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Randy Garutti on Shake Shack’s ‘accidental’ start

Jul 30, 2015

Randy Garutti on Shake Shack’s ‘accidental’ start

The CEO talks about the chain's origins and shaking up the restaurant industry.

Shake Shack CEO Randy Garutti hops in line with Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal at the restaurant’s original location in Manhattan’s Madison Square Park to talk about how the company evolved from a hot dog cart into a publicly traded international company with more than 70 locations.

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