{"id":10087,"date":"2014-07-02T14:52:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T18:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.franchisegator.com\/articles\/?p=10087"},"modified":"2022-03-03T15:09:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T20:09:29","slug":"franchise-gator-sponsored-event-for-southeast-franchise-forums-supplier-advisory-council-11837","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchisegator.com\/articles\/franchise-gator-sponsored-event-for-southeast-franchise-forums-supplier-advisory-council-11837\/","title":{"rendered":"Franchise Gator Sponsored Event for Southeast Franchise Forum&#8217;s Supplier Advisory Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Franchise Gator was proud to sponsor a recent event hosted by the Southeast Franchise Forum&#8217;s (SEFF) Supplier Advisory Council, where Zaxby&#8217;s founds and childhood friends Zach McLeroy and Tony Townley received the 2014 Franchise Founders Award.&nbsp; The award &quot;was established to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the franchise community in the Southeast&quot;, according to the SEFF website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McLeroy and Townley conceptualized Zaxby&#8217;s in the 90&#8217;s while playing backyard basketball.&nbsp; While neither had significant restaurant experience at the time, they nonetheless have grown the chain to over 600 units in 15 states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The event was held at the 5 Seasons Brewery in Sandy Springs.&nbsp; &quot;It was an honor for the Supplier Advisory Council to host the inaugural Franchise Founder Award sponsored by the Southeast Franchise Forum,&quot; said Dexter Manning, Partner at Grant Thornton, LLP.&nbsp; &quot;The Southeast consistently leads the way for franchising in large part due the leadership of the franchise community and the support of dynamic franchise suppliers.&nbsp; Our Franchise Founder Award recipients exemplify the best attributes of franchising.&quot;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&quot;We are proud to be a part of this event,&quot; added Eric Bell, General Manager at Franchise Gator.&nbsp; &quot;Zaxby&#8217;s is an exemplary brand in the Southeast, and Zach McLeroy and Tony Townley couldn&#8217;t be more deserving of the inaugural award.&quot;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Franchise Gator was proud to sponsor a recent event hosted by the Southeast Franchise Forum&#8217;s (SEFF) Supplier Advisory Council, where Zaxby&#8217;s founds and childhood friends Zach McLeroy and Tony Townley received the 2014 Franchise Founders Award.&nbsp; The award &quot;was established to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the franchise community in the Southeast&quot;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchisegator.com\/articles\/franchise-gator-sponsored-event-for-southeast-franchise-forums-supplier-advisory-council-11837\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Franchise Gator Sponsored Event for Southeast Franchise Forum&#8217;s Supplier Advisory Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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