
A Deeper Dive
Restaurant Business Magazine
4.8from 98 ratings
- 427
- Episodes
- 142
- Transcribed
- 98
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 450K
- YouTube views
About A Deeper Dive
“A Deeper Dive” is a weekly podcast from Restaurant Business dedicated to going in-depth on the most pressing challenges and opportunities restaurant operators face today. Each Wednesday, our audience will hear from restaurant industry leaders – from Chipotle to Pincho Factory and Firehouse Subs to McDonald’s. Host Jonathan Maze deep dives into hot topics, from delivery to discounting and marketing to menu, giving operators the latest information and solutions to drive their businesses. Subscribe now! Restaurant Business: https://www.restaurantbusinessonlin
- Publisher
- Restaurant Business Magazine
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Jun 2018
- Latest episode
- 30 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
142 of 427 episodes have a transcript.

30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why independent restaurants are winning right now

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Why independent restaurants are winning right now
Published 30 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I mean, the perception among local restaurants is it's local, even though a lot of chain restaurants are franchised and they are also locally owned, but they don't get that perception. I think people would prefer spending money with people that are in their neighborhood that they know their small business that they do doing more good by doing that. And they also have a higher quality perception. which means to the consumer that your local restaurant is a higher value even if it costs more. So $100 meal at a local restaurant to the consumer is more valuable than $100 meal at a chain. Right. And that's what I was referring to as well in terms of just the value proposition of an independent is that's baked into what you think the value is, right? […]
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- Rich Shank
- Mark Davis
- Lisa Miller
- Iwona Alter
- Mark Wasilefsky
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 450,345
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 74 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 24 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 93 / 100
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- Quality
- 96
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 92
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