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Ovation
Brands Awards First-Ever ‘General Manager of the Year’
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Annual Leadership Conference
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Greer,
SC – November 2014 / Newsmaker Alert / Ovation®
Brands – parent company to Ryan’s®,
HomeTown®
Buffet, Old Country Buffet®,
Country
Buffet®, and Fire®
Mountain|–|recently
celebrated its best and brightest, while introducing a new award at its
annual Champion’s Circle conference in Boca Raton, FL. The General Manager
of the Year honors the best performing general manager in the entire system,
and the very first award was bestowed upon Thomas Earle of the Ruston,
LA Ryan’s. In addition to Earle, three other general managers were also
recognized for their exceptional performance this past year: Marc Albert
of the Kennewick, WA Old Country Buffet, Jeffrey Pannier of the Englewood,
CO Country Buffet, and Mary Sargent of the Chattanooga, TN Ryan’s.
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“The
achievements of these general managers and the launch of this new award
will serve as an inspiration for other team members to strive for bigger
goals,” said Greg Graber, Chief Operating Officer for Ovation Brands. “These
managers have developed the right blend of leadership, hard work, dedication,
and business savvy to lead their teams to be successful. They all also
demonstrate a commitment to our “hospitality-first” service format and
an openness to the changes that are occurring for the company, as we are
reinventing each brand.”
In
addition to these leadership and hospitality qualities paired with their
commitments to their local communities, finalists for the General Manager
of the Year award demonstrated significant growth in sales and profits
over the past year. Each finalist received a $5,000 bonus. The top winner
received the cash bonus, as well as a trophy engraved with his name, and
a new Mercedes.
For
more information about Ovation Brands, visit www.OvationBrands.com.
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About
Ovation® Brands
Ovation®
Brands currently operates 334 restaurants in 35 states, comprised of 324
steak-buffet restaurants and 10 Tahoe Joe’s Famous Steakhouse restaurants.
The restaurants are principally operated under the Old Country Buffet®,
HomeTown® Buffet and Ryan’s® brands. Ovation employs over 17,000
team members and serves approximately 100 million customers annually. Corporate
headquarters are based in Greer, SC with a Corporate Support Center located
in Eagan, MN. For more information, visit www.OvationBrands.com.
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Contacts:
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Miller
866-252-1750,
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866-252-1750,
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