The real money is in the boring stuff

Most owners I talk to want to automate something cool, but the real money is hiding in the boring stuff. The spreadsheet. Your to-do list, if you like to rearrange it every day. That can be automated. Month-end books that eat a whole weekend.

I read that there's a franchise here in Canada with five restaurant locations, and by using automation with AI they were able to save 500 hours a year. Can you imagine? 500 hours. How much of your staff is that?

Start with time

Most owners haven't even started. You should start with time, not tasks. For the next two weeks, write down where your time goes, and then start to cut.