Take-Away with Sam Oches

Nation's Restaurant News

Hosted by Nation’s Restaurant News’ editor in chief, Take-Away with Sam Oches features interviews with CEOs and founders of restaurant companies big and small, sharing their stories and ideas for the future but also real, tangible insights for how to innovate in our foodservice future. Each episode of Take-Away with Sam Oches provides key take-aways from Oches’ interviews, with on-the-go observations about how each leader’s strategy fits within the broader foodservice context and what actionable insights you should be applying to your own business.

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Take-Away with Sam Oches

Episodes (159)

Tuesday Smalls Sliders, Walk-Ons founder Brandon Landry shares the playbook to a scalable restaurant
Tue Aug 11th Neon Greens' founder on hydroponics and the need for a better supply chain
Tue Aug 4th Jollibee's president on the strategies that have helped it to a massive AUV

Take-Away with Sam Oches

Aug 18, 2026
53 minutes
72 MB

In this episode of Take-Away with Sam Oches, Sam talks with Brandon Landry, the founder of both Walk-Ons Sports Bistreaux and Smalls Sliders, two restaurant franchises that have each grown to dozens of locations across the country. Walk-Ons, which is a full-service sports bar, was Brandon’s first concept, launched in 2003 as part of a business plan that he hatched while a business student and walk-on basketball player at LSU. The quick-service Smalls came later, in 2018, but already expects to have over 100 locations open by next year, with fast growth possible due to the concept’s modular, pre-fabricated build-out that...

Take-Away with Sam Oches

Smalls Sliders, Walk-Ons founder Brandon Landry shares the playbook to a scalable restaurant

Nation's Restaurant News

00:00 -52:45