Room For Seconds
Hosted by Sam Stanovich and Chicago Sam and Justin Egan and Josh Halpern · Sam Stanovich
5.0from 8 ratings
- 76
- Episodes
- 19
- Transcribed
- 8
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 39K
- YouTube views
About Room For Seconds
Building a successful franchise requires a map, but scaling one requires a GPS. Whether you just signed your first agreement or you’re managing a growing multi-unit portfolio, Franchise GPS is your bi-weekly roadmap to operational excellence. Hosted by industry veteran Sam Stanovich, this podcast drops twice a month to deliver raw, unscripted conversations with real-world operators, multi-unit owners, and industry innovators who are actively in the trenches. We bypass corporate fluff to bring you actionable playbooks on what it actually takes to run a profitable business—from mastering local marketing and managing food costs to building high-performing teams and leveraging data. Hit subscribe to get the real strategies, hard-learned lessons, and operational nuggets you need to navigate your business toward long-term growth. New episodes release every other Monday.
- Publisher
- Sam Stanovich
- Category
- business · business · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 Mar 2024
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
19 of 76 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
5 Essential Lessons in Franchising with Paul Samson | Franchise GPS | Ep. 11
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Taming Restaurant IT & AI Chaos with Andy Freivogel | Franchise GPS | Ep. 10
7 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Fresh Brothers + Wing It On: SoCal’s Best Pizza Meets America’s Best Wings | Franchise GPS | Ep. 9
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5 Essential Lessons in Franchising with Paul Samson | Franchise GPS | Ep. 11
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's not going to get you into media. It's not going to get you on billboards. You don't have enough to spend. You have $2,400 a month. You're going to get the flyer or Valpac. That's it. So the clustering of those units help the incident rate. Every time a store opens, it helps the stores around it in a geotarget. […]
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- Paul Samson
- Andy Freivogel
- Matt Ensero
- Robert Riddle
- Alexis Gillette
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 38,806
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 5 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 3 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100
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- Quality
- 71
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 32
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Who hosts Room For Seconds?
Sam Stanovich and Chicago Sam and Justin Egan and Josh Halpern host the show. Published by Sam Stanovich.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Room For Seconds take guests?
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