Best of MSPBJ: Famous Dave’s new CEO talks + Banks dig deeper into borrower backgrounds + Early wins for Shakopee’s young mayor
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About a month ago, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reporter John Vomhof Jr. sat down with the new CEO of Famous Dave’s of America Inc. to learn his plans for growing the restaurant chain.
John Gilbert is an optimist. He said Famous Dave’s is a “high-growth brand waiting to happen.” And Gilbert told Vomhof that a simpler menu and more smaller-format stores were among the strategies that would lead to that growth.
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