Legal's Roger Berkowitz has some personal advice for the feuding Demoulas family
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Boston Globe] By Shirley Leung -
When Roger Berkowitz reads what’s going on with the Demoulas family at Market Basket, he can’t help but cringe. He’s been there, with his own family feud two decades ago when his brother took him to court over the future of Legal Sea Foods.
Everything is fine now, the lawsuit long settled, but Berkowitz, without taking sides in the battle between Arthur T. and Arthur S. has some advice for the bickering cousins.
“When the family takes care of the business, the business takes care of the family,” said Berkowitz, the CEO of Legal Sea Foods restaurant chain. “They are stewards of the brand. They can’t put themselves in front of it.”
Berkowitz thinks the only way out is for one bitter faction to sell to the other. That’s how Berkowitz resolved the fight with his brother, Marc.
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