Let Russ Brew

Breweries and restaurants: operations, franchising, business development & culture. Entrepreneur with 20 years in corporate

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Gold Rush is a fascinating show and how it relates to any business 🧵
#GoldRush

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@arestaurant_guy My locations are A++++ and would never be for sale…. Which is why I chose the unique locations. Most successful locations are too much or not for sale

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@jaq_neco Isn’t 90% the reason of playing is to spend time with friends?

I play in 3.5 hours and drink beers for 1.5 hours after

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@NNNIncome @Jason Why does the person taking your order at a table deserve a tip but the person cooking your food doesn’t?

Or do you just not tip at all?

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Had my first buyout event at the new coffee shop

$2500 total for 3 hours 65% profit

Feedback was amazing and they want to do future events and share with others in the university about our space.

This is what I hoped for when I bought it

Can easily surpass 1M this year

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@WeddingVenueGuy What’s their expected return?

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@ChefGruel Raising Canes

Definitely 22%++

Wouldn’t be surprised if they are close to 30 in lower cost labor markets

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@mflambert @ChefGruel Labor my friend…labor … their margins are not what you think

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What a killer weekend! 55k Fri-Sun

Blew away previous year’s March weeks

And this is after a terrible January

And I was there for every minute of it

Washed a lot of dishes and spent many hours in expo

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If a restaurant owner asks their distributor on a Friday night, “I think I need more cod (or you name it) for the weekend.”

(Next scheduled delivery is Monday)

What’s the proper response from the distributor?

And what response did I get?

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@ChefGruel Your food always looks amazing! Look forward to trying it some day

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@WeddingVenueGuy I did 21k today… nothing pays like the sun ☀️

Most weeks of Jan I didn’t do 21k in a week!

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@SBA_Matthias @Starbucks

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Change management is always painful

So much easier to start fresh and new with people than trying to change behavior or convince them of another way

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@coach_drouin I think it comes down to concept

I prefer to focus on consistency of our menu vs specials

Regulars usually order the same thing as their frequency is probably max once a week

Have you run #s on the impact specials has on your core menu? Maybe a special could replace an item

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@northwestyam @restaurantbooks Do you know how much each menu item should cost you? That’s your starting point

Then look at suppliers and ingredients to see what you can lower

Look at waste / portioning

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@ChefGruel and others

What’s the best menu item(s) for a no hood kitchen? (Eg coffee shop / breakfast)

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@PaulTTran @BorednHungry @degenboyeth @AndyTheNguyen @thekevinseo @__halfton Such a great story! Looking forward to watching this one

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@franchisewolf I think they made one major mistake in their accelerated growth…

Their franchisee selection was too broad and inexperienced

Big franchise brands that have long term success and growth rely heavily on franchisees that are larger successful operators

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@fran_cowboy Isn’t that over 5% off their stores?

Bad news