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Welcome to History Focus, the podcast that dives into a different sector of the stock market every

day. I'm your host Vincent Chen. It's Tuesday

August 21st. It's been a deal heavy month across the consumer and retail space. So we're going to take a closer

look at two of those deals, one announced and one still in the works, both of them in the restaurant

industry.

And it's my pleasure to welcome a brand new guest to Industry Focus today, Mr.

Nicholas Rossellillo, who's joining us via Skype from Spokane, Washington.

Nick has been a full.com contributor for over three years.

Great to have you with us, man.

Hey, thank you, Vince.

This is your first time on Industry Focus.

So I think a quick intro is in order,

so our audience has a better sense of who they're listening to.

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself,

your investing journey?

Sure, my investing journey. So I was a weird kid growing up. I worked all through high school,

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