“One employee who started with me as a crew member is now the business manager at one of my drive-thru restaurants”
progression of my employees and watching them successfully work their way up the ladder. One employee who started with me as a crew member is now the business manager at one of my drive-thru restaurants, which makes me feel extremely proud. “After winning the Franchisee of the Year Award, I’ve realised how passionate I am about getting more females involved in franchising. For some reason, only a very small number of women are applying to become franchisees, which is especially true for McDonald’s. We all get together at social functions and create a community within the McDonald’s force. I do hope we will be seeing more female franchisees in the future.” Anne begins to wrap up the conversation, but not before we move on to her personal aspirations: “My dream is to run many more McDonald’s restaurants in the UK. At the moment I want to run 14!” This may seem like a lot of restaurants to an outsider but, considering Anne has acquired five franchises in her first seven years as a McDonald’s franchisee, I’m sure she’ll get there in no time. n