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John Vincent

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2018-04-09

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2018-04-09

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1. “I remember being so excited that my mum booked me a birthday party there. I remember being on the floor in the hall, kicking arms and legs in it with joy that I was actually going to go to McDonald's. And then I got a stuff ain't good for me. So I thought, why don't we, you know, I'm sure people have heard about it, why can't we reinvent this stuff? So it's just as tasty, but it ain't killing us. And that was the idea.”

   2018-04-09 · The Diary of a CEO · E14: John Vincent - Building A Restaurant Empire · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

2. “Thank you Correct. I was working, Henry and I were working basically as business consultants for a company called Baden Company. We were advising a lot of boards on how to, you know, with their strategy. And we worked 80 hours a week, 90 hours a week. And the choice was cold sandwiches or it was fast food, it was late night pizzas, late night takeaway. And we were getting fatter and fatter, to be honest with you, and more and more ill. And so we thought, shit, there's got to be a better way of feeding people. I used to love McDonald's as a kid.”

   2018-04-09 · The Diary of a CEO · E14: John Vincent - Building A Restaurant Empire · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT