Todd Graves

16 statements across 1 episodes · 5 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 8, 2026 by Todd Graves · across every show →

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May 8, 2026
Disclosure
Todd Graves personally runs marketing for Raising Cane's
“So, I run our marketing.”
Todd Graves May 8, 2026 ▶ 20:52 Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves: Building a billion-dollar brand on one menu item | Masters of Scale
May 8, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Todd Graves: Raising Cane's was profitable from month one and expanded in 18 months
“Luckily, we made money from the first month, right? I said, 30 bucks, then we started doing well, and actually, we had so much success that I opened my second location 18 months later.”
Todd Graves May 8, 2026 ▶ 11:55 Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves: Building a billion-dollar brand on one menu item | Masters of Scale
May 8, 2026
Disclosure
Graves: Raising Cane's maintains frozen chicken reserves for outbreak contingencies
“So, for me, as you have, you know, we do fresh chicken, but we have frozen supply to get us through any kind of outbreak.”
Todd Graves May 8, 2026 ▶ 24:08 Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves: Building a billion-dollar brand on one menu item | Masters of Scale
May 8, 2026
Assertion Partly supported
Graves: Snoop Dogg was the first celebrity to work a Raising Cane's drive-through
“Actually Snoop's the one that I broke into doing the celebrity drive-through with, and you know, we help each other business.”
Todd Graves May 8, 2026 ▶ 21:53 Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves: Building a billion-dollar brand on one menu item | Masters of Scale
May 8, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Graves: Raising Cane's kept identical menu when entering the Middle East
“Even when we went to the Middle East, we kept the product exactly the same. We kept the same thing, and there was a lot of talk there about, there's another sauce they have there. It's like a mayo base and garlic and all this stuff. It's the most popular sauce…”
Todd Graves May 8, 2026 ▶ 26:24 Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves: Building a billion-dollar brand on one menu item | Masters of Scale
May 8, 2026 positive
Insight
Graves: Mastering a single menu item is a recipe for success
“Being to execute on one thing, and do it better than anybody else, Is gonna be a recipe for success, and it ended up being there.”
Todd Graves May 8, 2026 ▶ 4:27 Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves: Building a billion-dollar brand on one menu item | Masters of Scale
May 8, 2026
Assertion Supported
Graves: Wife was a McDonald's franchisee early in Raising Cane's journey
“My wife who I started dating back then was a McDonald's franchisee.”
Todd Graves May 8, 2026 ▶ 11:39 Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves: Building a billion-dollar brand on one menu item | Masters of Scale
May 8, 2026 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Graves: Fully robotic restaurants will eventually emerge in food service
“And so, I wanna keep the human touch as we go, but I do believe, you know, someday you will have all, you know, robot restaurants serving food, doing it, and I'm gonna use that as a competitive advantage.”
Todd Graves May 8, 2026 ▶ 32:04 Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves: Building a billion-dollar brand on one menu item | Masters of Scale
May 8, 2026 negative
Disclosure
Graves: Raising Cane's will not replace restaurant crew with robots
“So I'm not planning to replace Crew members with, ah, with robots.”
Todd Graves May 8, 2026 ▶ 32:42 Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves: Building a billion-dollar brand on one menu item | Masters of Scale
May 8, 2026
Disclosure
Raising Cane's bought back all franchises to achieve 100% company ownership
“So, we bought them back, they're happy to, and I'm like, a hundred percent, Company restaurant operations.”
Todd Graves May 8, 2026 ▶ 15:12 Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves: Building a billion-dollar brand on one menu item | Masters of Scale
May 8, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Raising Cane's original business plan received the lowest grade in class
“It ended up getting The worst grade in the class.”
Todd Graves May 8, 2026 ▶ 3:22 Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves: Building a billion-dollar brand on one menu item | Masters of Scale
May 8, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Early investors included boilermakers, Alaskan fishermen, and Graves's bookie
“I was able to get a small group of preferred investors because they'd seen, you know, and then, you know, roughly, roughly two years to where, when I opened it up, they were like, you know what, you are committed to this. You know, a little 5000 dollars, 10,00…”
Todd Graves May 8, 2026 ▶ 9:13 Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves: Building a billion-dollar brand on one menu item | Masters of Scale
May 8, 2026 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
Graves: Chicken became the top protein in 1994 amid dietary shifts
“And when I was in college, and if you remember back in these days, this is 19, 94, back then it was like ground meat was bad for you, beef was bad, and chicken and fish was good for you, but chicken became the number one protein, and I could see, and I grew up…”
Todd Graves May 8, 2026 ▶ 2:33 Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves: Building a billion-dollar brand on one menu item | Masters of Scale
May 8, 2026 negative
Opinion
Founders should avoid selling restaurant brands to private equity
“And the reason why I try to talk these business founders into not selling to private equity is, and look, they're not all bad. And so, I'm not talking about all of them, but a lot of them are. And look, if you have, Investors, if you have shareholders that the…”
Todd Graves May 8, 2026 ▶ 16:34 Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves: Building a billion-dollar brand on one menu item | Masters of Scale
May 8, 2026 positive
Opinion
Driven young workers will succeed easily as average work ethic softens
“And I think this generation has even more opportunity than we've had in recent years, because if you're a go-getter, I think some points, you know, I love the younger generation, but sometimes in some areas, people getting more soft, you know, and thinking di…”
Todd Graves May 8, 2026 ▶ 33:48 Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves: Building a billion-dollar brand on one menu item | Masters of Scale
May 8, 2026
Disclosure
Graves would shut down Raising Cane's before pivoting away from chicken
“Ultimately, if people just stop eating chicken, then I'd be extinct. I would absolutely be extinct. I wouldn't start serving steak fingers or something like that. I'd go, look, it's time for me to hang this up.”
Todd Graves May 8, 2026 ▶ 24:20 Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves: Building a billion-dollar brand on one menu item | Masters of Scale
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