SFA Executive Council Member, Gary Robins was featured as a part of a special series by NPR called “The State of the American Small Business. In The Roots Of Franchising Took Hold In A Hair Salon Chain, Gary talks about how he got started franchising and why he chose Supercuts. Listen to the entire story here.
Gary Grace has been a Supercuts franchisee for over 30 years and has opened more than 125 units. He currently owns 34 Supercuts and 1 Cost Cutters. and serving his 13th consecutive year as President of the Supercuts Franchisee Association and as the Franchisee Chair of the Supercuts Advisory Council. In 1989, he was named the Top Franchisee in America by Inc. magazine. Prior to Supercuts he was a partner in Growth Strategies, a franchise consulting firm.
Learn more about Gary by watching the entire series of interviews on EmpireBuilders.tv.
Gary was also named America’s top franchisee by Inc. magazine. Read more here
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In Mark’s profile in Multi Unit Franchisee Magazine, he talks about the importance of a good, supportive, hard working team. “The biggest thing as a Supercuts franchisee is that so much of our growth is dependent on operational structure and our ability to put people in place to run the stores.
We are only as good as our worst manager,” says Muscatello. “I could open 10 locations a year, but I don’t have the people or the management to operate them.”
