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Podcast: How a Century-Old Family Business Is Adapting to the Pandemic
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Leadership Family Business Jul 31, 2020

Podcast: How a Century-Old Family Business Is Adapting to the Pandemic

On this special episode of The Insightful Leader: a conversation with the chairman and the CEO of Griffith Foods about leading with purpose during the crisis.

Based on insights from

Jennifer Pendergast

Brian Griffith

TC Chatterjee

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The pandemic’s effect on the food industry has been complicated.

While many restaurants have struggled to stay afloat, the grocery sector has seen enormous leaps in demand, while also grappling with unpredictable shifts in consumer needs. So what have the past several months been like for the companies that supply businesses with food products?

On this special episode of The Insightful Leader, Jennifer Pendergast, the director of Kellogg’s John Ward Center for Family Enterprises, sits down with two executives from food flavoring producer Griffith Foods: CEO TC Chatterjee and chairman Brian Griffith.

Note: The Insightful Leader is produced for the ear, and not meant to be read as a transcript. We encourage you to listen to the audio version above. However, a transcript of this episode is available here.

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Jennifer Pendergast

John L. Ward Clinical Professor in Family Enterprise; Executive Director of the John L. Ward Center for Family Enterprises

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