How To Build A Hundred Million Dollar Grocery Business That Puts People First - Winning with Teresa Spinelli, CEO of the Italian Centre Shop

About this episode

Teresa Spinelli discusses her journey and leadership in growing the Italian Centre Shop into a successful grocery business.

In this inspiring interview, Teresa Spinelli shares her journey from starting as a social worker to reluctantly taking over as CEO of the Italian Centre Shop. From their she invested in her own leadership skills and build a team that has helped th business grow to 5 locations (going on 6) with more than 130 million in annual revenue. Teresa also highlights the importance of values, respectin people and the need for authentic leadership in scaling a family business. Discover how humility, cont...

People in this episode

Host: Gordon Sheppard

Guest: Teresa Spinelli

Topics covered

• leadership
• family business
• grocery industry
• values
• authentic leadership

Keywords

• grocery business
• leadership skills
• family business
• annual revenue
• authentic leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Italian Centre Shop

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