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OPERATIONS February 18, 2026

Restaurants Are Spending Tech Budgets on the Wrong Thing

The NRA's 2026 report says 60% of restaurants are investing in customer-facing tech. But with 2.8% margins, that's backwards. Here's where the real ROI is — and the $216K in savings to prove it.

MARKETING February 8, 2026

I Spent $2,570 on Print Ads and Got 13 Page Views

Then I spent the same on Google Ads and got 47 qualified leads. Here's the full breakdown of what happened when I finally killed our print advertising budget.