#569 - STORYTIME (6) - Googling a Broken Ballerina *****  Tickets are available now for the Restaurant Profitability Summit! This is our biggest event of the year, but attendance is capped at 200 people. Get your tickets now.  LEARN MORE: https://go.restaurant-strategy.com/summit-2026 *****  This week's episode is brought to you by: KICKFINVISIT: https://kickfin.com/demo/ This week's episode is brought to you by: AJINOMOTOVISIT: https://ajinomotofoodservice.com/ ***** Human beings are storytellers. It's how we make sense of the world around us, give meaning to the things we experience. Today I want to talk about how you can make people feel "seen."  *****  If you want to snag a copy of Chip's book, The Restaurant Marketing Mindset: https://www.therestaurantmarketingmindset.com/ If you're ready to learn more about the P3 Mastermind: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/p3-mastermind-program If you want a free 30-day trial of our Restaurant Foundations Membership Site: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/Foundations-b If you want to leave a 5-star rating/review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/restaurant-strategy/id1457379809

#568 - STORYTIME (5) - Ever Hear the One About the Chicken Trophy? *****  Tickets are available now for the Restaurant Profitability Summit! This is our biggest event of the year, but attendance is capped at 200 people. Get your tickets now.  LEARN MORE: https://go.restaurant-strategy.com/summit-2026 *****  This week's episode is brought to you by: RESTAURANT SCALE SECRETSVISIT: https://restaurantscalesecrets.com/Chip This week's episode is brought to you by: OVATIONVISIT: https://ovationup.com/chip/ ***** Human beings are storytellers. It's how we make sense of the world around us, give meaning to the things we experience. Today I want to talk about how one of our P3 Members made a chicken trophy to sell more sandwiches.    ***** If you want to snag a copy of Chip's book, The Restaurant Marketing Mindset: https://www.therestaurantmarketingmindset.com/  If you're ready to learn more about the P3 Mastermind: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/p3-mastermind-program If you want a free 30-day trial of our Restaurant Foundations Membership Site: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/Foundations-b If you want to leave a 5-star rating/review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/restaurant-strategy/id1457379809

#567 - STORYTIME (4) - WOW Moments Are Almost ALWAYS Manufactured ***** Tickets are available now for the Restaurant Profitability Summit! This is our biggest event of the year, but attendance is capped at 200 people. Get your tickets now.  LEARN MORE: https://go.restaurant-strategy.com/summit-2026 ***** This week's episode is brought to you by: MARGIN EDGEVISIT: https://www.marginedge.com/lp/chip This week's episode is brought to you by: RIGHTWORKVISIT: https://right.work/chip ***** Human beings are storytellers. It's how we make sense of the world around us, give meaning to the things we experience. Today I want to talk about how we CREATE moments that get people talking.  ***** If you want to snag a copy of Chip's book, The Restaurant Marketing Mindset: https://www.therestaurantmarketingmindset.com/ If you're ready to learn more about the P3 Mastermind: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/p3-mastermind-program If you want a free 30-day trial of our Restaurant Foundations Membership Site: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/Foundations-b If you want to leave a 5-star rating/review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/restaurant-strategy/id1457379809

#566 - STORYTIME (3) - Putting Kids at the Center of Everything ***** Tickets are available now for the Restaurant Profitability Summit! This is our biggest event of the year, but attendance is capped at 200 people. Get your tickets now.  LEARN MORE: https://go.restaurant-strategy.com/summit-2026 *****  This week's episode is brought to you by: MARQII VISIT: https://marqii.com/ This week's episode is brought to you by: POPMENUVISIT: https://popmenu.com/restaurantstrategy ***** Human beings are storytellers. It's how we make sense of the world around us, give meaning to the things we experience. Today I want to talk about putting kids front and center.  I promise: it changes everything.   *****  If you want to snag a copy of Chip's book, The Restaurant Marketing Mindset: https://www.therestaurantmarketingmindset.com/  If you're ready to learn more about the P3 Mastermind: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/p3-mastermind-program If you want a free 30-day trial of our Restaurant Foundations Membership Site: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/Foundations-b If you want to leave a 5-star rating/review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/restaurant-strategy/id1457379809

#565 - STORYTIME (2) - Above and Beyond in Spain   ***** Tickets are available now for the Restaurant Profitability Summit! This is our biggest event of the year, but attendance is capped at 200 people. Get your tickets now.  LEARN MORE: https://go.restaurant-strategy.com/summit-2026   ***** This week's episode is brought to you by: MARGIN EDGEVISIT: https://www.marginedge.com/lp/chip This week's episode is brought to you by: RIGHTWORKVISIT: https://right.work/chip ***** Human beings are storytellers. It's how we make sense of the world around us, give meaning to the things we experience. Today I want to talk about the best meal I ever had... and it had very little to do with the food.  ***** If you want to snag a copy of Chip's book, The Restaurant Marketing Mindset: https://www.therestaurantmarketingmindset.com/ If you're ready to learn more about the P3 Mastermind: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/p3-mastermind-program If you want a free 30-day trial of our Restaurant Foundations Membership Site: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/Foundations-b If you want to leave a 5-star rating/review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/restaurant-strategy/id1457379809

#564 - STORYTIME (1) - Playing Defense at the Door ***** Tickets are available now for the Restaurant Profitability Summit! This is our biggest event of the year, but attendance is capped at 200 people. Get your tickets now.  LEARN MORE: https://go.restaurant-strategy.com/summit-2026 *****  This week's episode is brought to you by: MARQII VISIT: https://marqii.com/ This week's episode is brought to you by: POPMENUVISIT: https://popmenu.com/restaurantstrategy ***** Human beings are storytellers. It's how we make sense of the world around us, give meaning to the things we experience. Today I want to talk about "old world hospitality" and what it means for all of us.    *****   If you want to snag a copy of Chip's book, The Restaurant Marketing Mindset: https://www.therestaurantmarketingmindset.com/  If you're ready to learn more about the P3 Mastermind: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/p3-mastermind-program If you want a free 30-day trial of our Restaurant Foundations Membership Site: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/Foundations-b If you want to leave a 5-star rating/review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/restaurant-strategy/id1457379809

#563 - How to Work 5 Hours a Week MAX (ENCORE) *****  The Restaurant Opening Bootcamp will save you tens of thousands of dollars in costly mistakes. Run by restaurant coach, Chris Hughes, this 12-week program will teach you everything you need to know about opening a restaurant. LEARN MORE: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/restaurant-opening-bootcamp-inqury-form ***** Your restaurant doesn't need you as much as you think...   ***** If you want to snag a copy of Chip's book, The Restaurant Marketing Mindset...  CLICK HERE: https://www.therestaurantmarketingmindset.com/  If you're ready to learn more about the P3 Mastermind... CLICK HERE: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/p3-mastermind-program If you want a free 30-day trial of our Restaurant Foundations Membership Site... CLICK HERE: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/Foundations-b If you want to leave a 5-star rating/review on Apple Podcasts... CLICK HERE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/restaurant-strategy/id1457379809

#562 - Eight Crazy Things I Believe About Profitability *****  This week's episode is brought to you by: RESTAURANT SCALE SECRETSVISIT: https://restaurantscalesecrets.com/Chip This week's episode is brought to you by: OVATIONVISIT: https://ovationup.com/chip/ ***** The Restaurant Opening Bootcamp will save you tens of thousands of dollars in costly mistakes. Run by restaurant coach, Chris Hughes, this 12-week program will teach you everything you need to know about opening a restaurant. LEARN MORE: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/restaurant-opening-bootcamp-inqury-form ***** I believe dining out is a luxury product. I believe in 20% profits. I believe you deserve to be compensated. I believe in coaching, not consulting. I believe in the power of community. I believe owners are often a bottleneck and in their businesses. I believe in helping people. I believe in the Abundance Mindset.   ***** If you want to snag a copy of Chip's book, The Restaurant Marketing Mindset...  CLICK HERE: https://www.therestaurantmarketingmindset.com/  If you're ready to learn more about the P3 Mastermind... CLICK HERE: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/p3-mastermind-program If you want a free 30-day trial of our Restaurant Foundations Membership Site... CLICK HERE: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/Foundations-b If you want to leave a 5-star rating/review on Apple Podcasts... CLICK HERE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/restaurant-strategy/id1457379809

#561 - The Five Profit Killers and How to Fix Them (ENCORE) *****  This week's episode is brought to you by: KICKFINVISIT: https://kickfin.com/demo/ This week's episode is brought to you by: AJINOMOTOVISIT: https://ajinomotofoodservice.com/ ***** The Restaurant Opening Bootcamp will save you tens of thousands of dollars in costly mistakes. Run by restaurant coach, Chris Hughes, this 12-week program will teach you everything you need to know about opening a restaurant. LEARN MORE: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/restaurant-opening-bootcamp-inqury-form ***** This is what's keeping you at single-digit profits.  *****  If you want to snag a copy of Chip's book, The Restaurant Marketing Mindset...  CLICK HERE: https://www.therestaurantmarketingmindset.com/ If you're ready to learn more about the P3 Mastermind... CLICK HERE: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/p3-mastermind-program If you want a free 30-day trial of our Restaurant Foundations Membership Site... CLICK HERE: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/Foundations-b If you want to leave a 5-star rating/review on Apple Podcasts... CLICK HERE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/restaurant-strategy/id1457379809

#560 - This is How to Recession-Proof Your Restaurant *****  This week's episode is brought to you by: RESTAURANT SCALE SECRETSVISIT: https://restaurantscalesecrets.com/Chip This week's episode is brought to you by: OVATIONVISIT: https://ovationup.com/chip/ ***** The Restaurant Opening Bootcamp will save you tens of thousands of dollars in costly mistakes. Run by restaurant coach, Chris Hughes, this 12-week program will teach you everything you need to know about opening a restaurant. LEARN MORE: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/restaurant-opening-bootcamp-inqury-form ***** Business is down. We all know that... so how do you recession-proof your restaurant?  By focusing on these 4 areas!   ***** If you want to snag a copy of Chip's book, The Restaurant Marketing Mindset...  CLICK HERE: https://www.therestaurantmarketingmindset.com/  If you're ready to learn more about the P3 Mastermind... CLICK HERE: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/p3-mastermind-program If you want a free 30-day trial of our Restaurant Foundations Membership Site... CLICK HERE: https://www.restaurantstrategypodcast.com/Foundations-b If you want to leave a 5-star rating/review on Apple Podcasts... CLICK HERE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/restaurant-strategy/id1457379809