Islam Ahmed shares his experience in the restaurant industry and his passion for running great operations. He discusses his time with Chipotle and what he believes has contributed to their recent struggles. Tommy gets a little bit of a different perspective from a less seasoned restaurant industry evangelist. Check out the podcast below:
Tommy Yionoulis
I've been in the restaurant industry for most of my adult life. I have a BSBA from University of Denver Hotel Restaurant school and an MBA from the same. When I wasn't working in restaurants I was either doing stand-up comedy, for 10 years, or large enterprise software consulting. I'm currently the Managing Director of OpsAnalitica and our Inspector platform was originally conceived when I worked for one of the largest sandwich franchisors in the country. You can reach out to me through LinkedIn.
Tom Moxcey’s Out of the Box Thinking
This week’s interview is with Tom Moxcey, former CEO of Rock Bottom, Old Chicago’s and Charlie Browns. Tom talks about his amazing career starting in Boulder, CO in 1970 through today where he is a restaurant gun for hire that will come in and fix broken restaurants by actually managing them, not just consulting and …
Here is what Don Fox CEO of Firehouse Subs is Working On
In this episode, Tommy Y interviews Don Fox CEO of Firehouse Subs. Firehouse has 1016 locations around the world. Don talks about his career path, what they are working on at Firehouse and the government mandated wage increases around the country. In the interview, Don mentioned Firehouse’s charitable foundation, the Firehouse Subs Public Safety …
Audio Blog – Interview with Doug Davis, COO BEC Group
On this episode of OrderUp – The Restaurant Ops Show Tommy interviews Doug Davis, COO and Co-Founder of the BEC Group. Doug shares his journey in the restaurant industry from starting out at McDonald’s as a kid and meeting the Zaxby’s owners while waiting tables to where he is now with the BEC Group. …
Audio Blog – Interview with Chef David Buchanan
Please enjoy this interview with Chef David Buchanan. Chef David is a working Chef at the Blackfish restaurant in northern Washington. He also runs www.chef-resources.com and the moderates the chef resources group on Linkedin.
Podcast – Interview John Lewis Denver Food Group
Check out our 2nd interview podcast where Tommy sits down with John Lewis, Owner at Denver Food Group. John has spent the last 15 years working in the Food and Beverage Industry, both CPG and Foodservice, in several different capacities, including Brand Management, Research and Development, Innovation, Culinary, and Purchasing. Most recently he worked for Wendy’s …
What is Pokemon Go and Can I Make Money Off It
Ron Ruggless posted a great article in NRN this week about how you can pay money to purchase 30-minute Lure Models and install them by a PokeStop location, which could be close to your restaurants, this will entice Pokemon Go players to come to your area. If you are interested in learning how to purchase and run …
Audio Blog – Grow Restaurant Sales Through Better Operations
Below is the audio version of our very popular blog, The Only Way to Sustainably Grow Restaurant Sales is Through Better Operations. Subscribe to our podcast Order Up – The Restaurant Ops Show on SoundCloud, iTunes, Stitcher, and Tunein.
Audio Blog – Interview with Ryan Gromfin The Restaurant Boss
The first Order Up – The Restaurant Ops Show interview is with The Restaurant Boss, Ryan Gromfin. Ryan has vast experience in the industry and helps thousands of restaurant operators on a daily basis run better restaurants. He’s a great interview. Check it out below. Subscribe to our podcast on the popular services: SoundCloud, iTunes, …
Audio Blog – 5 Tips to Writing Better Line Checks
Below is the audio version of our popular blog, 5 Tips to Writing Better Line Checks. Subscribe to our podcast Order Up – The Restaurant Ops Show on iTunes, Stitcher, and Tunein.