Insights and tactics from our best and brightest

The Restaurant Growth Podcast
by 7shifts

The Restaurant Growth Podcast by 7shifts brings together restaurant leaders from all corners of our industry: full-service, quick-service, tech, and everyone who helps push hospitality forward. In short, 15- to 20-minute episodes, you’ll come away with practical tips, new insight, and tactics to help your restaurant grow.

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Meet the host

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I’m D.J.

7shifts resident Content Writer and the host of The Restaurant Growth Podcast. I come from a family of culinarians and I’ve spent my career immersed in the food and restaurant industry, first as an employee and then as a writer. I helped to launch the Restaurant Growth Podcast in 2021 to provide restaurant owners, managers, and workers with an easy-to-digest way to listen to advice from our industry’s best minds, Send me a note and let me know what you think of the show, and who you’d love to hear from.

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