As host of the television show Bar Rescue, Jon Taffer fixes other people's restaurants. But when he looked at the casual-dining sector more broadly, he saw signs of trouble:
"They're dinosaurs," he says of many brands that have been around for decades, "and I think they're facing extinction. All the Uber Eats in the world can't bail them out.”
It's why he created a franchise concept called Taffer's Tavern, which is designed for durability. The pandemic was, of course, a massive disruption for the restaurant industry, but Taffer says the problems go far beyond that. Labor has always been expensive and difficult. Consumers want lower-cost meals, even as supply costs are uncontrollable. Taffer's Tavern addresses them all with minimally staffed, robotic kitchens cooking vacuum-sealed food, and data-driven decisions everywhere.
The first unit opened outside Atlanta in 2020, and they currently have multi-unit franchise deals secured in Georgia, Northern and Central Florida, Washington, D.C., Boston, and Las Vegas. "This is my baby," he says. "Not only can I build immense value with this, but it could be a heck of a business model." Recently, Taffer spoke to Entrepreneur about the franchise industry, how he developed his concept, and why he believes all restaurateurs need to become more efficient.
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