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Wray
Wray
Hutchinson
Hutchinson
talks about his BWW
journey in the
Franchisee Spotlight
Wray
Wray
Hutchinson
Hutchinson
talks about his BWW
journey in the
Franchisee Spotlight
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Make the Most of
Resources, Culture
to Build Good Teams
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FBS Board of Directors
Wray Hutchinson
Chairman
James Bitzonis
Vice Chairman
Jenny Beaudoin
Director
Brian Carmody
Director
Steve Grube
Director
Roz Mallet
Director
Bobby Pancake
Director
Larry Podlogar
Director
Christy Williams
Executive Director
FBS Editorial Board
Sean Ireland
Editor-in-Chief
seani@myfbsonline.org
Rachel Jackson
Managing Editor
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Savannah Daly
Associate Editor
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Advertising Sales
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Director of Business Partner Relations
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ON THE COVER
Franchise Business Services (FBS) Chairman Wray
Hutchinson has been a Buffalo Wild Wings® fran-
chisee since 2005, and he’s been in leadership with
FBS for much of the time since. Hear how he got his
start in the brand and what keeps him excited about
it in the Franchisee Spotlight on page 14.
COLUMNS
2
From the Chairman
DEPARTMENTS
4
FBS Member News
5
Event Calendar
10 One Topic: 10 Facts
12 Look, Listen, Read
14 Franchisee Spotlight
FEATURES
8
BWW Foundation Local Grants Program Adds Flexibility to Giving
11 Spotlight on the 117th Congress: Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-02)
16 Make the Most of Resources, Culture to Build and Keep Good Teams
by Sean Ireland, FBS director of communications
18 Could Your Business Benefit from a Cost Segregation Study?
by Stacy Smith, Mize CPAs Inc.
20 Employment Law
by Douglas H. Duerr, Elarbee Thompson Sapp and Wilson LLP
22 The Front Line Equals the Bottom Line
by Dennis Snow, Snow & Associates Inc.
24 The Real Value of Reverence in Relationship
by Dan Coughlin, The Coughlin Co.
26 The Benefits of Coaching: Six Ways It Can Boost Productivity
by Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®
DIRECTORIES
7
Associate Member Listing
28 Advertisers Guide and Editorial Calendar
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Together We’ve Built a Strong Organization
At our
Summit in May,
Jim Bitzonis,
a Bufalo
Wild Wings®
franchisee from
New York, an
outstanding
operator and
a very good
friend, will take
the gavel, and
Roz Mallet will assume the role of vice
chairman. I look forward to remaining
on the board of directors and supporting
Bitz and Roz in their new roles. I have no
doubt that they and our board, which also
includes Jenny Beaudoin, Brian Carmody,
Steve Grube, Bobby Pancake and Larry
Podlogar, will continue to lift FBS to new
heights.
Our association has seen remarkable
change over the last eight years. In some
ways, those years have fown by, while in
others, they have been a very long haul.
What is certain is that I have been blessed
to work with a remarkable group of
people for all that time – leaders who are
responsible for helping our organization
grow, mature and mark some important
achievements for our Bufalo Wild Wings
businesses.
One of the most important develop-
ments was the repurposing of the associa-
tion, a process we started in 2014. Te
BWNFA was a fragmented group in need
of new direction. After a detailed strategic
planning session, we changed our name to
FBS, and we aligned our board of directors
with the Franchise Advisory Committee
(FAC) to ensure that we had talent on
both as well as on the FAC subcom-
mittees. Tat allowed us to build a new
relationship with brand leadership, and
today, we know that Bufalo Wild Wings
views us as an important partner in the
success of BWW® and that our views and
opinions are heard, valued and trusted.
Te respect and cooperation between
our organization and the leadership at
Inspire Brands is the result of hard work,
honest conversations and relationship
building on both sides. I ofer my thanks
to President Lyle Tick, Chief Operating
Ofcer John Bowie and all leaders who
guide the brand for joining us to create
this symbiotic relationship.
FBS has boosted its advocacy eforts
not only with the BWW, but also with
state and federal governments. We created
an Advocacy Committee that has educated
franchisees and elected ofcials on the
impact of legislation on our system and
our businesses. In fact, Bufalo Wild
Wings, FAC and FBS representatives met
in Washington, D.C., many times with
elected ofcials to express our views on
issues afecting the franchisee community
and brand.
During the coronavirus pandemic,
FBS led the important initiative to hire
Trinity Capital to conduct a fnancial
analysis of the BWW system and measure
the impact of the pandemic on our busi-
nesses. Tis important work now serves as
a template that Bufalo Wild Wings uses
to better understand the fnancial condi-
tion of the system.
We’ve faced many challenges in the
last eight years. To each one of you, I
ofer my thanks and appreciation for your
support and hard work as we overcame
them. No one gets into a franchise
business because it is easy, and each of
you who dedicates your time and talent
play a vital role in our overall success as a
system. It has been my honor to serve and
represent your interests, and I wish you
nothing but the best moving forward. You
and the organization are in great hands
with Jim.
I look forward to seeing you and your
families on May 9-11, at the Summit, at
the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort
in Bonita Springs, Florida. Tis year’s
Summit is a departure from our traditional
Las Vegas event. Te FBS board sought to
ofer a more relaxed, leisurely atmosphere
to provide an opportunity for you to
bring your families as we unwind from
the struggles of the past two years. We
hope you and your family are planning to
attend!
We’re planning a great program with
many opportunities to network with one
another and our valued vendor partners,
an island excursion and some other fun
beach and sun activities in addition to
getting great information from brand and
franchisee leaders and other speakers about
ways to overcome operational challenges
and build better businesses.
If you haven’t made plans yet, be
sure to check out the Summit website at
https://cvent.me/P0oaMG!
Wray Hutchinson
his is my final message in The SCORE magazine as
chairman of Franchise Business Services (FBS).
After joining what was then the Buffalo Wings
National Franchisee Association (BWNFA) Board
of Directors in 2011, I became chairman of the board in
2014 and have served in that role since with Mark Jones as
my wingman.
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ranchisee Chris Olexa of Aspire2B
Hospitality Group has been recog-
nized by Franchising.com with its Spirit
of Franchising Most Valuable Player
(MVP) Award for 2020. Te MVP
awards were initially going to be recog-
nized in April 2020 at the Multi-Unit
Franchisee Conference, but the coro-
navirus pandemic changed those plans.
Olexa and other MVP winners were
instead recognized recently with a story in
Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine.
To qualify for an award, entrants must
have at least fve operating franchise units
and have been in their franchise system for
more than two years. Olexa operates nine
Bufalo Wild Wings® with more on the
way, and several other concepts under the
Inspire Brands umbrella.
Olexa got his start in the franchise
industry with Quiznos, which he left to
open his frst few Bufalo Wild Wings
locations. After overcoming a cancer
diagnosis and two hurricanes that struck his
businesses, he has led Aspire2B to success.
“Tis award shows how hard our
team is working. It’s not just myself,” he
said. “When you grow to the size we are,
it’s a lot of people pulling the ropes and
making us all look good. So, it’s awesome
to see the team and my company be
recognized for something like this.”
Despite operating 14 restaurants, he
still sometimes feels as if his business is a
mom-and-pop shop in Beaumont, Texas.
“But when you see the other awards and
the other winners that received recogni-
tions, it’s a huge honor for us. Just being
nominated for this is an awesome feeling.”
Over his two decades in the restau-
rant industry, Olexa said the biggest
change is the concept of hospitality.
He knows that giving customers great
hospitality is something his team now
must teach new hires – it doesn’t always
come as naturally to them as it has to
previous generations. At Aspire2B, the
phrases “maverick hospitality” and “be
the bull in the room” are both used
often, encouraging team members to go
against the grain and be headstrong in
everything they do, from customer service
to preparing wings to wiping tables.
Staying focused on growth and
operational excellence are core values
that make Aspire2B successful, he told
Franchising.com. Tese phrases and
values, Olexa believes, are what helped
him win the MVP award.
Aspire2B’s Chris Olexa Receives Spirit of
Franchising MVP Award From Franchising.com
Chris Olexa is the
founder and CEO of
Aspire2B Hospitality
Group, which oper-
ates nine Buffalo
Wild Wings, three
Arby’s, one Rusty
Taco and one Mellow
Mushroom in Texas.
uring the 2022 Winter Olympics
in Beijing, Americans tuned in
to see Team USA compete despite the
13-hour time diference. In Plattsburgh,
New York, supporters gathered at their
local Bufalo Wild Wings® to cheer on a
hometown competitor, Hunter Church,
in the bobsled event.
At 25, Church continues a bloodline
of bobsledders: His great-uncle competed
in the sport in the 1940s, followed by his
father and uncle in the 1980s. Church is
proud to be the frst of his family to make
the Olympic team.
“My lineage is what continued
to motivate me throughout this entire
journey,” he told People magazine. “For
me to come full circle and be the frst of
my family to make the Olympic team
and cement our legacy in the sport, it was
a huge driving factor,” he continued. “It’s
incredible this is where I am.”
On Feb. 19, the Plattsburgh BWW®
was packed with about 200 people who
watched Church’s fnal two heats in the
four-man bobsleigh event. Guests wore red,
white and blue and brought posters and
noise makers to cheer on Church. BWW
team members wore American fag masks
with their uniforms to show their support.
Te watch party was organized by
Courtney Roy, Church’s girlfriend of
almost four years. Roy wanted to get
as many friends and family members
together as possible to watch Church,
and BWW was a natural venue since the
couple frequently dines at the restaurant.
She created a Facebook event page to
spread the word, and the restaurant also
advertised it on its message board in the
dining room lobby.
Church was the pilot of the bobsled
in both this event and the two-man race
held earlier during the competition. He
steered his four-man sled to a 10th-place
fnish.
Darryl Moschelle, general manager
of the Plattsburgh BWW, was overjoyed
to see the support for Church at the
restaurant. “It was absolutely amazing
to see someone from our community
out there representing Team USA on the
world stage,” said Moschelle. “We are a
very small tight-knit community, so we
don’t often have our community members
involved in events of such magnitude.
Being able to see it was an extremely
proud moment for all of us.”
Plattsburgh Buffalo Wild Wings Hosts Watch Party for Olympic Athlete
Hunter Church and his four-man bobsled
team during the 2022 Winter Olympics in
Beijing.
A crowded sports bar cheered on hometown
native Hunter Church to a 10th-place finish
in his final two heats in Bejing.
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he Bufalo Wild Wings® in Tifn, Ohio,
has taken school fundraising to a new
level over the past three years by hosting a
weekly sports radio talk show focused on
school athletics.
Te BWW® in Tifn, owned by Te
Mastro Development Group LLC, donates
a percentage of sales to local school athletic
programs each Monday that WTTR radio
broadcasts from the sports bar. Franchisees
Mike and Lori Mastro estimate that about
$50,000 has been contributed to school
programs since the unique arrangement
started.
On Monday nights in the fall and
spring, WTTR’s team of sports analysts
convenes at BWW to highlight a school
and an upcoming matchup in football,
basketball or other sports, depending on the
season. Fans of the schools are encouraged
to eat dinner at the restaurant. School bands
and cheerleaders attend and perform, and
usually coaches and athletes are there to be
part of the broadcast. Fifteen percent of the
night’s total sales are then donated to the
featured school’s athletic program.
Te program usually boosts the sports
bar’s sales by several thousand dollars over
an average Monday night. “Tat’s what
makes it work for us,” Mike Mastro said.
“Te labor cost as a percentage of sales goes
down if our sales go up, so all we’re really
doing is sharing our labor cost savings that
we get with the schools. Tat’s the way we
view it.”
Tis win-win scenario has additional
benefts, branding BWW as the place to go
for local events and as an involved, caring
community partner. Te sports bar has
also hosted benefts for local fre and police
causes, Alzheimer’s disease research and
other community events.
“You have to wrap your arms around
these communities and give back,” Mike
Mastro said. “We’ve been very fortunate in
Tifn and in the other communities where
we’ve run Bufalo Wild Wings sports bars.
We’re going to keep it going. It makes us feel
good, and it’s a good deal for everyone.”
Ohio BWW Helps Schools Raise Money
by Hosting Weekly Radio Program
The BWW in Tiffin, Ohio, hosts a weekly radio
show dedicated to area sports. Each Monday
night is also a fundraiser for a local school.
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spire2B Hospitality Group, a Bufalo
Wild Wings® franchise group with nine
restaurants in Texas and Louisiana, recently
signed a seven-store deal for new Bufalo
Wild Wings GO locations in College
Station and the greater Houston area.
Te group has plans to open the frst
two restaurants this year. Franchisee Chris
Olexa immediately became interested in
the concept when it was introduced by
Inspire Brands.
“We had some of our full-service
stores doing $1 million in takeout sales
alone, which kind of over-strapped our
restaurants inside,” said Olexa. “Before
the pandemic, we never knew that we
would have that many people ordering
takeout from Bufalo Wild Wings.
Being able to alleviate that stress on our
existing stores while also seeking a growth
opportunity was really attractive for us.”
Te Aspire2B team visited some of
the frst GO restaurants that opened and
was excited by the concept of the smaller
labor model. Te team even recently
helped open a new corporate-owned
location in San Antonio to prepare for its
frst restaurant opening this summer.
Like other franchisees, Olexa and his
team have faced obstacles from the labor
and supply chain shortages, specifcally
for walk-in coolers and signage. Lead
times on this equipment have increased
exponentially, so the development team
has had to plan accordingly when setting
opening dates.
To tackle the labor shortage and recruit
staf for its new restaurants, Aspire2B
uses social media to promote its company
culture and attract the right candidates.
“We want to establish that we are the
place to be, as opposed to any other chain
restaurant down the road,” said Olexa.
Te company recognizes its employees
on social media for good performances
and showcases how they go above and
beyond for their staf inside the restau-
rants. During busy nights, like the Super
Bowl or UFC Fight Nights, managers set
up a hospitality table in the back with
snacks, candy and energy drinks. Small
gestures like these motivate employees and
create intrigue for potential candidates
when they see it on social media.
For other FBS members looking to
expand, Olexa advises franchisees to look
at what’s a good ft for their brand, study
opportunities and react fast when the
right opportunity arises.
Aspire2B Hospitality Group Prepares
to Open Two BWW GO Units in 2022
ince 2007, Ohio State University
(OSU) football fans in Gilbert,
Arizona, have called the Gilbert BWW®
their home bar on Saturdays during the
fall. Loyal guest Dan was one of them –
he always was the frst to come and sit at
his favorite spot at the bar each week for
years.
On Dec. 20, Dan lost a battle with
stage four colon cancer that metastasized to
his liver. Dan always wished to be buried
in his home state of Ohio, so the restaurant
raised over $1,000 to contribute to ship-
ping his body. Another OSU fan’s company
also donated $1,500 for the burial.
OSU faced the Utah Utes in the Rose
Bowl on Jan. 1, and guests and staf at
Bufalo Wild Wings® honored his life by
saving his seat at the bar and preparing his
go-to order, a glass of iced tea. Te entire bar
rail was reserved for Dan’s closest friends.
His mother and sister few from Ohio to
gather his things, so they also attended.
“He will always be remembered, and
we’ll always give him a salute during each
game,” said franchisee Gayle Schmidt. “He
was the nicest guy and loved by all.”
Another AZ Wings Management Inc.
location in Casa Grande, Arizona, recently
celebrated the life of loyal guest Diane,
who died suddenly from a stroke. Te Casa
Grande team held a memorial for Diane,
and many regulars attended. Tey put a
photo of Diane at the bar with her favorite
beer and encouraged guests to donate to the
American Stroke Association. Tey raised
$750 for the cause.
“Guests become family who are close
and dear to us,” said Schmidt. “When they
pass, there is a tremendous void felt by
all and a period of mourning takes place.
Tey will always be remembered as special
friends, and those bar seats will always have
their names attached in memory.”
AZ Wings Management Inc. Honors the Lives of Two Guests
The BWW in Casa Grande, Arizona, set up
a memorial for loyal guest Diane with her
photo and favorite beer.
Franchisee Gayle Schmidt (middle) holds
a picture of Dan while standing with his
mother and sister during the Rose Bowl.
The Aspire2B Hospitality Group helped
open a corporate Buffalo Wild Wings GO in
San Antonio as training for opening its own
locations.
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he Bufalo Wild Wings Foundation’s new local grants
program kicked of at the beginning of the year. Trough this
program, eligible franchisees and company leaders can nominate
local youth nonproft organizations to receive the funds raised
during the Team Up for Kids fundraiser. Tis marks a signifcant
change from previous years, when all funds supported the Boys
& Girls Clubs ALL STARS program.
Te added fexibility in local giving has been well received.
“We love the new concept behind Team Up for Kids. With
40 plus locations, we can individualize each of our stores to a
respective local organization. Tis type of fundraiser is much
more appealing to our customers and truly endears us to each
community that we represent,” said Rick Small, director of
marketing for Grube Inc.
While many franchisees are continuing to support their
local Boys & Girls Clubs, others have identifed new organiza-
tions that are also serving children in their community. “We are
supporting the 14th Street Community organization. It’s less
than a mile from our Portsmouth, Ohio, sports bar, and they
do so much to help kids in the community. We’re excited to
have the opportunity to partner with them this year,” said Katie
Vetter, marketing director for Schmidt Family Restaurant Group.
In the coming months, the foundation is excited to share
the many ways these funds are impacting kids across the country.
To learn more about how to get involved, contact Catherine
Stranberg at cstranberg@inspirebrands.com.
BWW Foundation Local Grants
Program Adds Flexibility to Giving
Foundation funds are supporting local youth nonprofit organizations in the communities where Buffalo Wild Wings sports bars raise funds.