Town welcomes new businesses and expanding ones
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3
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McDonald’s. there hasn’t been a
taco Bell franchise in the area for
more than a decade. Since its return, business has soared and it can
only be helping other surrounding
businesses.
Summerwood
Corporation
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Jim fullam discussed taco Bell’s
return in Hammonton. fullam is
one of the heads of a company,
based out of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, that is among the largest
franchise-owned restaurant operating companies in the Philadelphia
area. it owns more than 80 restaurants in the area such as taco Bell,
KfC, Pizza Hut and Long John
Silver’s.
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“Well i think the key to Hammonton is the way the town has
setup the zoning for the [area]. i
think it works well for the homeowners of the community and i
think it works well for the business
people in the area because it is
pretty much segregated there along
route 30 and route 206. You kind
of have one-stop shopping, and
whatever you need from a restaurant standpoint or retail standpoint,
everything is right there,” fullam
said.
fullam noted the town’s growing business and population as another factor for bringing the
popular fast food franchise back to
Hammonton.
“the fact that Hammonton is a
growing community, and i am not
exactly sure of the borough boundaries in terms of Hammonton, but
that greater Hammonton area is
growing business-wise and population-wise. it is kind of an ideal
area,” fullam said.
Overall, fullam is pleased with
taco Bell’s opening in the area. He
was happy with the entire process,
which led to the fast food restaurant’s return.
“We are very happy with the
quality of the applicants we got
from the Hammonton area. We
were able to hire around 50 folks
that live in and around Hammonton, and their [taco Bell’s] com-
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pany is always one that promotes
from within…We provide a lot of
opportunity for upward mobility
and we already found a couple of
people, and they have only been
there for a [few] weeks, but they
are kind of exhibiting some of the
qualities we would like to see in
management. it has been very
good,” fullam said.
Located in the back plaza of
taco Bell is Dollar tree on the
White Horse Pike. it recently expanded to triple its original size,
and store manager Jo-ann
Weissinger stated it was a necessary move.
“i think it is good for the town of
Hammonton because they really
needed to fill and expand these
empty businesses around here.
Now, there is a taco Bell so it is
coming full circle i guess you can
call it,” Weissinger said.
Dollar tree’s expansion was an
essential move. Weissinger believes it was most important for the
customers.
“this is important for the customers, for one. We have been trying to do this for years. all [Dollar
tree] has been doing is looking for
the right spot [to expand]. i believe
[Dollar tree] never wanted to
move out of this complex,”
Weissinger said.
the former Super fresh building
to the left of Dollar tree has cre-
ated a large vacancy along this section of town. Dollar tree’s expansion is important to the plaza area,
but it won’t be a true success until
its neighboring facility is filled.
“i think once this area fills up,
this will be fantastic. right now,
there is not enough draw in here. i
think it is very important to have
something
else
in
here,”
Weissinger said.
Hammonton auto exchange is a
used-car dealership on 12th Street
in Hammonton, and it recently
opened for business. it is located
near Wawa food Market and
across from Hollywood Dog.
Michael torres is the owner of the
business, and is pleased with the
town and the customers they have
served thus far.
“i think Hammonton is a great
town. We have just opened up. We
have felt comfortable in the town,
and we seemed to hit it off with the
people. i think this location [on
12th Street] is good for our business,” torres said.
JoJo’s froYo, a self-serve frozen
yogurt establishment, recently
opened in the downtown area on
the corner of Bellevue and Central
avenue.
the Clements’ family, Loretta
and alyssa, are the co-owners of
the business and noted the appealing downtown as one of the rea-
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