Published: March 19, 2010
Saladworks Annual Convention Celebrates Its Franchisees
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Saladworks, the nation's first and largest fresh-tossed salad
franchise concept, honored its franchisees at the 2010 Saladworks Annual
Franchise Convention, held Tuesday, March 16 at the Borgata Hotel in
Atlantic City, NJ. The convention revealed Saladworks' 2010
strategic, operational, and marketing plans, and celebrated the hard
work that has helped make Saladworks the nation's number one salad
franchise.
The convention's biggest award winner was Josh Burton, a
multi-unit franchisee from New Jersey, who took home the night's highest
honor - Top Operator of the Year and $5,000. Burton was the
first operator to complete Saladworks' new, "3G" store model and has
been actively involved within the system. "I grew up in
Cherry Hill, NJ where Saladworks was founded, and I followed this
company since I was in grade school," Burton said. "I
signed on three years ago and have always aspired to win this award."
Additional multi-unit operators, the team of Jim DiFillippo, Jeff
Jones, Paul DiFillippo, and Mike Kamenar, who have various locations in
the Southern New Jersey market, took home the Best Multi-Unit Operator
award. New franchisees David Miller, Michael Horn, and
Shawn Horn of the Cedar Crest Saladworks in Allentown, PA were given the
Rookie of the Year award, honoring the location's excellent catering and
delivery services.
Saladworks franchises with over one million dollars in annual
sales were inducted as members of the prestigious Gold Club, and those
with $850,000 in annual sales reached Silver Club status. Other
awards included best in local store marketing and customer service.
"We're proud of the success of Saladworks over the past year,"
said Saladworks Founder/CEO, John Scardapane. "We're
building and opening new stores across the country, we've achieved
positive comparative store sales, and we've proven that our concept is
still successful in this economy. Our convention was a
great way to celebrate the hard work of our franchisees and home office
staff. It's our collaborative efforts that continue to make
us America's Best Salads."
ABOUT SALADWORKS
Saladworks, the nation's first and largest fresh-tossed salad
franchise concept, operates over 100 franchise locations in 11 states.
In addition to its existing stores, the chain currently has over
60 units in development across the country. Saladworks
locations offer a "fanatic'ly fresh" menu of flavorful salads with
signature dressings, proprietary soups and Focaccia Fusion sandwiches.
With the addition of the True Nutrition menu, Saladworks'
varieties of signature salads are all 500 calories or less. Saladworks
was voted the nation's number one salad franchise by Entrepreneur
Magazine for 2009 and 2010. For more information on
franchising or True Nutrition, please visit www.saladworks.com.
Saladworks: America's Best Salads
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Saladworks
Erin Salvatore
Public Relations
610-825-3080
esalvatore@saladworks.com
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