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FULL COMP: The Voice of the Restaurant Industry Revolution

What if I told you that the difference between struggling and thriving in the restaurant industry is just one conversation away? I’m Josh Kopel, a Michelin-awarded restaurateur who’s spent decades building blockbuster brands across every tier of dining. I know the challenges you’re facing—because I’ve been there. That’s why I created FULL COMP. Every week, I go one-on-one with the smartest minds in the game: restaurateurs, chefs, and industry insiders who’ve cracked the code. Together, we unpack

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00:03:05

Great Marketing Doesn't Cost You a Penny

FULL COMP: The Voice of the Restaurant Industry... ·

2024/01/21

As you know, I've coached hundreds of restaurateurs to scale profitability through effective marketing and optimizing operations. These bonus episodes serve as mini-coaching sessions where I provide you with quick lessons to help you achieve the same amazing results without spending a dollar on marketing and advertising. Enjoy! __________________________________________________________ Full Comp is brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for

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00:34:39

Eric and Alex Adler on the power of restaurant...

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2024/01/19

What transforms a single unit family owned and operated restaurant into a regional giant with nine locations? Today we chat with Eric and Alex Adler, cofounders of the Puesto restaurant chain in Southern California. They, like so many other families, built a restaurant to share their love of food and culture with their community. But, unlike so many others in our industry, they’ve thrived, building 10 restaurants in 10 years. Today we discuss the strategies and tools that they used to scale their

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00:37:30

Seth Cohen of Sweetfin on restaurant marketing...

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2024/01/18

Today we’re talking with Seth Cohen of Sweetfin about brand equity, marketing, messaging, real estate and scaling a blockbuster concept in a post pandemic world. For more on Sweetfin visit https://www.sweetfin.com _________________________________________________________ Full Comp is brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time. We have a lot more content

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00:35:01

Karl & Sarah Worley on building a better business plan

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2024/01/16

Great restaurants stem from running great businesses and today we’re going to talk about the business of running restaurants. Our guides on this exploration of what a successful business plan looks like will be Karl and Sarah Worley, a married couple who turned their love of biscuits into a thriving restaurant brand. They’ve built their business on the back of foundational principles and bleeding edge management strategies that have revolutionized their lives and their restaurant. Today we unpack

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00:02:37

Borrow a Chef

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2024/01/14

As you know, I've coached hundreds of restaurateurs to scale profitability through effective marketing and optimizing operations. These bonus episodes serve as mini-coaching sessions where I provide you with quick lessons to help you achieve the same amazing results without spending a dollar on marketing and advertising. Enjoy! __________________________________________________________ Full Comp is brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for

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00:39:24

Bruce Bromberg on the fundamentals of scaling

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2024/01/11

Chef Bruce Bromberg is not the typical restaurant magnate that comes to mind when you think of a national restaurant group. More than anything, he’s a chef, leveraging the universal truths he’s learned over the years in innovative ways. His ability to translate the fundamentals of cooking to the fundamentals of business has led to his meteoric success. Today we sit down to discuss the essential elements involved in building a successful brand and business that can last decades. For more

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00:25:18

Brian Malarkey on going against the grain

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2024/01/09

If you want to know the truth, without one ounce of sugarcoating, just call Brian Malarkey. The Celebrity Chef has spent almost two decades betting big on his version of what success looks like. Big venues, high stakes and higher revenues. Post pandemic, where everything is thinking small and capitalizing on a flush economy, he’s taking a different path. In today’s episode Brian and I chat about how he got to where he is today and where he thinks we’re headed as an industry. For more on the chef

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00:03:10

The Fallacy of Demand

FULL COMP: The Voice of the Restaurant Industry... ·

2024/01/07

As you know, I've coached hundreds of restaurateurs to scale profitability through effective marketing and optimizing operations. These bonus episodes serve as mini-coaching sessions where I provide you with quick lessons to help you achieve the same amazing results without spending a dollar on marketing and advertising. Enjoy! __________________________________________________________ Full Comp is brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for

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00:36:28

Michael “Schatzy” Schatzberg on what makes a...

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2024/01/05

The idea of venture capital doesn’t typically enter the mind of most restaurant owners but those opportunities do exist. Today we’re sitting down with Schatzy Schatzberg, an industry veteran on the lookout for the next big restaurant concept. We discuss what it takes to win in this competitive market and what makes a restaurant concept truly investible. For more information on Branded Strategic and Branded Hospitality, visit

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00:35:26

Colin Wyatt on the lessons learned after almost 2...

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2024/01/02

Over the years we’ve had a ton of industry veterans on the show. There’s so much to learn from someone who’s owned and operated a restaurant for decades. But, some of the new kids on the block have a lesson or two up their sleeves as well. Today we’re chatting with Colin Wyatt, a seasoned chef who left New York City in an effort to build something for himself. Today we discuss the path that led to his first restaurant and the lessons he’s learned since opening it almost two years ago. For more

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00:03:05

Bonus Episode: 1 to 100 - The Golden Ratio

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2023/12/31

As you know, I've coached hundreds of restaurateurs to scale profitability through effective marketing and optimizing operations. These bonus episodes serve as mini-coaching sessions where I provide you with quick lessons to help you achieve the same amazing results without spending a dollar on marketing and advertising. Enjoy! __________________________________________________________ Full Comp is brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for

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00:34:46

Ashishh Desai on the proven path to more customers

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2023/12/26

The typical business plan for most of us is to make great food, open the doors, and hope for the best. But, in today’s competitive market, we can’t afford to wait for our customers to come to us. Ashishh Desai of Menufy and HungerRush learned this lesson early in his career and there are countless lessons to be learned from the way he skillfully scaled his company. Today we sit down to discuss what an outbound marketing strategy looks like for the modern restaurateur and how, with just a little bit

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00:02:57

Bonus Episode: $5,000 Mondays

FULL COMP: The Voice of the Restaurant Industry... ·

2023/12/24

As you know, I've coached hundreds of restaurateurs to scale profitability through effective marketing and optimizing operations. These bonus episodes serve as mini-coaching sessions where I provide you with quick lessons to help you achieve the same amazing results without spending a dollar on marketing and advertising. Enjoy! __________________________________________________________ Full Comp is brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for

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00:37:15

David Scott Peters on the principles of profitability...

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2023/12/22

Most restaurants don’t make money. The ones that do, typically make very little. This is our reality and many of us have embraced it. But what about the group no one talks about: the restaurants that are making a killing, quietly and consistently. They all seem to be following the same formula and today we sit down with restaurant expert, David Scott Peters, to distill out the essential elements of that formula. Believe it or not, it has as much to do with people as it does process. To learn more

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00:37:10

DJ Duporte on marketing mastery in 2024

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2023/12/19

When looking for inspiration, it’s hard to look to the big guys. They have big budgets and massive reach. But what about the small guys on their way to becoming big? Today we sit down with DJ Duporte, who heads up the marketing effort over at North Italia, a casual dining concept set to scale to the moon in 2024. In our conversation we discuss the messaging that’s working, how to effectively seed a new market, and the trends he’s seeing in the market today. For more information on North Italia,

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00:02:55

Bonus Episode: The True Purpose of Social Media

FULL COMP: The Voice of the Restaurant Industry... ·

2023/12/17

As you know, I've coached hundreds of restaurateurs to scale profitability through effective marketing and optimizing operations. These bonus episodes serve as mini-coaching sessions where I provide you with quick lessons to help you achieve the same amazing results without spending a dollar on marketing and advertising. Enjoy! __________________________________________________________ Full Comp is brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for

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00:37:57

Robin Gagnon on buying the perfect restaurant

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2023/12/15

I don’t believe there’s anything more vital to the success of an independent restaurant than the location we choose. Defining the perfect location has become even more complicated in recent years and that’s why I reached out to today’s guest, Robin Gagnon. Robin is a restaurant real estate expert and today she shares the best practices and mistakes to avoid when it comes to choosing, leasing, and selling a restaurant in today’s tough environment. To learn more about Robin and her company, visit

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00:32:42

Michael Chon & Samuel Kim on building a productive...

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2023/12/12

More often than not, when outsiders decide to become restaurant owners, the results are disastrous but there is so much to learn from those rare success stories. Today we sit down with Michael Chon, a businessman turned restaurant man and his culinary director Chef Samuel Kim to discuss what they’ve done better than most, what they’ve learned along the way, and what they’re planning to achieve next. For more information on their restaurant group, visit

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00:03:09

Bonus Episode: Where They Decide

FULL COMP: The Voice of the Restaurant Industry... ·

2023/12/10

As you know, I've coached hundreds of restaurateurs to scale profitability through effective marketing and optimizing operations. These bonus episodes serve as mini-coaching sessions where I provide you with quick lessons to help you achieve the same amazing results without spending a dollar on marketing and advertising. Enjoy! __________________________________________________________ Full Comp is brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for

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00:34:18

Karen Akunowicz on the linear path to success

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2023/12/08

What are you chasing? Is it the money, the fame, or maybe the acclaim that comes with being a successful restaurant owner? Deep down, I think we all know that if we follow our passions, we’ll get all three. Few stories illustrate this more beautifully than today’s guest Chef Karen Akunowicz. In our conversation, she shares her evolution from chef to restaurateur and how momentum is as much an asset as it is a liability. For more information on the chef and her concepts, visit

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