Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine Issue II, 2011 | Page 30

P O W E R

P L A Y E R S

“What I would like to see is a
much brighter economic future.
I’d like to see the uncertainty go away.”
their growth opportunities for Central Illinois. By then they had already
started looking around to see how the
second act of their franchising saga
should begin.
“We needed to go to the next stage,”
he says. That entailed trips to inspect
Asian fusion concepts, chicken operations, and more.
“We went through quite a number
of other franchises we were considering,” says Miller. “I was in Richmond,
Virginia, and went into a local Jason’s
Deli one day and said, ‘Blimey, this

Name: Glenn Miller
TiTle: Managing partner
CompaNy: Miller Group LLC
No. of uNiTs: 4 McAlister’s Delis

in Virginia with a fifth opening this
spring; 18 Arby’s in Central Illinois
age: 58
family: Wife and three children
years iN CurreNT posiTioN: 15
years iN fraNChisiNg: 15

place is packed!’ I found out that
McAlister’s was available in Virginia,
and that was a very healthy option.
We went to a day of discovery at
McAlister’s, liked the food, and said
we would go for this. The majority of
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