With 21 employees at the Subway restaurant and 350 under the corporate umbrella, the Jamieson family has been in the convenience store and gasoline business for 35 years. Looking to enhance operations at their Fastrip Food [image-nocss] Stores, Lee and his father Tom became Subway franchisees in March 1994.
As Subway Franchisees of the Year, Tom and Lee are being honored for their accomplishments in building sales and increasing profitability while also achieving excellent store evaluations. They were selected from among the chain's more than 12,000 North American franchisees.
"We are extremely proud as we are a family run business," said Lee Jamieson. "Being named Subway Franchisee of the Year is a tremendous accomplishment, especially for our crew who man and operate our store 24 hours a day and the managers, Ron Jonas, Brandy Davis and Samantha Cabrera, who run the operation on a day-to-day basis."
Commenting on their future with the Subway brand, Lee Jamison addes, "Our goal is to continue to drive sales and profits by trying to run the best operation we can."
"The franchisee is the heart and soul of the Subway family. We know that our success depends upon their excellence in operating their restaurant and motivating their team to provide the best-tasting sandwiches to our customers. We take great pride in the hard work and effort made by the thousands of franchisees throughout the world and in the millions of customers that they serve," said Don Fertman, director of development for the Subway restaurant chain.
Runner-Up North American Single-Store Owners:
Alireza Seyed-Nematollah of Carbondale, Ill. Angelo Smieja & Marjorie Smieja of Long Prairie, Minn. Anna Avtges of Amesbury, Mass. Burgin Crutchfield & Gene Crutchfield of Tazewell, Tenn. Cindy Taylor & Bill Cornelius of Minneapolis. Deborah Solberg of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Harpreet Bains & Jatinder Bains of Point of Rocks, Md. Kamal Fawzi of Canton, Mich. Muhammad Malik of Morris Plain, N.J. Muhammad Saleem of Greenvale, N.Y. Stephen Churchill of Hailey, Idaho. Steve Rogers of Storrs, Conn. Zoser Muniz of Arlington, Texas. North American Multi-Unit Owners:
Jonathan Feld of New York (winner). Army & Air Force Exchange Service of Dallas. Bob Salehi & Ben Salehi of Los Angeles. Christopher Karam, Jamie Sunderland, Paul Karam & Vlado Poredos of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Curt DiPasqua & Mike DiPasqua of Maitland, Fla. Dominic Grondin, Pierre Grondin & Rejean Grondin of Quebec City. Doug Monie of Roseburg, Ore. Jacqueline Turco of Coco Breach, Fla. Janet Molineaux of Tiffin, Ohio. Joddi Thomley of Knoxville, Tenn. Kevin Ledo of Providence, R.I. Mohammed Hoque of Springfield, Va. Steve Barkley of Bozeman, Mont. Susan Honse of Delevan, Wis. With more than 31,000 traditional and nontraditional locations in 91 countries, the Subway restaurant chain, based in Milford, Conn., is the world's largest submarine sandwich franchise.
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