MVP Awards
Each year, Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine is proud to honor franchisee excellence with its annual MVP (Most Valuable Performer) Awards. The winners, chosen from a long list of nominees, are the country’s best and brightest multi-unit franchisees, power operators, innovators, and creative thinkers who demonstrated outstanding performance in growing both their organization and their brands.
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Every spring, Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine recognizes the winners of its prestigious Most Valuable Performer (MVP) Awards, which honor franchisee excellence and highlight outstanding performance in growing both their organization and their brand(s).
- Kerry Pipes & Eddy Goldberg
- 8,514 Reads 1 Shares
What franchisees want from corporate field support is pretty straightforward. Basic expectations include great products, marketing and brand support, ongoing training, site selection, purchasing power for goods and services, and participation in product and program testing.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 10,192 Reads 2 Shares
Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine recognizes franchisee excellence with MVP Awards at the 2015 Multi-Unit Franchising Conference.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 9,787 Reads
Sam Anabi's time as a police officer in La Verne, Calif., laid the foundation for his business focus of helping those in need.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 8,518 Reads
Craig Joy, who works side by side with employees on the sandwich line at his Checkers restaurants in Florida, is known for his people-driven approach to business and the high retention rate of what he calls his "incredible team."
- Debbie Selinsky
- 9,177 Reads
Checkers co-franchisees Bruce Keehn and Andrew Lynn don't seek photo ops or newspaper articles about all the good they do in their communities.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 9,165 Reads 8 Shares
Chris Moore, a multi-unit Watermill Express franchisee, is in the enviable position of knowing exactly who his customers are, what they want, and why—and where—they want it.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 8,478 Reads 1,021 Shares
Jim Lager doesn't talk about himself a lot, but will allow that he's "pretty good at taking lousy businesses and turning them into something.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 8,087 Reads
Nachhattar Chandi is not exaggerating when he describes his story as one that began with "colossal odds" and resulted in "triumph."
- Debbie Selinsky
- 8,436 Reads 1 Shares
Bobby and Lori Forrest came well-prepared for their second careers as multi-unit franchisees for Sport Clips.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 20,950 Reads 6 Shares
When you look at the life and career of multi-unit franchisee Don Davey, you'll notice a pattern
- Debbie Selinsky
- 11,044 Reads 1 Shares
Larry Lee had a built-in advantage when he leveraged his career in real estate and shopping center development to include franchising.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 6,976 Reads
If Del Taco were a sports team, Paul Hitzelberger would not only be its MVP, he'd also be the GM and coach.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 12,142 Reads 1,021 Shares
Tony Lutfi, who immigrated to the United States from Lebanon, is one of the most successful QSR franchisees in the country, rapidly growing his five food brands to market domination and record revenues.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 9,865 Reads 1 Shares
The best franchisees are some of the hardest-working and kindest people around. They provide customers with consistent products and services, give back to their communities, and provide jobs for thousands of employees.
- Kerry Pipes & Eddy Goldberg
- 7,794 Reads
Great multi-unit franchisees deserve to be recognized. That's exactly why Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine created the annual MVP Awards. If you think you have what it takes – or you know a franchisee who does – nominate them for the MVP Award.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 6,992 Reads 1,021 Shares
Do you have an outstanding multi-unit franchisee deserving of recognition? Do you have several?
- Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine
- 4,099 Reads 35 Shares
Spencer Smith may be quiet and unassuming but don't let that fool you. On the inside he's a savvy business operator who has been successful with multi-units and multi-brands and has earned his success by following "the program" and the Golden Rule.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 7,029 Reads 149 Shares
Danny Sonenshine clearly remembers his father encouraging him to look into franchising back in the early 2000's.
- Kerry Pipes
- 17,507 Reads 6 Shares
When we first got to know William Bruce late last year (MUF 2012, 4th Quarter issue) it was clearly apparent that he values people.
- Kerry Pipes
- 9,794 Reads 1,023 Shares
It only took Samantha Goldsmith less than three years to open 10 Red Mango locations on her native Long Island.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 8,273 Reads
In less than three years' time, franchisee Samantha Goldsmith opened a whopping 10 Red Mango locations on her native Long Island.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 6,957 Reads 10 Shares
Sometimes leaders gain followers by being flashy and charismatic. And sometimes role models are people like Spencer Smith, the soft-spoken Colorado multi-unit, multi-brand franchisee who has earned his success by "following the program" and the Golden Rule.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 11,287 Reads 6 Shares
Joe Hertzman is always thinking. When the Louisville, Kentucky, father of four attended sporting events with his kids, he noticed that they always requested waffle cones when they ordered ice cream.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 13,571 Reads 1 Shares
When Kevin and Laurel Wilkerson, winners of Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine's Veteran Entrepreneurship Award, came to Marco's Pizza from the military using the IFA's Vetfran program, they were pretty sure their total of 44 combined years in the U.S. Army stood them in good stead.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 6,971 Reads
Guillermo Perales is at it again. When we spoke to him last year (MUF Q4 2012) he was on the grow and flirting with 400 locations throughout his restaurant kingdom.
- Kerry Pipes
- 9,389 Reads 1 Shares
Just before Hurricane Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coast, Tom's River, N.J., resident and franchisee Steve Baliva was huddling with team members from his area T.G.I. Friday's restaurants to try to prepare for what many forecast to be the storm of the century.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 6,585 Reads 1 Shares
Franchising is a tough business, and succeeding even tougher. But with a keen eye on the bottom line, customer service, and community involvement, there are a handful of multi-unit franchisees who rise to the top.
- Kerry Pipes
- 7,788 Reads 1 Shares
That stockbroker job Kevin Osterfeld had longed for didn't turn out quite like he planned. So he made a change.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 9,902 Reads 1 Shares
Edwin Sarkissian escaped the oppression of his native Iran with his family in 1996.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 111,784 Reads 834 Shares
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