Metro Diner exec shares leadership lessons

Hugh Connerty Jr., in building big brands like Longhorn and Outback Steakhouse, has learned many lessons. A big one: don't let success make you complacent.

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 6:00 a.m. March 23, 2018
Mark Wemple. Restaurant industry veteran Hugh Connerty Jr. is co-chairman of Metro Diner, which is growing rapidly nationwide.
Mark Wemple. Restaurant industry veteran Hugh Connerty Jr. is co-chairman of Metro Diner, which is growing rapidly nationwide.
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Tampa-based comfort food restaurant company Metro Diner opened its 50th location March 13. It’s Metro Diner’s second restaurant in Sarasota, part of a plan to open dozens of new restaurants nationwide this year.

 

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