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The 2 Billion Dollar Restaurateur: Todd Graves of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
I was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. When I was in college, there was a guy just a little bit order than me working the fry line at a small fried chicken joint that he opened on the edge of campus.
That guy was Todd Graves and that fried chicken joint has become the $2 billion dollar Raising Cane's empire.
Today Todd and I run through what it takes to found and lead a restaurant to that level of success as well as what he's doing to pay his good fortune forward.
But first, we flash back to a simpler time when we were both two good ole boys tearing it up in Baton Rouge.
That's Todd Graves. For more on Cane's and Restaurant Recovery go to www.RaisingCanes.com
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