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Welcome to Takeaway with Sam Okas, a podcast for leaders of growing restaurant companies

looking to take their businesses to the next level.

In nearly two decades covering restaurants, I've gained access to some of this industry's

most influential decision makers, and I'm letting you in on the conversations. In today's

episode, you'll hear from the CEO of a Better Burger Chain about how she's setting the legacy

brand up for a new phase of growth and why

making changes to your business today requires more risk and nimbleness.

Shannon Henness is the CEO of Habit Burger and Grill, the California-based Better Burger

Chain that's grown to nearly 400 locations over its 56 years, and now with help from parent company Yom Brands,

is plotting coast-to-coast growth. Shannon joined Habitberger back in 2022 from Sister

Chain KFC, and she took over as CEO in 2023. And she's overseeing the strategy to, as she calls

it, double-charge growth. She joined the strategy to, as she calls it, double charge growth.

She joined the podcast to talk about creating a fresh experience at Habit Burger as part of that

growth and about how making changes today as a restaurant leader is different even than it was

just three to five years ago. In this conversation, you will learn more about how scaling

your business requires

strength in new areas, why you don't have the luxury of time with brand changes, but still

need to be patient with results, and why restaurant leaders of today must be better gamblers.

Yes, must be better gamblers. If you learn something from this episode, go follow takeaway wherever you listen

to podcast and lead feedback. That is the best way to get that lesson to a fellow restaurant

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