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🗓️ 27 November 2025
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Danny Meyer is best known as the founder of Shake Shack and the legendary restaurants of his Union Square Hospitality Group in New York City. He joined host Jeff Berman in 2024 for the first Masters of Scale Live, presented by Capital One Business. Later in the conversation, Danny’s daughter, Hallie Meyer, joined them on stage. Hallie is busy scaling her own food venture, the gourmet NYC ice cream shop Caffè Panna. The Meyers offer invaluable insights on how to scale great experiences for customers and teams.
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| 1:50.9 | Hey folks, Jeff Berman here. This week, we're sharing a conversation with hospitality legend Danny Meyer. You probably best know Danny as the founder of ShakeShack, which now has |
| 1:56.6 | hundreds of restaurants in more than 20 countries around the world. Danny also leads an ever-growing |
| 2:02.7 | portfolio of one-of-a-kind restaurants and investments through his Union Square hospitality group. |
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