Restaurant Growth Accelerator: More Profit, More Locations, And More Time With Your Family

Andrew Scott
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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

  1. 2d ago

    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 space to the neighbor next door).  Then I opened a fifth location at the worst possible time and my sales were almost non-existent. I was overwhelmed with loan payments, I lost a key manager, and I worked 100-hour weeks (again). THANKFULLY I fixed everything… And in this episode, I’m sharing how - so you can learn how to scale a restaurant the right way. Tune in to discover: ✅Why opening more restaurant locations doesn’t automatically create more profit ✅How poor lease planning can cost restaurant owners years of work and tens of thousands of dollars ✅Why multi-unit restaurant ownership requires a completely different skill set ✅How I realized I’d scaled beyond my systems, team, and leadership capacity ✅The overlooked skills that are 100% foundational to a restaurant's success ✅The dangers of debt, short loan terms, and opening before your business is ready ✅How COVID tested restaurant systems, leadership, delivery, marketing, and cash flow ✅The BIG alternative to cost-cutting restaurant owners should be focusing on instead Key moments: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:54 Losing the lease 00:07:50 Lessons from location one 00:10:10 Hiring a business coach 00:16:40 Building real systems 00:23:10 Scaling talent and leadership 00:26:40 The fifth location mistake 00:33:10 The marketing breakthrough 00:40:50 COVID changes everything 00:47:50 Survival through subsidies 00:58:40 Selling the restaurants 01:02:40 The bigger mission - ✅Tools For Restaurant Owners✅ Thinking of opening another restaurant? Avoid costly mistakes with my free guide:  👉https://hs.ownershifttraining.com/optin-mupb?el=podcast - ✅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/?el=podcast

    1h 11m

  2. Jun 15

    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 locations - and back to barely surviving. And why he spent years chasing sales when his real problem was something that no amount of sales could ever fix. Tune in to hear about: ✅Why more restaurant sales do not always mean more restaurant profit ✅One thing that can destroy profitability even when revenue grows ✅How to review your P&L and bank account to cut expenses without cutting growth ✅When you should never ever cut marketing, even when things feel tight ✅How restaurant discounts can work when used strategically ✅The risks of opening a second or third restaurant location too soon ✅Why restaurant managers fail time and time again, no matter what you do Key moments: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:40 The cost control wake-up call 00:05:25 Watching staff waste food 00:07:05 The two-question P&L cleanup 00:09:15 Cutting marketing 00:12:00 Prime cost math 00:18:15 Mascot suit marketing 00:20:25 Adding delivery and catering 00:22:45 Smart discounting rules 00:31:35 Why second locations fail 00:36:45 Heir and spare hiring 00:43:45 Opening next to competitors 00:52:25 The ran-out-of-product lie - ✅Tools For Restaurant Owners✅ Thinking of opening another restaurant? Avoid costly mistakes with my free guide:  👉https://hs.ownershifttraining.com/optin-mupb?el=podcast - ✅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/?el=podcast

    1 hr

  3. Jun 8

    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 years of 80-hour weeks, no days off, zero profit, and a 100-pound weight gain. In Part 1 of this raw series, Andrew sits down with his new Director of Marketing Joe DiRoma to crack open the early years of his restaurant journey. From getting fired by his own great-aunt at a fried chicken shop to losing every friend he had, this is the side of restaurant ownership nobody likes to share. You'll hear the birthday party story he's never told anyone, the Christmas party that taught him not to trust people, and the assistant manager whose resignation email broke him. Andrew also shares the moment everything shifted. In this episode, you’ll hear about: ✅The hidden personal cost of restaurant ownership and burnout ✅How doing everything yourself can keep your restaurant stuck ✅Why restaurant owners struggle to trust employees and delegate ✅The difference between single-unit leadership and multi-unit leadership ✅How limiting beliefs can cap your restaurant’s profitability ✅Why systems, SOPs, staffing, and leadership are essential for scaling ✅How to avoid the painful mistakes many restaurant owners learn too late ✅What it really takes to build a restaurant business that works without you being there every hour Key moments: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:00 Meet Joe DiRoma 00:04:33 Fired from fast food 00:18:43 Radio days and writing 00:21:40 Moving to Ottawa 00:24:30 Buying at twenty 00:27:40 A normal Tuesday 00:33:50 The birthday party 00:49:00 Losing trust completely 00:53:20 The resignation moment 00:56:15 Finding good people - ✅Get The Hiring Playbook✅ https://hs.ownershifttraining.com/managerhiringtoolkit?el=podcast - ✅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/?el=podcast

    59 min

  4. Jun 3

    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, and able to run without you, franchising can create bigger problems than the ones you are trying to solve. In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, Andrew Scott and Dave Doyle share the real pros, cons, risks, and hidden challenges of restaurant franchising.  If you are a restaurant owner considering franchising your concept, opening more locations, or buying into a restaurant franchise - this conversation will help you understand what actually needs to be in place before you scale. In this episode, you’ll hear about: ✅What prospective franchisees should look for before buying into a restaurant franchise ✅Why franchising is not the shortcut many restaurant owners think it is ✅The biggest mistake owners make before franchising a restaurant concept ✅What must come before any meaningful restaurant growth ✅The difference between scaling a restaurant and building a franchise company ✅Why your flagship location needs to be profitable and repeatable If you are asking yourself questions like “Should I franchise my restaurant?”, “How do I scale my restaurant business?”, or “Is my restaurant ready to franchise?”, this episode is for you. Key moments: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:00 Franchise Dream vs Reality 00:02:41 The Turnkey Promise 00:06:03 Wrong Reasons To Franchise 00:09:17 Build Flagship First 00:12:20 My Fourth Location Disaster 00:14:41 Shiny Object Trap 00:17:20 Franchisees Go Rogue 00:20:50 The COVID Collapse Story 00:23:20 Gross Sales vs Profit 00:28:00 Death By A Thousand Cuts 00:30:26 The Legal Letter Warning 00:33:34 How To Be A Good Franchisor - ✅Tools For Restaurant Owners✅ Claim your FREE Restaurant Weekly Financial Tracker to uncover thousands in hidden profits and optimize your costs (in less time than it takes to finish your morning coffee): https://ghl.ownershifttraining.com/weekly-tracker-lp?el=podcast   - ✅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/?el=podcast

    35 min

  5. May 25

    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 completely different financial results. Often, the difference comes down to something unexpected - the restaurant owner’s mindset, decisions, systems, and willingness to improve. You’ll also hear why better bookkeeping and financial tracking matter and how growth-minded restaurant owners create stronger cash flow, more freedom, and more scalable businesses. Tune in to discover: ✅Why two restaurants with the same brand and similar sales can have totally different profit margins ✅How owner mindset directly affects restaurant profitability ✅The blame game that sounds good, but keeps restaurant owners stuck ✅The importance of restaurant financials, bookkeeping, reporting, and systems ✅Why working harder in the business is not the same as building a better business ✅How growth-minded restaurant owners create more freedom, cash flow, and expansion opportunities Key moments: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:00 Two Restaurants Same Brand 00:04:40 Same Franchise Different Profit 00:07:40 Blame Versus Build 00:10:40 Why Growth Owners Win - ✅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/?el=podcast

    13 min

  6. May 18

    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 Scott breaks down one of the biggest mistakes restaurant owners make during slow seasons… Blindly cutting labor and working more hours themselves instead of fixing the real problem. Tune in to discover: ✅Why blindly cutting restaurant labor can hurt profits instead of helping them ✅What actually creates poor customer experiences and team stress ✅Why restaurant labor costs should move with revenue and sales volume ✅How slow-season decisions affect busy-season performance ✅When you might work 60-70 hours (and when you 100% shouldn’t) Key moments: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:13 Restaurant Owner Story 00:04:30 Bandaid Solution Trap 00:07:30 Spring Hiring Squeeze 00:10:45 Hamster Wheel Pattern 00:14:00 Lifeboat To Airplane - ✅Tools For Restaurant Owners✅ Claim your FREE Restaurant Weekly Financial Tracker to uncover thousands in hidden profits and optimize your costs (in less time than it takes to finish your morning coffee): https://ghl.ownershifttraining.com/weekly-tracker-lp?el=podcast - ✅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/?el=podcast

    16 min

  7. May 11

    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 Owner Shift) reveals one of the biggest hidden killers in restaurant management: Inaction. From avoiding financial reports to ignoring employee accountability, this episode explains why sticking your head in the sand keeps restaurants stuck, stressed, and unprofitable. Tune in to discover: ✅ How avoiding your restaurant numbers hurts profitability ✅ Why successful restaurant owners embrace difficult conversations ✅ Why poor employee performance spreads through your culture ✅ The accountability framework Andrew uses with restaurant teams ✅ How restaurant systems break down over time ✅ Why operational standards determine business growth Key moments: 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:00 Inaction Equals Action 00:07:20 System Or Person 00:10:30 Warning To Termination 00:14:00 Grease Toilet Disaster 00:17:00 Standards Get Diluted 00:19:30 Final Takeaway Whether you run a single-location restaurant or a multi-unit operation, these restaurant leadership lessons can help you improve systems, increase accountability, strengthen your team culture, and grow a more profitable restaurant business. - ✅Tools For Restaurant Owners✅ Claim your FREE Restaurant Weekly Financial Tracker to uncover thousands in hidden profits and optimize your costs (in less time than it takes to finish your morning coffee): https://ghl.ownershifttraining.com/weekly-tracker-lp?el=podcast - ✅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/?el=podcast

    21 min

  8. May 4

    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 month. In this episode of the Restaurant Growth Accelerator Podcast, Andrew Scott (founder of Owner Shift) reveals why your management team believes lowering labor is impossible - and how to prove them wrong without cutting pay, slashing hours, or hurting your restaurant culture. Tune in to discover: ✅ How to lower restaurant labor cost without cutting hours or underpaying staff ✅ The real reason your restaurant team feels overwhelmed (even when overstaffed) ✅ Why most restaurant managers resist lowering labor costs ✅ The dangerous belief keeping your restaurant stuck at "this is as efficient as we can get" ✅ Why adding more restaurant staff often leads to less work getting done ✅ The leadership shift that increases restaurant profit margins and employee retention Key moments: 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:30 Belief Blocks Profit 00:07:30 Two Cooks Vs Five 00:10:30 Smaller Sandwich Test 00:14:00 The Newspaper Moment 00:17:00 Standards Over Softness 00:20:00 Whose Business Is It Really? 00:23:00 Why Staff Complain 00:25:30 Call People Up - ✅Tools For Restaurant Owners✅ Claim your FREE Restaurant Weekly Financial Tracker to uncover thousands in hidden profits and optimize your costs (in less time than it takes to finish your morning coffee): https://ghl.ownershifttraining.com/weekly-tracker-lp?el=podcast - ✅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/?el=podcast

    28 min
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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

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