Even talking to guests about Maple Street. Because initially they were like, You just messed up my life. And I actually bring to the community leaders by level of risk. And so many accolades came out there at ten. And that was always Sandys posture about it as well. To me, for them its just a transaction, right? Because your people are not just driven by monetary benefits because you look at those change process, if you dont keep that mission core of who you are, its going to devalue the brand. I mean some of the slowest pace weve ever had. And we did 10 months in the first store. Maple Streets built in an unusual way. And it came with when we opened up the first location, they should have failed. Its what we had to do to make it work then. So the reason that my grocery career ended is they got bought out by a private equity group. I wondered, maybe theyre been a pause on that. I think we still can do that better and were trying to find more and more vehicles which communicate to people and keep them connected. But whats really most exciting about that is, its not like we just had one community leader doing well. I was an elder in the church. And if I was going to be the CEO, I had to get myself ready. And it just told me the brand was building the same way. And the question is okay, whats our growth story? And prides one of those. Maple Street Biscuit Company. Itll be so inspiring to read that. And he asked me that because Maple Street had done so well. To think through what are the motivations in my life. Theyre going to ask themselves, is it easier and cheaper for us to simply compete with your business? The community came around in such a way we didnt need to. I mean for people who have been in one of your community locations. And the next one is, wait until separated. And so when it came time to even name Maple Street as a company, I sent out to all those 40 people a bunch of different names. Youve had it but you never had it that way before. And so I read the stories of people who had been there and theyd done it and the experiences they went through and the things that they got wrong. But they hadnt really moved on them in the last year. And so after the transaction, I announced were going to change our model, go to here. So you get up to that level, you know what your boss wants you to do. They were the ones who were going to make this happen, if it was going to happen. So I started out with the first store, I paid for it myself. And so there was this modern twist that would make us a destination. MAKE And our communitys been so great to help us to go do that. This business itself doesnt run it on autopilot. Then I did a second P&L that said, hey if this thing really took off, would it even be worth it? And so Maple Street has such a strong brand and is that people, when they find out that Im the CEO of Maple Street, their first response typically is, Man, Ive been in there, I love that food.. Yeah. Well go through this process. What I can say is, Piper said, when we came to the final deal, they thought it was a very fair offer, based on the market that were in. But to answer the question as, we had did the first two stores as a proof of concept. I can tell you, the way I did my analysis on how we could make this work was, I have spent months going to restaurants who are open the same hours we are. Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) Database. I guess I always assumed that would be the way it was. And this is whats crazy too. But I dont want to have to worry when they come here. And we have this community question that we ask. Be A Part of the Community. So they let you use the resources that they bring to the table. Mariel in fourth and Chatanooga and testing those questions is, my wife knows this is true, meaning that I just dont know how to stop. 30-year career in the grocery business. This is not about Scott. Thats not what I wanted to do. How did conversations go from there? It currently has 28 company-owned and five franchised fast casual locations across seven states. And I did offer, when the team and I said were going to go do this and the way we did it, everybody got to participate in some way. Ive got time, Ill go figure it out. And it was just going to be helping somebody in their life. I do it because its always a learning thing. With that said, this is one of the beauties of the way Cracker Barrel has partnered in its acquisition. So community leaders, we give them the opportunity to tell their story. Well I appreciate you sharing the story with me. Theres two things I talk to the team about all the time is, what can go wrong, how good can we be? And so I had a pretty good feeling of what it meant to not lose money and how to make that work in new stores. What impact did getting rid of the loan have on your own personal psyche? We take a fresh goat cheese medallion and we take some special breading on it and we put it on the grill. martin guitar service center; white stuff in bottom of canned green beans creamy wild rice mushroom soup Thats all we were going to hire was three people. And for me, it was my whole MBA. And Scott, give me a sense of whats going on for you personally at the time. But she had grown in her belief that I could go do this. At what point did the conversation into the nine month quoting process go from you buying their stores, to the opposite. And in this course, I teach my team, youre either moving up the levels or youre moving down the levels. Serve Others. And then it has a community leader still have half the day left to go enjoy the day. And so I wanted everybody to get rewarded. And so we tried it, put it together, it was like perfect. And you have to listen to it and consider it. So for us to add this diligence was significant. Cracker Barrel didn't just buy a biscuit company. And Im like, okay. We have our own breading which has a good crunch and a little bit of spice to it. But they basically have the same menu. The food giant acquired the comfort food restaurant because they were convinced of its strong potential for growth. And the growth or the bank, was that secured against the business? Theyre just hot dogs and fries but you go there, its The Varsity. And we were quite a Jacksonville story and I had to know, are we just a Jacksonville story, or can we go somewhere else? It was called Holler and Dash. Yeah, internally we actually call it family members. The company quickly took off after Crumpton landed a prominent blue-chip client. Theyre calling out things back to this open kitchen and youre seeing all that happen in the kitchen. How to Sell a Consulting Business for 12 X EBITDA (Without an Earn-Out). And then I had to walk them through what we had been trying to do and how we want to live out our mission. Theyll make your food. It was about a year ago. They direct stuff. The community leader and assistant community leader. The concept is based on delivering a unique guest experience involving comfort food with a modern twist and gracious service. But a bank wasnt going to do it unless I did. Ill get the sausage and cheese omelet, like potatoes, cup of coffee and Im good to go. Ive got to figure out whats going on. Level four is act and advise immediately. 10 X Earnings By Future Proofing Your Buyer. And so they understand what the comparables are out there, the strength of the brand, what value net brought to it and the good will. And if our actions that we show grace to other people, if our actions match up to that, people start to connect those dots. So our fourth principle for us, is being a sustainable business. Yeah, theirs was a multiple of EBIDTA. They type that up and they can put it online. And so, he rightfully asked the questions to challenge me. You earn a percentage of the profits for doing this well. She was living out of her car and she has a screenshot of her checking account where she had four dollars and fifty three cents to her name. We call them family members internally, its because I tell them, I want them to understand were in this life together. They didnt know everything that I knew about, if were going to serve more communities, what that would look like. But when I first started out with this, that was my fourth principle because they said this, Sustainable for us means at least this, dont lose money. nishigandha wad education; dylan michael edmonds AMBASSADOR Make all our comfort food with a modern twist from scratch! The question, how good can we be, I can tell you, we can be a lot better. So we want people to say this, John. Analysis of what other transactions that happened in the last few years in similar spaces we are in. We need a few more. Wed immediately have a growth story. Help people, serve others, be a part of the community. As it turns out, the gamble paid off when the restaurant chain Cracker Barrel acquired Maple Street in November 2019 for $36 million in an all-cash transaction. Make all our comfort food with a modern twist from scratch! Ive done my time. And see for us, its a little bit of a challenge because those things are important. Tell me about Maple Street. Have fun making things like Iced Americanos and Caramel Toffee Crunch Lattes! Hear his story on this weeks episode. You get to your outside voice to call out the answers to our monthly question to let guests know that their food is ready. Youre concerned about their concerns and they just give you freedom to go do it. The last company that brought me in, in an HR role and But going through those experiences provided me insights and learnings that when the time came I needed to go do something on my own, those lessons were very valuable. Because to me, theres thousands of counselors out there waiting to give you counsel and theyre in books. MAPLE STREET BISCUIT COMPANY - 68 Photos & 38 Reviews - 2061 Huguenot Rd, Richmond, VA - Yelp Restaurants Auto Services Maple Street Biscuit Company 38 reviews Claimed Breakfast & Brunch Edit Open 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM Hours updated 1 month ago See hours See all 68 photos Write a review Add photo Menu Popular dishes Sticky Maple 2 Photos 2 Reviews To ensure the business could succeed without him, Zorgdrager implemented a four-step system to replace himself as the rainmaker of his company. One mission, four principles. Love it, love it. And I took those numbers and I created three P&Ls. And ask them if theyd put it in the dirty dishpan. No. And I walked outside and I called the gentleman who is our accountant and I said, Hey, I know youre planning to do my taxes at the end of the year for they business but I need reports today. Maple Street Biscuit Company is a community store that serves breakfast, brunch, and lunch style. They moved the headquarters last year from co-work space Downtown to Orange Park. Yeah, I always have this phrase John would say, Make it easy to do right, hard to do wrong. When we built the model, I wanted to build it so that it was easy to execute against it. What are the seven levels, just real quick go from the bottom, up to the top. Another one is, gracious service. One, they have more leaders they can depend on in their store. Thats awesome. I mean if we doubled what we thought we would do in sales, is it really going to be, this is a great thing? . Yum! I came up with this idea that Cracker Barrel had these Holler and Dash biscuit houses that they had started four years ago. Because we were only talking about one store at that time. And we did that strategically, as that there are other people who kind of want to play in this space. And our analysis after we did it is that we can go serve in a lot more communities but were going to need help to go do this. Did it keep me from sleeping at times? One was, we did what we call these joint venture partnerships is that for individuals would bring capital to the table, basically 150 thousand dollars. Three years later, JurisPage had service contracts with more than 200 law firms when they got a call from Uptime Legal, an Inc. 5000 business specializing in technology and practice management software for law firms. Be quick and accurate plating our comfort food with a modern twist that guests will be sure to Instagram! And then, as were going to market, Hypers trying to help us figure that out. About a year ago though, our lead ambassador, chief people officer and I realized we needed a more sustainable leadership model. But its our fresh made biscuit. At the same time, they wanted us to be reminded of this. That was for us, quite an accolade. I dont know what theyre doing every day, every week. Really quite a thing. And John, I dont remember. Andy Cabasso co-founded JurisPage, a marketing agency specializing in helping law firms in 2013. And so we built the kitchen as a flex for the very first one, we built is so if the sales were so low, we could only have one person would do the whole thing. Because at the end of the day, the acquirers going to make a very simple calculation. something else. ensure everyone is living out our mission and our principles, and that the business is profitable. And what were they playing out. What Do You Need From The Sale Of Your Business? I dont get it. I dont know that. Last question. Maple Street Biscuit Company has targeted AUVs of $1.0+ million and targeted store-level EBITDA of 17%+ of net sales. And thats a lesson that my friend Scott Moore learned. But now were operating as a free business. You get freedom My team, my executive team, they go do good. And we talked about what this meant to them individually. And restaurants fail even at a faster pace. Masseys Pizza, Columbus' oldest pizzeria has been making the perfect pizza taste since 1949. And that she believed in me enough Because the house is important to her. He has in there five levels of initiative and freedoms. And the reason that was, when we first started out, that church or that pastor I said challenged me didnt have a lead teaching pastor. Two that had been part of it and I wanted to talk to ahead of time, to get them up to speed. And how do you reconcile in your own mind, the trade offs of continuing to run as an entrepreneurial leader in a bigger company. Thats what we wanted to do. Welcome our guest into your community store, romance our food, help new guests through the Maple Street experience, and take guest orders. In fact, thats right. The word ambassador. I have a video that every new team member watches, where I make a promise that this will be a safe place. We taught her how to run a community store. You had this entrepreneurial experience. And our guests were telling us, Cant you open on Sunday? They know the experience. And so the Squawking Goat ended up, but it was originally was whats called The Squawk On The Street. Nobody else on the team, shareholders, executives, had ever signed for anything ever. And we realized if were going to go do this, we need the right partner to help us to do it. And I sent it back to them and said, Well, overwhelmingly this is what everybody says but Im not sure I can find a location on Maple Street for our location.. We only had two leaders in the store because thats what we could pay for. 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