Raising Cane's CEO says he doesn't care for this one menu item, but had to sell it anyway

• Raising Cane's CEO, Todd Graves, doesn't love his veggies.
• He said in an interview that he always substitutes coleslaw for an extra piece of toast in his meals.
• Graves founded Raising Cane's at 24 and has turned it into one of the country's biggest chicken chains.

Raising Cane's CEO said he likes his Box Combos without any veggies in them.

Joe Bonham, a TikTok content creator behind the series "Financial Flex," interviewed Raising Cane's top boss, Todd Graves, in a March video. He asked Graves what his go-to order at the restaurant is, and Graves replied, "Box Combo, no slaw, extra toast, extra sauce."

When Bonham asked why he substitutes the coleslaw with extra toast, Graves said, "I don't like coleslaw, man, that's why you can trade it out."

"I wanted like a vegetable component to the meal, right, and coleslaw was a southern thing, so I'm like, yeah, add it, but I don't care for it," he added.

The Box Combo comes with four chicken fingers, crinkle-cut fries, Cane's sauce, a piece of toast, coleslaw, and a drink. It costs around $13.

Graves founded Raising Cane's in 1996 at the age of 24 in Louisiana. His net worth is now around $11.1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Raising Cane's has become the third-most-popular chicken restaurant in the US, according to QSR Magazine, edged out by Chick-fil-A and Popeyes. It has over 900 stores nationwide, per a June report by CNBC.

The company is privately held. But in 2024, Bloomberg reported that it told investors its revenue increased 33% year on year in the first six months of 2024, to $2.3 billion.

Raising Cane's rise in popularity comes as chicken has become the "it" protein in the US over the last few years. In 2024, McDonald's CEO said that its chicken products were earning the chain as much as its beef products.