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        <title><![CDATA[Adam Chandler - Freelance Contributor]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Raising Cane’s Grew From an Idea a College Professor Hated]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[No one believed in Todd Graves’ vision for a restaurant at first. Today, Raising Cane’s is the third-largest chicken chain in the US by sales and growing fast.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Cracks in Crumbl’s Cookie Empire Are Showing]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The trendy chain has Instagrammy treats and private equity backing. But layoffs, chaotic operations and paper-thin margins may be leading it down a familiar path.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How America Got Hooked on H Mart]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[What began as a Korean specialty market four decades ago is now a billion-dollar grocery empire with an obsessive foodie following.]]></description>
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