TL;DR
Pancheros Mexican Grill won the Franchise Times Zor Award for top franchise investment in the 'Spice is Nice' category. The award recognizes the brand's operations model and cult-like following among customers.
Nominated for the “Spice is Nice” category, Pancheros beat out other category finalists and earned the top spot for their operations model and cult-like following among customers.
“We’re honored to have been selected for this award among this fierce group of finalists,” said Rodney Anderson, founder and CEO of Pancheros Mexican Grill. "This achievement highlights our franchisees’ hard work throughout the past year despite challenges and is a direct reflection of our model’s durability. Pancheros is a tried and true brand and we are looking forward to growing our sales and footprint in the year ahead.”
The key factors that go into the evaluation of the award include quality of financial information provided to the Franchise Times team, an exclusive calculation of return on investment, as well as editorial research including knowledge of management teams, product and service offerings, unit openings and closings, financial backing of the brand, litigation and more.
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This story was originally published in Franchising.com on March 12, 2021. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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