{"podcast":{"title":"Thrive: Leadership Skills for C-Store Managers","slug":"thrive-leadership-skills-for-c-store-managers-6571871","podcast_index_feed_id":6571871,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/thrive-2008e3a0-c315-46ae-81b2-a3756f77b56e","website_url":"https://www.cstorethrive.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lp75XrAQFySgoYFCBgsSeDn7w9ykc-_FxoWkZHh53uE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85YTUz/NzllYTU3MzYyNzll/YjM0YTUyNzEzMzIx/ZWQ2OC5wbmc.jpg","author":"Michael Hernandez","episode_count":101,"summary":"This podcast is designed for convenience store managers who are responsible for leading teams, driving performance, and maintaining store standards. Each episode focuses on leadership, accountability, communication, and the systems that keep a store running successfully. Managing a store requires more than completing tasks. Thrive breaks down how to develop employees, improve execution, manage performance, and create a culture that delivers consistent results. If you are responsible for a store and want to strengthen your leadership skills while improving operations, this podcast provides practical guidance you can use every day.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T10:19:50.972769+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thrive-leadership-skills-for-c-store-managers-6571871"},"episode":{"title":"FOOD SERVICE EXECUTION (ENGINEERING THE PREPARATION QUANTITIES)","slug":"food-service-execution-engineering-the-preparation-quantities","published_at":"2026-05-30T00:42:55+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thrive-leadership-skills-for-c-store-managers-6571871/food-service-execution-engineering-the-preparation-quantities","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thrive-leadership-skills-for-c-store-managers-6571871","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/635de532","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/635de532/5c77066e.mp3","summary":"SHOW NOTES (THRIVE VERSION) Episode Title: Food Service Execution: Engineering the Preparation Quantities (Episode 98) Episode Description: \"You failed because you incentivized your staff to hide physical waste, which directly resulted in your customers purchasing severely degraded and unsafe food.\" In this episode of Thrive, Mike Hernandez explains why Store Managers must stop demanding zero waste and start mathematically calculating exactly how much food the staff is permitted to prepare. What You Will Learn: Mike's Professional Background: Why prioritizing a zero-waste log over food safety completely destroys the consumer's trust in the facility. The Retaliation Failure: How penalizing staff for discarding food directly forces them to serve expired, hardened products to your customers. The Engineering Protocol: The exact mathematical procedure for using your electronic transaction journal to calculate hourly preparation charts. The Managerial Mandate: Why you must explicitly instruct your staff that recording a small, calculated amount of waste is actually a sign of successful operational execution. Resources & Links: Download the Food Preparation Engineering Calculator: Text the code word THRIVE98 to 9 5 6 - 8 9 7 - 9 1 9 2 . Recommended Listen: Drive: Episode 89. Watch the Channel: Check out the YouTube channel and subscribe at @cStoreCenter .","meta_description":"SHOW NOTES (THRIVE VERSION) Episode Title: Food Service Execution: Engineering the Preparation Quantities (Episode 98) Episode Description: \"You failed be…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":322,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thrive-leadership-skills-for-c-store-managers-6571871/episodes/food-service-execution-engineering-the-preparation-quantities/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thrive-leadership-skills-for-c-store-managers-6571871/food-service-execution-engineering-the-preparation-quantities.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}