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Podcast: Taste Radio
Episode: Ep. 211: To Build A $200M Brand, Pat LaFrieda Relied On This More Than Anything
Description: Pat LaFrieda, the CEO of renowned meat brand Pat LaFrieda's, wasn't supposed to be in this position. Growing up, his father, Patrick, Sr., forbade him from joining the family's decades old meat packing business and urged his son to be anything but a butcher. Following an unsatisfying stint in investment banking, LaFrieda eventually convinced his dad to let him join the company as a partner in 1994. Since taking the reins, he's built Pat LaFrieda's into a sprawling empire that supplies meat to some of the country's most revered restaurants, venues and chains, including Shake Shake, w...