Toby Howell
speaker
33,421 appearances
346 recordings
5 series
first heard Oct 2023
last heard today
Toby Howell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 205 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 49.
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They all seem to be the similar vein of cuisine.
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It's cookies, it's bagels, it's ice cream.
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And there's a reason for that.
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Those are very simple and repeatable products.
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You don't need highly trained staff.
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You don't need a big chef to come in.
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Production can be standardized across a lot of different locations.
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It is not an accident that you're seeing Crumble Cookies, you're seeing Blank Street Coffee, you're seeing all the same ilk of restaurant taking money from private equity because they love this place.
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They put a lot of money into it, actually.
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PD firms invested almost $100 billion in bars and restaurants between 2014 and 2024, according to CNBC.
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right.
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I just think it's so funny, too, that it's just become this insult that you throw around, regardless of if it's true or not.
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Some people are saying, if I see a place with more than two locations, I get suspicious.
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I'm like, well, come on.
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Can we not have ambition anymore?
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Can you not say, oh, people love my delicious tacos here.
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I'm going to open another shop.
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So it's certainly in the lexicon of Gen Z in particular right now.
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They love tossing it out as an
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