In this episode of Take-Away with Sam Oches, Sam talks with Phil Petrilli, the founder and CEO of Untamed Brands, parent company to New York City-based Mediterranean fast casual Taïm and Columbus, Ohio-based fast casual Hot Chicken Takeover. Petrilli spent 13 years at Chipotle, and he founded Untamed in 2020 as an investment company that recognizes potential in emerging fast-casual concepts that he thinks could follow a similar trajectory as Chipotle. 

In this conversation, you’ll find out why: 

• Emerging concepts often lose steam after three or four locations
• The past few years have been a wake-up call for a lot of restaurant founders
• The potential of an emerging brand begins and ends with the food
• Simplicity is essential to scalability
• Don’t lose sight of what’s most important to your customer experience

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