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<title>NRN Podcast Central - People Who Know</title>
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<description>Foodservice News Delivered in Fresh New Ways - NRN Contributing Columnists</description>
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<title>Pricing and Partnership&#226;Two Ways to Grow Stronger in Tough Times</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The current economy has shaken the confidence of many operators, says training consultant, author and Nation's Restaurant News contributing columnist Jim Sullivan. Remembering the halcyon days of 2005 may bring comfort, but todayâs reality requires discipline and teamwork, he indicates. In this audio presentation, Sullivan argues itâs time to rethink menu pricing and offers ideas about how to better leverage the knowledge and resources of vendor and distributor partners.<br/><br type="_moz"/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>10 Fundamental Ways to Reduce Costs Without Sacrificing Value</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Training consultant, author and Nation's Restaurant News columnist Jim Sullivan says the foodservice industry is getting to be &quot;tough as a woodpecker's lips.&quot; That makes it the perfect time to remember that while building sales is the No. 1 way to reduce costs, as a percentage of sales, operators should not forget the value of effective strategies for reducing actual costs. He offers up here some fiscal fundamentals to review and execute with your team in good times and bad.<br/><br/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Jim Sullivan's Addition by Subtraction</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Restaurant managers often choose the path of least resistance when addressing performance issues. As a result, the wrong people stay on the team too long, driving away the right people and driving down profits. In this episode based on his column in Nation's Restaurant News, training educator and author Jim Sullivan talks about Addition by Subtraction.<br/><br type="_moz"/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 9 Jun 2008 22:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Truth About Talent Versus the Labor Challenge</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Training educator and consultant Jim Sullivan says. &quot;Like a bad check, the 'labor' problem keeps coming back to dog our industry. Why? Quite simply, our chickens have come home to roost.&quot; In this episode based on his column in Nation's Restaurant News Sullivan offers up &quot;a short history lesson that serves as a cautionary tale&quot; as well as &quot;possible solutions.&quot;
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<category>Education</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Is Flat the New Up?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Jim Sullivan, a Nation's Restaurant News contributing columnist, shares what he heard from readers/listeners about his use of the &quot;R&quot; word last month. He also cites ways to better weather this challenging economic environment - no matter how you choose to describe it.
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<pubDate>Mon, 7 Apr 2008 01:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>What To Do-Waiting on the Recession</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Jim Sullivan, a Nation's Restaurant News contributing columnist, offers up ideas about what operators can do to improve their lot while riding out the latest economic turbulence.
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<category>Labor</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Getting Around Restaurant Sales Roadblocks </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Jim Sullivan, a Nation's Restaurant News contributing columnist, lays out 10 roadblocks to service - the invisible but key product offered by restaurants - and presents a map that can get operators around them.<a href="http://www.sullivision.com "><img border="0" align="right" src="http://nrnpods.podshowcreator.com/mediaserver/enclosureRedirect.jpg?item_id=539A0E76666D48E29C6A97792E4B86AB"/></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Multiunit Managers and High-Impact Visits</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Nation's Restaurant News contributing columnist Jim Sullivan talks about the ways multiunit managers, or MUMs, can heighten the impact of their visits to the restaurants for which they are responsible.<a href="http://www.sullivision.com "><img border="0" align="right" src="http://nrnpods.podshowcreator.com/mediaserver/enclosureRedirect.jpg?item_id=539A0E76666D48E29C6A97792E4B86AB"/></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mediocrity-Monkey See, Monkey Do</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Nation's Restaurant News contributing columnist Jim Sullivan presents, &quot;The Root of Mediocrity is Monkey See, Monkey Do.&quot;
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jim Sullivan's 'Creative Time Management'</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nation's Restaurant News contributing columnist Jim Sullivan and his position on what constitutes &quot;Creative Time Management for Foodservice Professionals.&quot;<br/><br type="_moz"/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>21 Ways to Build Same-Store Sales</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Nation's Restaurant News contributing columnist Jim Sullivan presents, &quot;Twenty-One Ways to Build Same-Store Sales.&quot;
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Sep 2007 06:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Everything I Know, I Learned in the Dishroom</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Nation's Restaurant News contributing columnist Jim Sullivan presents, &quot;Everything I know, I learned in the dishroom.&quot;
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Fundamentals for Fighting High Prices/Costs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Nation's Restaurant News contributing columnist Jim Sullivan presents six fundamentals for fighting high prices and soaring costs.
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<pubDate>Sun, 8 Jul 2007 20:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Jim Sullivan's 'The Seven Stages of High Performing Multi-Unit Leaders'</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Human resources management and training consultant, writer and speaker Jim Sullivan, of http://www.sullivision.com, addresses multi-unit managers and what separates the good ones from the placeholders.<br/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 22:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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