Why careful growth is vital for restaurant chains

Why is careful growth more important for restaurant chains? This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Nick Marsh, the CEO of Founders Table Restaurant Group. This is the second in our series of episodes exploring Founders Table’s recent acquisition of Hopdoddy Burger Bar. We wanted to talk with Marsh specifically about what his company is about. Founders Table also owns Chop’t, Dos Toros and Protein Bar, an interesting group of chains. He talks about the firm’s very beginnings and how it was formed with a couple of concepts owned by the private-equity firm L Catterton. Marsh talks about the benefits of putting growth chains together to share services and why that frees up brand founders to focus on their concepts. We also get into a discussion about growth strategies and why it’s important not to get too aggressive in growing emerging concepts. And of course we talk about what Founders Table sees in Hopdoddy. We’re talking growth on A Deeper Dive so please check it out. 00:00 Why Founder's Table Exists 00:36 Introduction 01:58 The Origin Story of Founder's Table 07:18 Building a Restaurant Platform 10:20 The Three Pillars of Growth 12:22 Solving the Restaurant Capital Challenge 13:26 Why Licensing Beats Rapid Expansion 15:09 The Problem with Growing Too Fast 18:05 Why Founder's Table Acquired Hopdoddy 20:15 Future Growth & Acquisition Strategy 21:56 The Restaurant M&A Market Today 23:23 Franchising vs. Company-Owned Growth 24:21 Why Food Quality Wins Every Time 25:37 Final Thoughts ---------------------------- Visit our website: https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com _________________ Or follow us on: Facebook:   / restaurantbusiness   Twitter:   / rb_magazine   LinkedIn:   / about   Instagram:   / restaurantbusinessonline   TikTok:   / restaurantbusiness