274. This Fast Casual Restaurant Crushed It During Covid - WaBa Grill

Any restaurant that increased sales 40% when the pandemic first hit, and then broke their all-time sales record for year-end 2020, deserves our attention! What are they doing? What can WE learn from them to be more successful in our own place? Give a listen to this week’s Restaurant Rockstar’s Podcast. I’m speaking with Mark Finnegan of WaBa Grill, a 200 unit fast casual restaurant in California and Nevada. This concept’s tagline is “Eat Smart, Be Healthy” and their salad and rice bowl menu (where guests pick their protein, grain, veggies, and sauce) is striking a chord with the dining public. Learn as Mark shares with us: - Why WaBa grill was named of the “Top 500” Performing Chains by Nation’s Restaurant News - The must have technology now and for the post-pandemic future - How Company Culture is one “key” to your Restaurant’s True Success - Labor Crisis Best Practices - Powerful Marketing through the “WaBa Rewards” digital APP - How to maintain consistency of quality and guest experience in 2 locations or 200 And much more, so don’t miss this episode. ROCK Your Restaurant! Roger The Restaurant Rockstars Academy – The Ultimate Start-up & Management Courses. Everything you need to know to crush it in the restaurant business: https://restaurantrockstars.com/pricing/ Thank you to our sponsors: Sysco - https://www.sysco.com/ 7shifts – Get 3 Months of Industry Leading Labor Management for FREE: https://www.7shifts.com/restaurantrockstars