Restaurant People, HR & Staffing

10 Winning Habits of Thriving Restaurants

Great restaurants are not built on luck or longer hours. They are built on habits: small, repeatable practices that compound into stronger margins, happier teams, and guests who keep coming

By Jaime Oikle

/ 7 Oct 2026

10 Winning Habits of Thriving Restaurants

Restaurant Success Checklist: Action Steps by Category

Use this checklist to assess and upgrade your restaurant's performance in the areas that matter most. Print it. Share it. Revisit it monthly. Areas covered: * Staffing, Leadership &

By Jaime Oikle

/ 28 Sep 2026

Restaurant Success Checklist: Action Steps by Category

From Franchisee to Franchisor: Aaron Anderson on Building Sunrise Social

Aaron Anderson opened his first franchise the day before the 2020 shutdown. Since then he's run multiple brands, launched ghost kitchens, and built his own breakfast, brunch, and lunch franchise. Here's what he's learned about economics, systems, and people along the way.

By Jaime Oikle

/ 24 Sep 2026

From Franchisee to Franchisor: Aaron Anderson on Building Sunrise Social

The Invisible Sign: Why "Make Me Feel Important" Is the Most Profitable Habit in Your Restaurant

Everyone in your restaurant wears an invisible sign: "Make me feel important." Your staff, your managers, and your guests. Here's how independent operators can read that sign and turn it into lower turnover and more regulars.

By Jaime Oikle

/ 22 Sep 2026

The Invisible Sign: Why "Make Me Feel Important" Is the Most Profitable Habit in Your Restaurant

Atomic Restaurants: Small Habits, Big Wins

Independent restaurant operators can borrow James Clear's Atomic Habits framework to learn practical, tactical ways to apply the four laws of behavior change to your floor, kitchen, and team culture.

By Jaime Oikle

/ 17 Sep 2026

Atomic Restaurants: Small Habits, Big Wins

Scorecards & Dashboards: How to Use Data to Drive Staff Performance

In the heat of a busy service, it's easy to feel like everything is moving - yet nothing is improving. That's where staff scorecards and dashboards come

By Jaime Oikle

/ 8 Sep 2026

Scorecards & Dashboards: How to Use Data to Drive Staff Performance

WEBINAR: 70+ Marketing, Sales, Service & Profit Ideas for Your Restaurant in 30 Minutes”

In this session Jaime and Roger present a rapid-fire session with immediately actionable ideas to: * Drive business on a slow night(s) * Create Cash Cow items that bring a

By Jaime Oikle

/ 1 Sep 2026

WEBINAR: 70+ Marketing, Sales, Service & Profit Ideas for Your Restaurant in 30 Minutes”

From Failure to Eight Restaurants: What Dan Simons Learned Building Founding Farmers

Dan Simons, co-founder of Founding Farmers, a farmer-owned restaurant group generating $100 million in annual sales across eight locations, joins Jaime Oikle, show host and RunningRestaurants.com founder.

By Jaime Oikle

/ 26 Aug 2026

From Failure to Eight Restaurants: What Dan Simons Learned Building Founding Farmers

Why Restaurant Employees Stay - and Why They Leave

New data says hourly employees pick local restaurants over corporate chains 5 to 1, once pay is fair. Homebase co-founder Rushi Patel breaks down why, and what it means for how you manage your team.

By Jaime Oikle

/ 19 Aug 2026

Why Restaurant Employees Stay - and Why They Leave

The Sun, Not the Wind: Why Warmth Outperforms Force in Restaurant Leadership and Service

Yelling gets the ticket fixed tonight. It doesn't get you a team that stays, or a guest who comes back. A 2,500-year-old fable, applied to your floor and your front door.

By Jaime Oikle

/ 17 Aug 2026

The Sun, Not the Wind: Why Warmth Outperforms Force in Restaurant Leadership and Service

Lessons on Leadership, Growth and the Exit: Darren Spicer of 110 Ventures

RunningRestaurants.com founder and podcast host Jaime Oikle interviews Darren Spicer, founder of Clutch Coffee Bar and 110 Ventures. Darren shares his journey from working at Dutch Bros at 18

By Jaime Oikle

/ 12 Aug 2026

Lessons on Leadership, Growth and the Exit: Darren Spicer of 110 Ventures

What Restaurant Employees Really Want in 2026

We welcome back Jordan Boesch, CEO of 7Shifts, to discuss their 2026 report "What Restaurant Employees Want". Key findings reveal that understaffing remains the top employee stressor, great

By Jaime Oikle

/ 6 Aug 2026

What Restaurant Employees Really Want in 2026

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