Modern Solutions for Modern Restaurants
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Podcast Overview
<p>Modern Solutions for Modern Restaurants is the go-to podcast for restaurant tech founders and revenue leaders who want to win. Hosted by Paul Molinari of <a href="https://popcorngtm.com/">Popcorn GTM</a>, this show is your filter in a market flooded with 1,500+ tech vendors and AI-powered hype. Paul gets down to brass tacks, talking with the sharpest minds in the business to uncover strategies that actually move the needle. If you’re serious about growth, you’re in the right place. Let’s get into it.</p>
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July 21, 2026
The Delivery Tax Stack: How Third-Party Apps Crush Restaurant Profit (and What to Do)
Paul Molinari breaks down the true cost of third-party delivery by framing fees as a “delivery tax stack”: (1) commissions that can cut a restaurant’s profit dramatically (with mid-2026 tiers ranging roughly 15–30% across DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub, and effective costs often reaching 35–45% after packaging, processing, promos, and refunds), (2) “marketing reclassification,” highlighted by New York City’s post-2025 fee structure allowing up to 43% total with itemized buckets including a capped 5% marketing/visibility charge, and (3) the acquisition value apps can provide (e.g., 37% of consumers discover restaurants via apps and 55% of DoorDash first-time orders come from browsing). He argues most operators don’t measure CAC or contribution margin by channel, urges itemizing delivery costs internally, and recommends using marketplaces for discovery while converting customers to direct ordering to reduce ongoing channel costs.
July 8, 2026
QR Menus Won. Your Guests Hate Them.
The QR code menu won the adoption war and lost the popularity contest. Roughly 75% of restaurants use them. In a blind survey of 850 diners, exactly 1% called them their favorite way to view a menu. This week, Paul puts the sticker on trial. First, an honest steel-man for the code: $5K a year in printing savings, 30-second menu updates, first-party data at the moment of decision, and a 15% lift in table turnover from QR payments. Then the case for the human: the survey data showing half of guests say QR menus make the night worse, proof that even 86% of Gen Z wants the phone to go away, and the swordfish story that shows why a server with a story is the highest-converting sales channel a restaurant owns. No ad spend. No CAC. Three feet from the buyer. The verdict is a framework, not a side: code does logistics, people do meaning. Plus where the line falls for culture-driven brands like Slutty Vegan versus legacy chains, the P&L trap that hides loyalty erosion, and the one stat that proves even the QR code needs a human to sell it. Homework: walk your dining room this week, watch the first sixty seconds at three tables, and decide on purpose what your opening scene should be. Modern Solutions for Modern Restaurants is hosted by Paul Molinari, founder of Popcorn GTM, on the Savor FM Network. More at popcorngtm.com.
June 22, 2026
Weed Drinks in Restaurants: The 5-Month Clock, the Money, and the Tech Gap
The National Restaurant Association just asked Congress for a two-year delay on a federal ban that could wipe out a $1.6B opportunity for restaurants. Paul Molinari breaks down the THC beverage story hiding in plain sight: a November 12, 2026 deadline, thin margins pushing operators toward low-dose THC drinks as alcohol alternatives, and a tech and insurance gap nobody's built for yet. The clock, the money, and the gap. Modern Solutions for Modern Restaurants.
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- What is Modern Solutions for Modern Restaurants?
<p>Modern Solutions for Modern Restaurants is the go-to podcast for restaurant tech founders and revenue leaders who want to win. Hosted by Paul Molinari of <a href="https://popcorngtm.com/">Popcorn GTM</a>, this show is your filter in a market flooded with 1,500+ tech vendors and AI-powered hype. Paul gets down to brass tacks, talking with the sharpest minds in the business to uncover strategies that actually move the needle. If you’re serious about growth, you’re in the right place. Let’s get into it.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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