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The CEO Who Joined the Night Shift

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In 2015, Cheryl Bachelder stepped down as CEO of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen after transforming the struggling chain into a billion-dollar brand. But what most people...

This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Philippians 2:6-11.

In 2015, Cheryl Bachelder stepped down as CEO of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen after transforming the struggling chain into a billion-dollar brand. But what most people never heard about happened two years earlier. During a particularly brutal stretch of store closures and franchisee frustration, Bachelder spent a week working the drive-through window and mopping grease traps at a location in Baton Rouge.…

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