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How growth chains adapt to a changing restaurant market

A Deeper Dive: This week’s episode of the restaurant finance podcast features John Abdo, CEO of the 11-unit burger chain My Burger, discussing the challenges and opportunities in today’s market.

How does a growth chain break into a competitive restaurant market?

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features John Abdo, the CEO of the 11-unit, Minneapolis-based chain My Burger.

We spoke with Abdo at the recent Create conference in California, an event hosted by Restaurant Business parent company Informa Connect that is targeted at growth restaurant brands.

We wanted to get the perspective of a growth chain dealing with the various challenges the current industry operates in. Beef costs are soaring, the industry is competitive, and finding new locations isn’t easy. 

We also get the story of an interesting, family-owned company and how it thinks about expansion, including strategies for new locations, and where the chain is planning new restaurants. 

We’re talking growth on A Deeper Dive so please check it out.

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