The Restaurant Strategy podcast is dedicated helping independent restaurant owners increase the profitability of their restaurants and grow. The show is hosted by industry expert Chip Klose, who asks the question: What would your life look like if your restaurant could deliver consistent, predictable 20% returns?
Managing Portions, Theft, and Waste
26 mins; April 14, 2025
Should You Be Working with Restaurant Influencers?
44 mins; April 10, 2025
Finding, Keeping, and Managing Great Employees with TimeForge CEO
48 mins; April 07, 2025
How to WIN with a GREAT Social Media Presence (ENCORE)
26 mins; April 03, 2025
Building a Better Restaurant with the Owners of Nashville Hotspot, Noko (ENCORE)
65 hours 21 mins; March 31, 2025
Harness the Power of SEO for Your Restaurant
26 mins; March 27, 2025
How to Work 5 Hours a Week
20 mins; March 24, 2025
The Restaurant Website Tune-Up
20 mins; March 20, 2025
Embracing the Profit First Mindset
31 mins; March 17, 2025
Do You Need a Loyalty Program for Your Restaurant?
28 mins; March 13, 2025
Turning Order-Takers Into Selling MachinesÂ
32 mins; March 10, 2025
The Connection Between Marketing and Culture (ENCORE)
21 mins; March 06, 2025
Operational Efficiency for Restaurants with Tork USA Marketing Director
40 mins; March 03, 2025
Email Marketing By The Numbers
17 mins; February 27, 2025
Christin Marvin, Author of The Hospitality Leader's Roadmap (ENCORE)
48 mins; February 24, 2025
Google's Restaurant Influencer Summit
17 mins; February 20, 2025
Better Hiring Practices for Our Restaurants
31 mins; February 17, 2025
The Power of Data with Avero CEO, Doug Hsieh
46 mins; February 13, 2025
Joe Fontana, Owner of Chicago-Based Chicken Concept, Fry The Coop
47 mins; February 10, 2025
Biggest Takeaways from the P3 Marketing Summit (Salt Lake City)
31 mins; February 06, 2025
Turning Managers Into Leaders with Author Jason Brooks (ENCORE)
60 hours 33 mins; February 03, 2025
The Future of Restaurant Funding with InKind Founder
48 mins; January 30, 2025
The Number One Way to Increase Revenue (ENCORE)
19 mins; January 27, 2025
Better Table Touches to Drive Revenue
30 mins; January 23, 2025
The Keys to a Successful Pre-Shift Meeting
22 mins; January 20, 2025
Supercharge Your Email List Growth in 2025
16 mins; January 16, 2025
Two Ways Inventory Can Save You BIG Money (ENCORE)
19 mins; January 13, 2025
The Do's and Don'ts of Working with a Marketing Agency (ENCORE)
28 mins; January 09, 2025
A System for Everything in Your Restaurant (ENCORE)
26 mins; January 06, 2025
Getting Organized with My 2025 Marketing Calendar
28 mins; January 02, 2025
Ten Affirmations to Take into the New Year
24 mins; December 30, 2024
Behold the Power of First Approach
14 mins; December 26, 2024
The Difference Between Leadership and Management (ENCORE)
25 mins; December 23, 2024
Eight Simple Dos and Don'ts for Leveraging Third Party Platforms
18 mins; December 19, 2024
A Four-Step Framework for Developing Your Team
23 mins; December 16, 2024
The Smartest Restaurant Marketer I Know, Rev Ciancio
42 mins; December 12, 2024
The Future of Tipping with Kickfin and Mastercard
45 mins; December 09, 2024
Insights from Our 15 Most Popular Episodes of All Time!Â
25 mins; December 05, 2024
The Secrets to Effective Management
26 mins; December 02, 2024
Social Media: Organic versus PaidÂ
25 mins; November 28, 2024
The Importance of First Approach
21 mins; November 25, 2024
Three Simple Frameworks to Help Your Marketing
31 mins; November 21, 2024
Eight Keys to Being a GREAT Leader
28 mins; November 18, 2024
Do You Need to Hire a PR Company?
25 mins; November 14, 2024
We Suck at Training, But This is How to Do It Better (ENCORE)
21 mins; November 11, 2024
Launching Your Own Cooking Show with Lenzy Ruffin
55 mins; November 07, 2024
Getting More Orders with Chowly CEO, Sterling Douglass
41 mins; November 04, 2024
The 3 Things You Need to Do During a Slowdown (ENCORE)
20 mins; October 31, 2024
Why You MUST Reverse Engineer Your Business for PROFIT
22 mins; October 28, 2024
Ten Restaurants That Are CRUSHING Social Media Right Now
27 mins; October 24, 2024
Christin Marvin, Author of The Hospitality Leader's Roadmap
49 mins; October 21, 2024
How to Win with a GREAT Organic Social Media Presence (ENCORE)
25 mins; October 17, 2024
Teaching Your Team to Think Like You
21 mins; October 14, 2024
The Keys to Getting More 5 Star Reviews on Google and Yelp
29 mins; October 10, 2024
Ryan O'Hara, Founder of Big Spoon Creamery
51 mins; October 07, 2024
Jon Taffer Drops By to Talk Profitability
34 mins; October 03, 2024
Two Ways Inventory Can Save You BIG Money
17 mins; September 30, 2024
Building a Strategy to Spark Word-of-Mouth
20 mins; September 26, 2024
How to Hire in a Post-Pandemic Environment
29 mins; September 23, 2024
The Do's and Don'ts of Working with a Marketing Agency
27 mins; September 19, 2024
The Key Differences Between Leadership and Management
33 mins; September 16, 2024
Three Takeaways from My Trip to Spain
31 mins; September 12, 2024
The Secret to Employee Retention with Justin Roberts, Co-Founder of Kickfin
43 mins; September 09, 2024
The Keys to Successfully Marketing Your Restaurant
29 mins; September 05, 2024
FIXING RESTAURANTS (PART 10) - Profitability
22 mins; September 02, 2024
FIXING RESTAURANTS (PART 9) - Quit Complaining
19 mins; August 29, 2024
FIXING RESTAURANTS (PART 8) - Employee Churn
26 mins; August 26, 2024
FIXING RESTAURANTS (PART 7) - Innovation
23 mins; August 22, 2024
FIXING RESTAURANTS (PART 6) - Evolution
32 mins; August 19, 2024
FIXING RESTAURANTS (PART 5) - 80 Hour Workweeks
19 mins; August 15, 2024
FIXING RESTAURANTS (PART 4) - The Reservation Bots
15 mins; August 12, 2024
FIXING RESTAURANTS (PART 3) - The Importance of Value
12 mins; August 08, 2024
FIXING RESTAURANTS (PART 2) - Bad Service
26 mins; August 05, 2024
FIXING RESTAURANTS (PART 1) - The Sea of Sameness
16 mins; August 01, 2024
Scott Greenberg, Author of the New Book, STOP THE SHIFT SHOW
59 mins; July 29, 2024
Five Takeaways from the Profitability Summit in St. Louis
23 mins; July 25, 2024
Jason Hedges, Mixologist and Author of the New Book, The Seasonal Cocktail (ENCORE)
76 hours 52 mins; July 22, 2024
The Only Thing That Matters (ENCORE)
31 mins; July 18, 2024
Devin Eichler, P3 Member and Owner of Crafty Cow (Milwaukee, WI)
61 hours 15 mins; July 15, 2024
We Suck at Training, But This is How to Do It Better
20 mins; July 11, 2024
Chef Franklin Becker on the Art of Restaurant Openings
68 hours 41 mins; July 08, 2024
8 Simple Do's and Don'ts for Leveraging Third Party Platforms
17 mins; July 04, 2024
James Beard Award-Winner, Chef Katie Button of CĂşrate (Asheville, NC)
62 hours 40 mins; July 01, 2024
8 Simple Email Marketing Do's and Don'ts
27 mins; June 27, 2024
Henry Kaminski Jr., Chief Marketing Officer for Fabio Viviani Hospitality
57 mins; June 24, 2024
8 Simple Website Do's and Don'ts
19 mins; June 20, 2024
Building a Better Restaurant with the Owners of Nashville Hotspot, Noko (ENCORE)
66 hours 4 mins; June 17, 2024
The 5 Best Ways to Control COGS (ENCORE)
21 mins; June 13, 2024
5 Simple Tips for Increasing Profits from 5 Industry Experts
82 hours 41 mins; June 10, 2024
Hospitality is Now About CONVENIENCE and EXPERIENCE
29 mins; June 06, 2024
Big Time Profits with P3 Mastermind Member, Micah Goldfarb
61 hours 7 mins; June 03, 2024
The Connection Between Marketing and Creating Culture
19 mins; May 30, 2024
Launching, Growing, and Franchising DIRTY DOUGH with Bennett Maxwell
57 mins; May 27, 2024
The What, Why, and How of PROFIT
30 mins; May 23, 2024
The Art of Making the Sale with Neil Rogers
53 mins; May 20, 2024
The 10 Things I Know About Running Insanely Profitable Restaurants
34 mins; May 16, 2024
INTERVIEW with Cook, Critic, and Author, Corey Mintz
66 hours 42 mins; May 13, 2024
Tech Stack "Must Haves" for Your Restaurant
23 mins; May 09, 2024
Restaurateur and Activist, Yannick Benjamin (ENCORE)