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This isn't your average restaurant business book. Burns fearlessly dives headfirst into the brutal truth of what's been holding restaurants back from greatness. No more sugar-coating or industry double-speak–it's time for a savage wake-up call!

Ron Shaich is a business visionary who has been part of building three iconic restaurant brands: Au Bon Pain, Panera Bread, and now Cava. Along the way, he developed "fast casual," a $100 billion-plus segment of the industry. Now he reveals what he learned about entrepreneurship, running large enterprises, business transformation, and life itself. He illustrates these lessons with his experiences turning a small cookie store into 2,400 restaurants with $5 billion in revenue, delivering annual investor returns of 25% over two decades, and outperforming both Starbucks and Chipotle. 

Let’s start your restaurant legacy right now, right here! National chains and single independent restaurants all started with an individual and an idea. A concept. A dream. Small ideas can grow into big business. Who would have thought that a guy with a milkshake machine could start a hamburger empire? A pizza made in a garage would start today’s pizza wars? A guy with a pressure-cooker would start a fried chicken phenomena? Business ownership has always been part of the all-American dream. Restaurants are the largest entrepreneurial opportunity in America for starting the dream.

By following Bruce’s 40-year restaurant career, you’ll learn the most common financial mistakes independent restaurateurs make and the strategies that can turn around any restaurant. In this book, you’ll learn the business strategies that, when applied to any hospitality operation, will ensure success. Make your financial operations effortless by learning the math of restaurant operations, avoiding the most common myths of restaurant operations, and turning the magic of restaurant operations into success!

How to harness customer demand to fuel your business growth Rob Snyder followed all the traditional advice for launching a startup. He did his research, ran experiments, raised millions in venture capital, but his company struggled to get off the ground. It wasn't until he left the standard...

A playful, soup-to-nuts guide to creating a restaurant, and a love letter to those who make the struggle palatable, the resilience possible, and the journey more fun—restaurant people. There is no secret ingredient to opening a successful restaurant—in this business everything matters. It’s one thing to work in an established restaurant and a whole other beautiful challenge to turn an empty room with exposed plumbing and unpainted drywall into a stage for the complicated performance of prepping, cooking, and serving that transforms four simple walls into a living, breathing, welcoming place.

Cameron Mitchell’s “dish room to boardroom story” began when he was 16-years-old and started working as a dishwasher at a local steakhouse in Columbus, Ohio. Two years later, when Mitchell was working as a line cook during a chaotic shift change, he had an epiphany. He realized he loved the restaurant business and set out to make it his lifelong career. He knew he wanted to be the president of a restaurant company, one day.

* An InstantWall Street JournalBestseller * From founder Kent Taylor, the incredible made-from-scratch success story of Texas Roadhouse. In Made From Scratch, the late business maverick Kent Taylor tells the legendary story of Texas Roadhouse and in the process reveals its recipe for success...

In Your Restaurant: Exceptional Customer Service, award-winning entrepreneur and hospitality expert Adina Brunetti unveils the secrets to building a thriving restaurant through exceptional customer service. Drawing from her extensive experience as the founder of AB 27 Group and Adina Creative Food, Adina shares proven strategies for creating memorable dining experiences that turn first-time guests into your loyal customers.

Are you ready to buy your first fast-food franchise but you have no idea what to expect? This audiobook will help you decide whether to franchise or not. Learn about the key aspects to pay attention to so that you can do things the right way from the start. QSR is hard work, but very rewarding and profitable. This audiobook takes you step by step through the process of making your decision.

Unlock the secrets to building and running a successful restaurant with Adina Brunetti’s "Your Restaurant: Creation, Transformation, and Promotion." This comprehensive guide takes you step-by-step through every phase of the restaurant business, from creating a unique concept and choosing the perfect location to marketing strategies and staying ahead of industry trends.

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Food has become a vital part of life and there is a new, unique respect for the restaurant industry. From enjoying the presentation of a meal, caring about ingredients and where they come from, to curiosity about the decisions that go into a restaurant’s creation, food is a hot topic. But what does it take to run a restaurant and what is needed to make it successful?