Kuypers Creative
Thoughts, stories and ideas from the restaurant world.
October 12, 2026
I am Robert Kuypers’ LinkedIn background photo. I am wide, rectangular, and professionally cropped. I have never tasted a French fry. And yet I have watched…
Read the story : Sunday Funny LinkedIn POV Opinion Piece: I’ve Never Eaten a Single Meal (But I Have Notes on Your Restaurant)October 10, 2026
A guest pays $42 for dinner. Lovely. The restaurant does not keep $42. It keeps $42 minus the food, the people who made and served it,…
Read the story : Where the Money Actually Goes: A Forensic Deep Dive Into the 2026 Restaurant P&L (Saturday Long Bathroom Read)October 4, 2026
My Sunday Thoughts, From Behind the Headshot My name is not Robert Kuypers. I am not Robert William Kuypers, although I have spent more time staring…
Read the story : Sunday Funny LinkedIn POV Opinion Piece: My Life as Robert Kuypers’ Background Photo (A Memoir Nobody Asked For)October 3, 2026
There’s a CFO I keep imagining. Not because I know this exact person (although, if you’ve been in restaurants long enough, you’ve met the species). This…
Read the story : The Integration Tax: What Restaurant Tech’s Execution Gap Is Really Costing You in 2026 (Saturday Long Bathroom Read)September 27, 2026
I live beneath the headline. You know the place: Robert Kuypers’s LinkedIn profile, just below the headshot that gets clicked, the banner that gets noticed, and…
Read the story : Sunday Funny LinkedIn POV Opinion PieceSeptember 26, 2026
There’s a moment in every restaurant bankruptcy story when the paperwork becomes public. The headlines arrive. The brand name gets dragged into the conversation. Vendors start…
Read the story : The Restaurant Cash-Flow Autopsy: Why 2026’s Bankruptcy Wave Started Long Before the Filing (Saturday Long Bathroom Read)
