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What if you could gain decades of operating experience in just an hour? All the ideas that you could instantly execute, the headaches and pitfalls you could avoid, not to mention the leg up on your competition. Stay tuned. The “key” is to listen to this episode and then run right out and join your state restaurant association. Today, I’m speaking with Mr. John Barker the President and C.E.O. of the Ohio State Restaurant Association. John is an industry veteran with an illustrious prior career in numerous positions with Wendy’s. Now he’s passionate about helping his members, restaurants and his students succeed. In this episode of the Restaurant RocksStars Podcast, we talked about: - the biggest challenges facing restaurants today - surrounding yourself with people that know what you don’t know - this is the only way how to open a restaurant and how to run a restaurant. - the controversy surrounding a “No-Tipping” policy - should your restaurant try this? - the importance of proper systems and knowing your numbers and costs - the bottom line on all the technology and restaurant software out there and so many more key-learnings and nuggets of industry wisdom There are so many reasons to join your state association, not to mention the benefits and R.O.I. It just makes sense to give your restaurant every advantage. Don’t miss this episode, then go run your own rock star restaurant! Roger https://restaurantrockstars.com/podcast/epsiode-159-decades-of-experience-and-advice-from-an-industry-veteran