Proof / Restaurant365 · Ongoing Partnership
Since early 2025 we have produced Restaurant365's podcast, filmed Truth Studies on location with their customers, and covered the events where their buyers gather. Each format feeds the next, and all of it is built from operators describing their own businesses in their own words.
Podcast · Truth Studies · Events
One day on location with a Restaurant365 customer. Real operators, on camera, in their own words.
Format 01 · The Show
"This podcast is about more than margins and metrics. It's about the people behind the data."
Behind the Numbers is Restaurant365's podcast. It is hosted by two of their own people, Solutions Architect Marc Cohen and Lead Solutions Engineer Rich Sweeney, who sit down with the finance and operations leaders behind some of the best-run restaurant companies in the country. The conversations are about how those leaders actually run the business: close calendars, food cost, labor, technology, and the people who make the numbers happen.
We handle production from the recording through delivery. Every episode ships as a finished video and audio episode with a cold open, a set of social clips cut in four aspect ratios, a full transcript, and a written content package Restaurant365 publishes on its own blog and channels.
"The systems are only as good as the people executing them."
Guests have included
Format 02 · Truth Studies
Fast casual · Southern California · founded 2012 in Temecula
Back-office labor cut in half, and more than $100,000 a year found through vendor contract analysis.
"We've had alerts flag things like a $10,000 overcharge on a single beef invoice. Without that, it might never have been caught."
Figures and quote as published by Restaurant365.
Coffee · 160+ locations · filmed in Arizona
Inventory counts across every store, with variance held near one percent.
"Our process before inventory or R365 was pretty much nothing."
Fast casual · 110 locations in 17 states
General manager admin time cut by 50 percent, and inventory counts down from six hours to two or three.
"The industry is complicated enough without adding unnecessary complexity through inadequate technology."
Multi-concept group · Baltimore · filmed April 1, 2026
About $200,000 saved in food cost and about $100,000 in labor.
"Restaurant365 helped us to save approximately $200,000 in food costs by managing our vendor spends."
Format 03 · Event Coverage
National Restaurant Association Show · 2025
Recorded live at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago. One of two episodes taped on the show floor that year, alongside a booth promo cut in three formats.
Restaurant Transformation Festival · San Diego 2025
Restaurant365's own customer event in San Diego. We recorded two Behind the Numbers episodes on-site and interviewed the operators leading the workshops.
National Restaurant Association Show · 2026
Back at NRS in Chicago. A booth promo delivered in four ratios plus two more episodes recorded live: Smokey Mo's BBQ and The Big Biscuit.
In Their Words
"The systems are only as good as the people executing them."
"We've had alerts flag things like a $10,000 overcharge on a single beef invoice. Without that, it might never have been caught."
"It's changed the entire dynamic. Managers now know their numbers going into meetings and can focus on where the opportunities are."
"They want to learn. We show them why it matters, and they take ownership from there."
What Shipped
34 finished episodes of Behind the Numbers, recorded remotely and live at events.
Cold opens and social clips from every episode, delivered in square, vertical, and widescreen.
Transcripts, blog recaps, YouTube copy, and show notes for every episode.
One day on location per customer, from Southern California to Baltimore.
Paid-ready clips cut from every study, formatted for every feed.
Booth promos, paid ad sets, and live episodes from the show floor.
Cover art, host photography, intro, and a 15-second show promo.
In The Wild
