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food service

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Institution

Raising Cane's

American fast food chain co-founded by Todd Graves in 1996 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana — which serves only chicken finger combos — and which has grown into a $2B+ chain through single-product focus, operational excellence, and strong employee culture.

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Todd Graves

American entrepreneur who co-founded Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers in 1996 — with a menu of exactly one item, chicken finger combos — and grew it into a $2B+ chain through extreme product focus and refusal to expand the menu despite decades of pressure.

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Richard McDonald

Co-founder (with brother Maurice) of the original McDonald's restaurant — inventor of the Speedee System that turned a drive-in into an assembly-line fast food operation.

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Maurice McDonald

Co-founder (with brother Richard) of the original McDonald's — co-inventor of the Speedee System and original assembly-line fast food kitchen.

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