Raising Cane's Founder Calls Out Venture Capital in Fast Food 'If Your Motivation is Money, Then You're Not Gonna Care'

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You're going to let those great quality things go down…that's what's happened to fast food.\"\nDon't Miss:\nGraves was responding to a comment from \"Hustle Meals\" host Josh Scherer about how fast food is typically seen as successful due to its replicability and consistency. \"However, we've seen with so many chains as they expand, that consistency drops,\" Scherer said.\nThe investment firms that take controlling interest in fast food chains often value profits over customer service, Graves said. \"That's when the CFOs jump in and say, ‘You know what? We don't need to make our sauce in house at every restaurant,'\" he said. \"We can make it in a commissary and we'll save ‘X.'\"\nHe also said there's a \"lack of founders that care\" about their restaurants. \"I care that everybody gets a good quality, craveable meal in a place that's food-safe, friendly, and we're getting them their food fast,\" he said.\nTrending: Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Needs to Be Solved' — This Award-Winning Building Material Is Tackling It Head-On\nMany fast food and fast-casual restaurant brands have been acquired by private equity and venture capital firms in recent years. Roark Capital has controlling interests in Subway, Dunkin', Arby's, and Buffalo Wild Wings.\nDiner chain Denny's was taken private by TriArtisan Capital Advisors, Treville Capital Group, and Yadav Enterprises earlier this month.\n“Private equity and venture capital firms are drawn to fast-food and fast-casual concepts because they combine reliable, recurring revenue with scalable unit-level economics,\" Brian Alas, managing director at investment bank Boxwood Partners, said in a statement to Benzinga. \"These businesses operate on predictable margins, require relatively low capital to replicate, and benefit from consistent consumer demand even during economic downturns.\"\nRestaurant-related mergers and acquisitions accounted for more than $25 billion in disclosed deal value in 2024, Alas said, with nearly 70% of those deals involving restaurants with a franchise-based system.\n\"A clear signal of investor confidence in the category's durability and scalability,\" Alas said. \"The franchised structure also reduces execution risk, since local operators shoulder day-to-day operations while the parent brand maintains system-wide strategy and support.\"\nSee Also: Buffett's Secret to Wealth? 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