Restaurant Owners Uncorked

Schedulefly

Restaurant Owners Uncorked is a Top-5 Worldwide Hospitality Podcast. Successful independent restaurant owners and franchise execs share their stories, advice, wisdom, lessons learned and more. Hosted by Schedulefly (www.schedulefly.com), a restaurant employee scheduling business with super simple software + legendary customer service, serving over 5000 restaurants, breweries, coffee shops, hotels, hotels, and other badass hospitality businesses.

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Restaurant Owners Uncorked

Episodes (661)

Friday Soul Food & Systems: Koji Kanematsu's Blueprint for the Scalable Japanese Street Food
Mar 25th Simple, Not Easy: The Keke’s Breakfast Cafe Playbook
Mar 13th Pride vs. The Payout: Why Jeremy Conner Chooses Daily Fulfillment Over Exit Strategies

Restaurant Owners Uncorked

Apr 3, 2026
57¼ minutes
26 MB

Koji Kanematsu, the founder of Onigilly Japanese Kitchen, who shares his nearly 20-year journey of introducing Japanese rice balls to the American market. Transitioning from a background in tech startups, Koji applied a systems-oriented approach to transform a 2008 street cart into a growing franchise brand. The conversation covers his early challenges securing funding as an immigrant, the strategic pivot from urban business districts to suburban shopping centers during the pandemic, and his "Panda Express" vision for making onigiri a mainstream, healthy fast-food staple. Koji emphasizes the importance of balancing data-driven tools with human instinct and selecting franchisees who are...

Restaurant Owners Uncorked

Soul Food & Systems: Koji Kanematsu's Blueprint for the Scalable Japanese Street Food

Schedulefly

00:00 -57:11