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Cheryl Bachelder is a legend in the Restaurant Franchising Space. She is currently on the Board of Chick-fil-a and US Foods. She has held senior positions at Domino's Pizza and KFC. Most notably, Cheryl was the CEO of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen where she launched a franchise driven turnaround that drove the stock from $11 to its ultimate sale of $79 in 2017. Learn Cheryl's background, how she fixed franchisee relations and so much more. To learn more about Cheryl please visit www.cherylbachelder.com. To learn more about Richard or to request a transcript of the podcast please visit www.thinkaen.com. Amazon Book Link: Dare to Serve Show Notes: (01:50) Cheryl's Background (02:51) First Job at Procter and Gamble (03:31) How Cheryl got her start in the Restaurant Industry (04:45) Domino's Pizza and Tom Monaghan (06:55) Investor Franchisee Due Diligence; Channel Checks (09:07) Yum Brands and Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC and David Novak (11:21) Joining Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen; Frank Belatti, John Cranor and John Hoffner (15:13) First steps as Popeyes CEO - Building Alignment and Trust + P&L's (17:15) Franchisee Mistakes and taking operating profits from 17% to 24% (22:21) Comparing Dominos, KFC and Popeyes (24:19) Class Action Lawsuits from Franchisees (29:01) Drilling down on Popeyes Franchisees / Taking Franchisee Notes (33:28) Biggest Franchisee Relationship Challenges (35:41) Being a Public Company CEO and Huge Stock Market Win; Near 10 bagger (38:55) Stock Investor Annual Meetings and Quarterly Conference Calls (40:43) Favorite Foods and Answering the Toughest Question (43:12) Cheryl's Book: "Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Helping Others" + Turnaround at Popeyes; Link to Book can be found here.
In this episode of The Austin Common Radio Hour, host Amy Stansbury sits down with producer John Hoffner to answer all your questions about ERCOT, the winter storm in Texas, and what the heck happened to our electric grid. John Hoffner has worked in the energy industry for his entire career (specializing in renewables), including 14 years at Austin Energy.
Our first Shades of Green program was aired on KOOP radio on November 8, 2006. The original founders of the show were Programmer Ken McKenzie, and co-hosts John Hoffner and Jenny Nazak. Over the 14-year running of the show every Thursday we covered many topics with many varying co-hosts. On our retrospective show today, we are joined by several of the previous co-hosts to reminisce about the past on Shades of Green. We have John Hoffner, Reed Sternberg, Jenny Nazak, Amy Stansbury, Stacy (Guidry) Savage, Howie Richey, Christine Giordano, Brandi Clark Burton.
The annual Shades of Green Hoffner family Christmas episode of poems, music and good humor for the environment. John Hoffner, Jill Hoffner, James Hoffner, Kate Hoffner, Kelly and Colby Malek share their favorite music. And, also Winn, Elliott, and Jimmy Malek.
Shades of Green Celebrates 10 Years on the Air at KOOP Shades of Green has been on the air for over ten years. Our first broadcast was November 8, 2006. We celebrated the event with our past and present hosts and friends in the KOOP studio. Original founding Producer Ken McKenzie Grant and Co-producer John Hoffner with original Co-host Jenny Nazak on the phone from Florida. We reminisced about the fun and interesting shows we have had over the last 10 years starting with the first broadcast from the KMFA studio on Lamar Blvd. We also had former Co-host Christine Giordano (year 2010) in the studio and Debrah Dubay, Co-host from October 2010 - March 2011. EcoCalendar contributor over the 10-years, Howie Richey also joined us to reminisce. We played some of the original pieces that were played over the 10-year period by Howie, Ken, Christine, Amy, John, Stacy, Brandi and Debrah. And, of course our present-day Producer, John Hoffner and Co-hosts Reed Sternberg, Stacy Savage and Amy Stansbury joined in the conversation and memories. Our previous EcoCalendar contributor, Brandi Clark Burton called in all the way from Mexico City where she was attending the C40 Mayors Summit 2016 Conference to help advance urban solutions to climate change . Our 2007 Apprentice Deese Eckstein was busy working for Travis County. We all had fun and hope you enjoy the Podcast.
Shades of Green host John Hoffner talks with Laure-Jeanne Davignon, the Director of Credentialing for the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) at the Solar Power International Conference (SPI)October 21, 2014 in Las Vegas. Ms. Davignon discusses the importance of a highly trained solar workforce and the need for skilled educators as the solar industry grows exponentially.
Click here to listen to the Pod Cast This week we heard an interview recorded with Shades of Green Energy host John Hoffner and Jane Turville, writer, director of “The Greenest Building,” a documentary on how renovation and reuse of existing structures can achieve the triple bottom line – benefiting people, the planet and profits. […]