In this episode of The Restaurant Success Podcast, Matthew Mabel explores the critical decision restaurant owners and entrepreneurs face in today's competitive business landscape: choosing between small, incremental changes and bold, transformative moves. Restaurant operators often default to safer, smaller adjustments when bigger strategic decisions could dramatically improve their business performance and profitability. Matthew shares real-world examples from his restaurant consulting work, revealing how successful restaurant entrepreneurs are repositioning their brands, restructuring management teams, and implementing bold menu strategies to drive revenue growth and increase guest satisfaction. 

Key Topics Covered

• The psychology of small moves versus big moves in restaurant operations and why operators often choose incremental changes over transformative strategies
• Real examples of bold moves including brand repositioning, management restructuring, menu overhauls, and accountability systems that drive measurable revenue increases
• How your business mindset and investment philosophy directly mirror your approach to restaurant entrepreneurship and operational decision-making
• The competitive cost of hesitation and waiting for the "perfect moment" while competitors capture market share and momentum

Links Mentioned

• How to Take Action and Power to Boost Guest Count, https://surrender.biz/how-to-take-action-and-power-to-boost-guest-count/
• Restaurateurs: Why Your First Day Back From Vacation is the Most Important Day of the Year, https://surrender.biz/restaurateurs-why-your-first-day-back-from-vacation-is-the-most-important-day-of-the-year-2/

Resources Mentioned

• Website: www.surrender.biz
• Free initial consultation available

Connect with Matthew Mabel

Matthew works with owners of successful, independent, multi-unit restaurants to improve:

• Profit growth
• Sales optimization
• Guest count increase
• Unit expansion
• Employee engagement
• Brand loyalty

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