About this episode

Shawn Walchef interviews Eric Knott about scaling Tiki Taco and the importance of operational systems.

On this episode of Digital Hospitality from Restaurant Leadership Conference in Phoenix, Shawn Walchef sits down with Eric Knott, CEO of Tiki Taco, to talk about scaling a growing restaurant brand, building the right tech stack, and why operators need better systems before they grow too fast.

People in this episode

Host: Shawn Walchef

Guest: Eric Knott

Topics covered

• restaurant branding
• operational consistency
• technology in restaurants
• scaling businesses
• restaurant systems

Keywords

• Tiki Taco
• operational consistency
• restaurant technology
• scaling
• restaurant systems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tiki Taco, Restaurant Leadership Conference

Places: Phoenix

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