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Podcast: Franchise Today
Episode: Rebuilding Legacy Brands: Paul Damico Reveals His Perkins & Huddle House Blueprint
Description: After 41 years in hospitality and franchising, Paul Damico has seen it all — scaling restaurant brands through explosive growth, navigating economic downturns, selling companies for a combined $90 million, and now revitalizing two iconic, 60-year-old legacy brands: Perkins and Huddle House.In this episode, Paul sits down with Stan Friedman to share how his career began at Marriott in 1986 before co-founding a 102-unit restaurant portfolio, leading Moe’s Southwest Grill from 160 to 700+ locations, and overseeing more than 5,000 restaurants at Focus Brands.Now, as CEO of Ascent Hospitality Management, Paul is rebuilding two classic American brands through a back...