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Podcast: A Deeper Dive
Episode: Focus Brands CEO Jim Holthouser on the future of the company's concepts
Description: What happens when you mix ice cream and cinnamon rolls? We’re about to find out.
This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast Deeper Dive features Jim Holthouser, CEO of the Atlanta-based brand operator Focus Brands, which operates Cinnabon, Auntie Anne’s, Carvel, McAlister’s Deli, Schlotzski’s, Jamba and Moe’s.
He discusses the status of these brands and the company’s plans for them. He talks about the future of development in and out of the mall. And he talks about the potential for McAlister’s to become a $1 billion brand.
But Holtho...