What is a chain restaurant?
Million Bazillion
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4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
It's the start of a whole new season and Bridget and Ryan have a great question from listener, Dena: What is a chain restaurant? Some chain restaurants work a little differently than other chains — they're "franchises" and individual people can open a location of their own! To answer Dena’s question, Bridget and Ryan try their hand at opening their own location of the incredibly popular and beloved chain, the International House of Clams. Together, they’ll learn how the chain restaurant business works and what makes it different from starting a restaurant from scratch. Plus, keep an ear out for cameos from some of your favorite Million Bazillion characters!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, bazillionaires. Welcome back to the newest season of Million Bazillion. Bridget and Ryan have a whole new set of interesting topics and intriguing questions from listeners. |
| 0:11.7 | Today, they're exploring a unique type of business. But no matter the kind of business you run, the foundations of money management are always the same. |
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| 1:10.8 | Wow, Bridget, you weren't kidding. Michigan really is beautiful and beautiful. learningrx.com. |
| 1:12.8 | Wow, Bridget, you weren't kidding. |
| 1:15.4 | Michigan really is beautiful in the summer. |
| 1:18.5 | A warm breeze, sun shining off the lake. |
| 1:19.8 | This is the life. |
| 1:20.8 | I know. |
| 1:23.6 | You just have to get through nine months of Bridgettundra and the constant threat of frostbite. |
| 1:25.6 | And then, bam, 93 days of paradise. |
| 1:29.5 | Okay, make it right up here and then just park in the lot around the back. |
| 1:32.9 | The International House of Clams, IHawk. Wow, that's not confusing. |
| 1:39.5 | Oh, look, the logo has a little clam and a top hat. Cute. |
| 1:43.3 | That's the IHawk mascot, AbreClam Lincoln. I didn't know clams were a big thing in Michigan. Oh, they're not. In fact, it's illegal to harvest freshwater clams from Michigan's lakes. So then why are we at a clam house? Well, IHawks a chain restaurant that started in New England where Grandma Gracie's originally from. She's always loved clams, so this is her favorite restaurant. |
| 2:02.8 | We have our Bodner family reunions here at their only Michigan location just for her. |
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