Restaurant Unstoppable
Eric Cacciatore
What do the most successful entrepreneurs know, that you don't? Today's most successful Restaurateurs and Restaurant Professionals sharing tips and insights 2-days weekly to help make your restaurant dreams unstoppable! Listen as our guest explain what it takes to be successful in the restaurant industry. We'll discuss topic on how to lead, manage and market a successful restaurant. Join us at RestaurantUnstoppable.com to find show notes which recap all books, services, resources and tools…
Recent Episodes
1284: Restaurant Profit Breakthroughs with Robert Sloop: AI, Kaizen, Tech Stack Implementation, and Fractional CFO Support
Aug 3, 2026Robert Sloop, CEO of Kaizen Management LLC, discusses the broken 1905-era restaurant business model that relies on owner presence, unsustainable hours (70-90+ per week), and thin margins (10% or less). He traces the evolution of restaurant software from Micros/Remax/Real World through Compete, Radar, and Restaurant 365, explaining how consolidation and poor implementation limit operator success. Sloop advocates for the Kaizen continuous improvement model paired with proper ERP systems, data-driven decision-making, and fractional CFO services to double EBITDA and restore profitability to independent operators.
1283: The No B.S. Tech Stack w/ Mike Bausch
Jul 27, 2026Mike Bausch, owner of Angelini's Worldwide restaurant group (12 locations, 7 brands) and founder of Unsliced, a digital coaching platform, discusses his no-nonsense approach to restaurant technology and marketing. The conversation covers website strategy, POS system selection, online ordering platforms, and the critical role of AI in modern restaurant operations, emphasizing authentic content creation and data ownership over outsourced solutions.
1282: Cutting Your Software Cost in Half (or more!) with Albert Sanchez, CEO of HotShift
Jul 20, 2026Albert Sanchez, founder and CEO of HotShift, returns to discuss his journey building a comprehensive restaurant management platform that started as a gamification tool for beverage tracking and evolved into a full employee lifecycle management system covering hiring, training, scheduling, and performance metrics. Built using AI-powered no-code development, HotShift priced at $99/month aims to disrupt the restaurant technology industry by offering robust features at a fraction of legacy software costs, challenging the dominance of expensive enterprise solutions.
1281: Peter and Martha Pollay, co-founders of Mandara Hospitality Group
Jul 13, 20261280: Molly Irani, co-founder and Chief Culture Officer at Chai Pani Restaurant Group
Jul 6, 20261279: Jeff Tonidandel and Jamie Brown, co-owners of Tonidandel-Brown Restaurant Group
Jun 30, 20261278: Dan Simons, co-founder of Founding Farmers Restaurant Group
Jun 23, 20261277: Mike Cordero, chef/owner of Cordero Hospitality Group
Jun 16, 20261276: Greg Casten, co-owner of Fish & Fire Food Group
Jun 13, 20261275: Eric Eden, Restaurateur and Co-Owner of Garden Hospitality
Jun 1, 2026
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