Restaurant Unstoppable with Eric Cacciatore
Aug 3, 2026 · 1 hr 55 min · 19 segments
Robert Sloop is the CEO of Kaizen Management, LLC, a consulting firm that helps restaurant operators improve financial performance, operations, and tech stack…
Robert SloopGuestEric CacciatoreHost
I mean, crazy stuff, you know? Uh, that was before the liquor liability laws changed in '82.
When, when that happened, I turned back to Wall Street [laughs] and, and worked private equity and was CFO of five institutional hedge funds.
I, I remember having a conversation with a celebrity chef one time, and he said to me, "Bob, you got an MBA in finance.
What the hell are you doing in the restaurant industry?" And I kind of smiled at him, 'cause we were friends, and I said, "Because they need the most help."
... you know, even in '97 when I started to become internal as a CFO of, like, five different restaurant groups- Working 80 hours a week for 10% just didn't sit well in my head.
One half of it is retail, the other half is manufacturing, and all of it has to meet on the, you know, on the dock in Hong Kong at the same time.
So how long have you been toting this Kaizen business, like, model that you're-
I mean, crazy stuff, you know? Uh, that was before the liquor liability laws changed in '82.
When, when that happened, I turned back to Wall Street [laughs] and, and worked private equity and was CFO of five institutional hedge funds.
I, I remember having a conversation with a celebrity chef one time, and he said to me, "Bob, you got an MBA in finance.
What the hell are you doing in the restaurant industry?" And I kind of smiled at him, 'cause we were friends, and I said, "Because they need the most help."
... you know, even in '97 when I started to become internal as a CFO of, like, five different restaurant groups- Working 80 hours a week for 10% just didn't sit well in my head.
One half of it is retail, the other half is manufacturing, and all of it has to meet on the, you know, on the dock in Hong Kong at the same time.
So how long have you been toting this Kaizen business, like, model that you're-
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