426 episodes

Coming to grips with over 100,000 restaurants shuttered...It's time to fix what's broken.

Created in partnership with Yelp for Restaurants, FULL COMP is a weekly show exploring the past & future of the hospitality industry. Provocative & actionable, the show aims to ask the tough questions, supplying listeners with the tools & resources needed to thrive post-pandemic.

The host, Michelin-rated restaurateur Josh Kopel, challenges conventional wisdom by hosting both hospitality professionals & thought leaders from outside of the industry, offering a new perspective on an old business.

FULL COMP: The Voice of the Restaurant Industry Revolution Josh Kopel

    • Business
    • 4.9 • 145 Ratings

Coming to grips with over 100,000 restaurants shuttered...It's time to fix what's broken.

Created in partnership with Yelp for Restaurants, FULL COMP is a weekly show exploring the past & future of the hospitality industry. Provocative & actionable, the show aims to ask the tough questions, supplying listeners with the tools & resources needed to thrive post-pandemic.

The host, Michelin-rated restaurateur Josh Kopel, challenges conventional wisdom by hosting both hospitality professionals & thought leaders from outside of the industry, offering a new perspective on an old business.

    Darshak Mehta on the Fast Track to Scaling Profitability

    Darshak Mehta on the Fast Track to Scaling Profitability

    For most of us, our career as restaurateurs is defined by making due with what we can afford. Sure it would be fantastic to bring on a Chief Financial Officer, a director of HR, and a day to day bookkeeper, providing real time analysis of our restaurants, but who can afford all of that? Well, through the internet and this globalized world we live in, there’s now hope for all of us. Today we sit down with Darshak Mehta of Analytix, an offshore Advisory firm changing the face of our industry by providing great restaurants with the information and support they need. We discuss the path to profitability for their restaurant clients and the steps you can take today to achieve the same results. 



    For more information on Analytix, visit

    https://www.analytix.com/industries/restaurants/.



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    Full Comp is brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time.



    We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other content:



    Yelp for Restaurants Podcasts

    Restaurant expert videos & webinars

    • 41 min
    Jason Brookes on the Daily Habits of Exceptional Leaders

    Jason Brookes on the Daily Habits of Exceptional Leaders

    You are not what you say you are. You are what you do on a daily basis. So if you want to be a great leader, you must act like a great leader. But what does that look like in practical application? Today we find out. We’re sitting down with Jason Brooks, famed multiunit operator, to discuss his path to leadership and the tactics, tools, and strategies he developed over decades to transform his restaurant family into a high performance team. 



    You can pick up his book, Every Leader Needs Followers, wherever books are sold.



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    Full Comp is brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time.



    We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other content:



    Yelp for Restaurants Podcasts

    Restaurant expert videos & webinars

    • 41 min
    Ellen Yin on Building an Unbreakable Restaurant Culture

    Ellen Yin on Building an Unbreakable Restaurant Culture

    I believe restaurants have always had a pervasive culture, albeit at times not the healthiest culture. Restaurateur Ellen Yin is out to change that and she’s leading by example. Today we sit down to discuss her unorthodox path through the industry and how in breaking the mold, she’s developed the formula to heal our industry. 



    For more information on Ellen and her restaurant group, visit https://highsthospitality.com/.



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    Full Comp is brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time.



    We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other content:



    Yelp for Restaurants Podcasts

    Restaurant expert videos & webinars

    • 33 min
    Dustin Valette on unlocking success through powerful partnerships

    Dustin Valette on unlocking success through powerful partnerships

    I think we’ve seen in recent years that we get further faster when we work together. Few individuals exemplify this ideology more than chef Dustin Valette. Through strategic partnership, the chef has managed to grow a profitable restaurant, a successful wine brand, and contribute greatly to his community and our industry. Today we sit down to discuss how to build these valuable relationships and how to leverage them for the greater good. 



    For more information on the chef and his restaurant, visit https://www.thematheson.com/.



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    Full Comp is brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time.



    We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other content:



    Yelp for Restaurants Podcasts

    Restaurant expert videos & webinars

    • 37 min
    Anne Beiler on mastering leadership skills to change your life

    Anne Beiler on mastering leadership skills to change your life

    Three words for you: global pretzel empire. Today we’re chatting Anne Beiler, the founder of Auntie Anne’s Pretzels and the author of the book Overcome and Lead. We sit down to discuss the best practices she honed while scaling this company and the lessons she learned along the way. Time and time again, we keep hearing the same foundational idea revisited: personal growth is professional growth. 



    To check out her book look for Overcome and Lead wherever books are sold.



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    Full Comp is brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time.



    We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other content:



    Yelp for Restaurants Podcasts

    Restaurant expert videos & webinars

    • 36 min
    Jarad McCaroll on the art of luxury dining

    Jarad McCaroll on the art of luxury dining

    The hurdles we must overcome to be successful as restaurateurs are daunting at best, but what does it look like in the most extreme cases? Today we chat with Chef Jarad McCaroll of the Ocean Club located in the Caribbean Islands. With stiff competition, high expenses, and scarce resources this is easily one of the most challenging restaurant environments in the world. Jarad sits down to share how they’ve overcome these obstacles and many more to thrive and expand stateside. 



    For more information on the chef and his restaurant, visit https://oceanclubstbarths.com/.



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    Full Comp is brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time.

    We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other content:

    Yelp for Restaurants Podcasts

    Restaurant expert videos & webinars

    • 33 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
145 Ratings

145 Ratings

ASobering ,

Entertaining, insightful, and actionable! 🔥

Whether you’re well established as a restauranteur or just getting started carving out a profitable niche that’s ready to grow, this is a must-listen podcast for you! Josh does an incredible job leading conversations that cover a huge breadth of topics related to the ins and outs of building a thriving business you can be proud of with leaders who’ve actually experienced success themselves. Highly recommend listening and subscribing!

Cosmicnic6 ,

Today’s episode needs fixed!!

Hey Josh, listen to your podcast daily! Today’s most recent show needs edited badly. The clips run over each other so everyone is talking at the same time and then long silent pauses! Other than that, this podcast is great!!
Love it. Great guest, very pertinent info.

chicknmax ,

Josh!!

Josh you are just awesome! Thanks so much for a fun interview! Keep the faith! Stay safe! Max

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