ROCKLAND, Mass. -- Stephen Quinn, vice president franchise operations for Tedeschi Food Shops Inc., recently announced that Philip Goodwin, Winchendon, Mass., has joined the team at Tedeschi Food Shops as a field representative.
Goodwin (pictured) started his career in 1987 with Store 24 as a clerk and was soon promoted to manager and then marketing manager trainee. In 1995, he joined White Hen Pantry as a corporate manager and was promoted to training specialist in 1996. In 2001, he was promoted to business development manager for franchise operations.
Rockland, [image-nocss] Ma..-based Tedeschi Food Shops operates 189 convenience stores throughout New England.
Separately, Gary Hoffman, manager of a VERC Enterprises convenience store in Danvers, Mass., has earned the second place Silver Award for Overall Store Manager from the New England Convenience Store Association (NESCA).
Judges described the nine-year employee of the VERC Enterprises as "invested in his customers; his professional, hard-working and even- tempered manner has meant very little staff turnover, assuring many long-term employees." The judges further lauded the VERC Danvers location for being "extremely organized, clean and well presented."
Hoffman was nominated for the award by VERC district managers, following which NESCA judges visited the VERC Danvers location to observe the facility in general and its manager in particular.
"The NESCA award for Overall Manager elicits strong competition among convenience stores," said Leo Vercollone, CEO of Duxbury, Mass.-based VERC Enterprises. "We are proud, but certainly not surprised, that Gary Hoffman has taken home this prestigious award of excellence."
VERC Enterprises operates 20 locations throughout eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.
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