{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"FULL COMP: Restaurant Tactics, Tools, & Strategies","title":"The Strategy of Success: Roger Beaudoin, Restaurant Rockstars","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2095,"description":"What can save this industry from absolute destruction? \nI’m betting on math and practical business fundamentals. That’s why I’ve invited Roger Beaudoin to chat on this episode. Roger has been preaching these ideals for years. He’s more than a teacher, he’s an owner and operator as well. Rather than giving us advice, he walks us through the strategy he's using to turn the pandemic into a windfall.\nClick to sign up for our weekly newsletter.\nClick here to book time on my personal calendar.\nClick here to download our Restaurant Recovery Guide.\nWant to streamline your front-of-house operations and increase sales? Head over to http://restaurants.yelp.com/fullcomppodcast to claim your free page and learn more about these powerful tools for your business.\nSHOW NOTES\n\n Building a dream team restaurant is important\nAllows you to have an exit strategy\nAllows you to have time with your family and friends\nAllows you to enjoy having a business\nSaw an opportunity when running a ski resort\nInspired by a Switzerland bar with an international buzz\nThe ski resort he ended up at needed transforming\nSophistication\nCommunity\nEntertainment\nLearned the business piece by piece\nTraining staff to have his back\nControlling costs to maximize profits\nCreating a premium customer experience\nExpanding the business to one day leave it\nTechnology was never Roger’s strong point\nNever has an interest in technology\nCreated systems on pen and paper\nIt was Roger’s wife who convinced him to have an online platform to expand the business\nStarted the podcast 6 years ago\nRoger’s wife is the CTO\nWhy Roger went back into restaurant operations\nNew restaurant opens pre-Covid\nInvestment in improvement\nCreating a business model\nGrab and Go market and cafe\nWas ideal during Covid\nPivoting during Covid\nCovid makes everything unstable\nTaking the temperature of the room before making a decision\nUsing the loans\nRedefining success\nYou don’t know what you’ve got until you start running it\nCovid was a good thing overall...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/6OAanP6N7rKCCEP4OYgZT_i74QmCwgk2rH1cSWqhfvs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zYzkz/MGQ5M2Y5MWZmM2E0/NGM3MzFmNzQ0OGZl/NDhhYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}