Raising Cane’s secret recipe for scaling, with CEO Todd Graves

About this episode

Todd Graves discusses the success and scaling of Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers with host Jeff Berman.

Todd Graves built Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers into a nearly 1,000 restaurant empire worth billions. It’s well known for both its deliciously simple menu and its refreshingly friendly staff. The founder and CEO talks with host Jeff Berman about how he perfected the recipe for success, why he thinks restaurants should be wary of private equity, and much more. Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter:  https://mastersofscale.com/subscribe See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Berman

Guest: Todd Graves

Topics covered

• restaurant industry
• business scaling
• entrepreneurship
• private equity
• leadership

Keywords

• Raising Cane’s
• Todd Graves
• scaling
• restaurant success
• private equity
• business strategy

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Organizations: Raising Cane’s

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