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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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  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 10,318 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
  • 8,724 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
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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
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Do you have an outstanding multi-unit franchisee deserving of recognition? Do you have several?
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine
  • 3,453 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
  • 6,305 Reads 149 Shares
Danny Sonenshine clearly remembers his father encouraging him to look into franchising back in the early 2000's.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 15,750 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
  • 8,880 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
  • 7,241 Reads
In less than three years' time, franchisee Samantha Goldsmith opened a whopping 10 Red Mango locations on her native Long Island.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 5,797 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
  • 10,281 Reads 5 Shares
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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
  • 12,169 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
  • 6,075 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
  • 7,755 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
  • 5,785 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
  • 6,684 Reads 1 Shares
That stockbroker job Kevin Osterfeld had longed for didn't turn out quite like he planned. So he made a change.
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Edwin Sarkissian escaped the oppression of his native Iran with his family in 1996.
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If you've played, coached, or watched a sport on the University of South Carolina (USC) campus, there's a good chance you've eaten a Firehouse Sub from Judy and Charlie Divita.
  • Helen Bond
  • 5,403 Reads 120 Shares
When Kevin Osterfeld's "dream job" as a stockbroker didn't turn out so dreamy, he decided to switch things up.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 4,506 Reads 40 Shares
When Edwin Sarkissian and his family emigrated from Iran to the United States in 1996, he was a young boy who longed for a computer.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 10,544 Reads 7 Shares
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Ed Doherty knows how to "wow" people. In fact, he has command of the word and he knows how to use it.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 13,606 Reads 1,772 Shares
A conversation with mega-franchisee Ed Doherty is invariably sprinkled with a lot of "wows."
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 5,039 Reads 5 Shares
On Cathy Amato's first day as a Jack in the Box management trainee in the early 1980s, her trainer questioned whether Amato was up for the rigor ahead--changing grease vats, scrubbing floors, and crazy hours.
  • Helen Bond
  • 10,320 Reads 1,022 Shares
If you've played, coached, or watched a sport on the University of South Carolina (USC) campus, there's a good chance you've eaten a Firehouse Sub from Judy and Charlie Divita.
  • Helen Bond
  • 6,393 Reads 12 Shares
On Cathy Amato's first day as a Jack in the Box management trainee in the early 1980s, her trainer questioned whether Amato was up for the rigor ahead--changing grease vats, scrubbing floors, and crazy hours.
  • Helen Bond
  • 6,835 Reads 1 Shares
We first interviewed him in 2008 when he had "only" 78 Jack in the Box restaurants and 16 Denny's.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 7,567 Reads 1 Shares
It's easy to see why Houston-based franchisee Atour Eyvazian was honored with Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine's 2012 MVP Noble Cause Award.
  • Helen Bond
  • 6,959 Reads 1 Shares
They work hard to build businesses that provide for their families. They create jobs and give back to their communities.
  • Kerry Pipes and Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,340 Reads 11 Shares
Anil Yadav has graced the pages (and one cover) of Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine twice before.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 9,914 Reads 1 Shares
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