{"podcast":{"title":"Make Restaurants Profitable","slug":"make-restaurants-profitable-7428493","podcast_index_feed_id":7428493,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2589557.rss","website_url":"http://www.foodiecoaches.com/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/wq0scmg7kl3yz8ua2amlf8rsnuzw?.jpg","author":"Foodie Coaches","episode_count":58,"summary":"1 in 4 restaurants ran at a loss last year.And if you’re honest?You’ve probably felt just one bad month away from being part of that stat.I’ve recorded a few episodes for this podcast now and after speaking with some of the best restaurant owners in Australia … nearly every single one of them has been through the same stuff that you’re facing right now.Whether it's finding staff, 80 hour weeks, rising supplier costs, struggling to balance family, no money left to pay yourself, fires, floods … you name it - the guests I’ve spoken to have seen it all.Some of them are now industry leaders and experts, with successful restaurants, franchises, turning over millions in revenue, and even stocking their products in supermarketsThis podcast is about what really made the difference.The stuff no one talks about.The mindset shifts, the messy moments, and the moves that actually worked.So if you’re: Sick of grinding with nothing to show for it Ready to finally pay yourself properly Wanting a business that runs without you there 24/7Then this is for you.Every week, we’ll break down how to make restaurants profitable againNot just with theory, but real strategies that are working right now.If yo…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T10:20:27.996129+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-restaurants-profitable-7428493"},"episode":{"title":"He Was Ready to Sell. Now He's at 267% Profit Growth: Brad Fitzgibbons on Saving His Own Pub","slug":"he-was-ready-to-sell-now-he-s-at-267-profit-growth-brad-fitzgibbons-on-saving-his-own-pub","published_at":"2026-07-14T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-restaurants-profitable-7428493/he-was-ready-to-sell-now-he-s-at-267-profit-growth-brad-fitzgibbons-on-saving-his-own-pub","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-restaurants-profitable-7428493","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2589557/episodes/19415376-he-was-ready-to-sell-now-he-s-at-267-profit-growth-brad-fitzgibbons-on-saving-his-own-pub.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2589557/episodes/19415376-he-was-ready-to-sell-now-he-s-at-267-profit-growth-brad-fitzgibbons-on-saving-his-own-pub.mp3","summary":"Brad Fitzgibbons is the fourth generation of Fitzgibbons in the family pub trade. His parents handed him and his sister Anita the keys to Fitzy's Toowoomba — a 25-year-old iconic Queensland venue with restaurants, bars, gaming and retail across one massive site. By late 2021 he was running the whole thing into the ground. Trading was a mess. He was pouring drinks behind the bar to save $30 an hour. He'd hidden the numbers from his own team for so long that when his hotel manager finally fou...","meta_description":"Brad Fitzgibbons is the fourth generation of Fitzgibbons in the family pub trade. His parents handed him and his sister Anita the keys to Fitzy's Toowoomb…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2488,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/make-restaurants-profitable-7428493/episodes/he-was-ready-to-sell-now-he-s-at-267-profit-growth-brad-fitzgibbons-on-saving-his-own-pub/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-restaurants-profitable-7428493/he-was-ready-to-sell-now-he-s-at-267-profit-growth-brad-fitzgibbons-on-saving-his-own-pub.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}