Ron Shaich
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Podcast Appearances
We popped the sales volume by more than twofold.
Yeah, exactly.
And, you know, maturely changed the EBITDA.
It left me in a place where I said, wow, this is powerful.
And when I sold Panera,
I negotiated the right to take Panera's interest in Tate.
At that time, it was a dozen stores or whatever, to take that interest with me as part of my package.
And I ultimately did take Tate with me.
That's how it became part of Act III.
Similarly, another business, Life Alive.
Again, plan forward, positive eating.
I love this business.
We've been in it eight years.
I can tell you that plan forward is a tailwind that is powerful and
Somebody is going to win in it.
We've now produced stores in Boston and D.C.
producing very high volumes, surprisingly high volumes for positive eating for this kind of food and a really powerful team and concept.
And we have a ton of excitement in that.
We have another company called Level 99.
This is a guy who I was introduced to, had an idea.