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Movers and Shakers: Local Smoothie King Franchise Owner Receives Award

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The Smoothie King franchise system celebrated an increase in sales growth at the recent2016 Franchise Conventionin New Orleans, Louisiana. On March 21 and 22, nearly 850 of their franchisees, vendors and corporate team members gathered at the annual convention to acknowledge the accomplishments and milestones made the previous year while brainstorming fresh ideas to fuel continued growth for the upcoming year.

Fittingly, the event’s theme this year was ”People, Passion & Purpose“ which allowed a platform to personally identify outstanding and dedicated franchisees. ”Every single one of them is pivotal to the company’s success,“ said Smoothie King CEO, Wan Kim.

People from all over the globe gathered to listen as the corporate team recognized some of Smoothie King’s top performers of sales successes, including Dave Cotrone who won Store of the Year in 2015.

The award was directed to Cotrone’s Smoothie King location at 3816 Manatee Avenue W. in Bradenton. Cotrone believes the key to his success is his attention to consistency, with a hefty goal of remaining at the top of the system. This led him to create nine core values that he and his team follow. One of them truly sums up their impressive motivation, ”We strive to be the best Smoothie King that exists. Period,“ he said.

Tom O’Keefe, chief operating officer of Smoothie King comments on the impact of franchisees like Cotrone, ”As the company enters its 43rd year in business, it’s clear that Smoothie King wouldn’t be where it is today without our strong system of dedicated franchisees,“ he said.

”My employees strive for, and are just as obsessed as I am, with this goal of being the absolute best Smoothie King in the world,“ Cotrone said regarding his success in 2015, ”Each and every day, I push them to that line.“

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