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Podcast: Corner Booth Podcast
Episode: Episode 62: Chris Schultz
Description: Chris Schultz, CEO of Portland, OR-based Voodoo Doughnut, has four decades of restaurant industry operations and growth experience. Before joining Voodoo Doughnut in 2017, he was Senior Vice President of Operations for MOD Pizza, where he led the conceptâs expansion from a single unit to 350-plus locations.
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In this episode, Chris shares the story of two friendsâ desire to fuse hospitality with a bold and edgy product to open the first Voodoo Doughnut in 2003. At their first location, squeezed between two nightclubs in downtown Portland, they joked about âworld doughnut dominationâ. In 2008, they opened a second un...