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Why some restaurants face a leadership vacuum

A Deeper Dive: Toni Ronayne, founder of the fractional C-suite company C Society, joins the restaurant finance podcast to talk leadership.

Is there a leadership vacuum in the restaurant business?

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Toni Ronayne, the founder of the fractional C-suite firm C Society.

C Society provides experienced executives who can work with emerging and other restaurant chains, filling a need for c-level leadership. Ronayne is a longtime industry executive whose past stops have included Perkins and Freshii, among other companies. 

We discuss why companies need this and how these executives can help. But we also talk extensively about several other issues regarding leadership in the restaurant industry. 

This is the latest in a series of podcast episodes that we recorded at the National Restaurant Association Show and it’s a good one so please check it out. 

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