Garry Fitchett

Area Developer

Quiznos

Gary has a Masters degree in Education from Univ. of NC, Chapel Hill.  He started his franchisee career in 1983 in operations for Dominos Pizza, Inc. first as a Store Manager in Training in Williamsburg and eventually becoming a Franchise Operations Director in the upper midwest.   In that position, he was responsible for 550 stores in 10 states, overseeing 10-12 Franchise Consultants in his department in nine states. 

After Dominos, he worked as an Area Manager for the propane company, Ferrellgas.  Ferrellgas was the second largest propane company in the US and went public on the NYSE while he worked there.  His territory was Eastern Minnesota, western Wisconsin and the upper Peninsula of Michigan

Currently, he is the Area Developer for Quiznos.  He started working for Quiznos in late 2001.  In his positions, he is in charge of developing most of Virginia and eastern North Carolina.  He started developing the area with three existing stores in early 2002.  He has sold and opened another 60 stores from 2002 to 2008. 

Patti Robertson

Franchisee

Great Clips, Jackson Hewitt and HomeVestors/We Buy Ugly Houses

Patti and her husband, Troy, consider themselves to be "Franchise Junkies.”  They currently operate three different franchise brands, with 5 Jackson Hewitts, 8 Great Clips, and 1 HomeVestors franchise in their business portfolio.  Patti is also a Development Agent with HomeVestors, the "We Buy Ugly Houses" brand.  This couple obviously believes in the franchise

business model vs. operating on their own, and they believe diversification is key to asset protection.

John Motta

Franchisee

Dunkin’ Donuts

John is a Dunkin’ Donuts Franchisee.  He started in the business in 1980 with his father and two siblings in Newton, Massachusetts.  He moved to New Hampshire in 1982 to manage a Dunkin’ Donuts shop that his father purchased there.  In 1987, he purchased his first Dunkin’ Donuts in Merrimack, New Hampshire.  He currently has 11 franchises in New Hampshire and 8 in the Hampton Roads area. 

 

He bought 6 existing Dunkin’ Donut shops on the Southside on September 2007.  He remodeled 5 of the 6 during his first year in Hampton Roads, closed one and relocated it on Hampton Blvd. in Norfolk and developed 2 new locations. He currently has a 40-store exclusive development agreement with the franchisor.

Thomas E. Snyder

Vice President of Franchising

Discount Supplements Direct