restaurant cost-cutting strategies from managing 700+ employees across seven locations, generating $90 million annually.

You'll discover:

✅How to reduce food cost in your restaurant by 20-40% by switching to branded equivalents and negotiating better prime vendor agreements

✅The cash flow killer hiding in your restaurant inventory… and how to fix it with smarter restaurant inventory management

✅Why adding extra staff can reduce total productivity and increase labor costs far beyond what most operators realize

✅The TRUE cost of employee turnover, and how better onboarding and training can save you thousands

✅A simple restaurant expense audit strategy using just your bank statement that can immediately free up hundreds each month

✅Plus, we reveal the sales per labor hour benchmark you should be hitting - and how to schedule your team for both efficiency and performance.

Ready to finally take control of your restaurant profitability and stop bleeding money from the inside out?

Listen now to uncover the five expense categories secretly draining your margins - and the exact systems to fix them fast.

Key Points

00:00:50 Food purchasing secrets
00:04:00 Rebate programs explained
00:05:50 Inventory management strategies
00:08:40 Labor productivity principles
00:11:00 Daily labor tracking
00:15:50 Employee turnover costs
00:19:30 Exit interview importance
00:21:10 Controllable expense audit
00:24:00 Two-question expense test

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✅Tools For Restaurant Owners✅

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✅About Us✅

The Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast is hosted by Andrew Scott - founder of OwnerShift Training.

Andrew Scott successfully scaled his restaurant business to 4 locations while working a handful of hours each week. He’s since helped over 1,000 restaurant owners increase their sales, profits, and free time - and he’d love to help you too.

✅For Restaurant Owners✅

Interested in growing your restaurant business while working less? Book your free assessment call:
👉 Restaurant Assessment Call

✅Connect With Us✅

https://www.facebook.com/groups/multiunitempirebuilders/
https://www.instagram.com/andrewrichardscott
https://ownershifttraining.com/

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 quitting 4-6 weeks before they actually leave, giving owners a critical window to intervene.

The hosts share a powerful system of meetings that not only helps identify issues early - but actually saves time in the long run.

Andrew and Dave also discuss reasons why good employees leave, the importance of tracking when and why people leave, and implementing proper feedback systems.

You’ll hear about how to decide how much to pay your team - along with practical examples from their own businesses.

Key Points

00:02:55 The emotional impact of losing trusted employees
00:06:45 Who drives away good employees
00:11:05 Warning signs before quitting
00:11:55 The power of one-on-one meetings
00:15:00 Regular communication
00:19:50 Track retention & conduct exit interviews
00:23:25 Relationship-based management
00:26:30 How much to pay
00:29:45 Giving feedback

If your restaurant staff turnover is through the roof, you’re sick of hiring and firing, and you want a stable, loyal team - listen now to discover the specific strategies that’ll help you retain your best people and create a healthier restaurant culture.

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✅Tools For Restaurant Owners✅

Thinking of opening another restaurant? Avoid costly mistakes with my free guide:
👉https://hs.ownershifttraining.com/optin-mupb

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✅About Us✅

The Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast is hosted by Andrew Scott - founder of OwnerShift Training.

Andrew Scott successfully scaled his restaurant business to 4 locations while working a handful of hours each week. He’s since helped over 1,000 restaurant owners increase their sales, profits, and free time - and he’d love to help you too.

✅For Restaurant Owners✅

Interested in growing your restaurant business while working less? Book your free assessment call:
👉 Restaurant Assessment Call

✅Connect With Us✅

https://www.facebook.com/groups/multiunitempirebuilders/
https://www.instagram.com/andrewrichardscott
https://ownershifttraining.com/