A passion for fitness and some great smoothie recipes started Kevin Blackwell on the path toward his billion-dollar worldwide franchising business 20 years ago.
Blackwell was a surfer and triathlete. Surf City Squeeze which he started on the beach in San Diego, gave him a way to make a living while surfing and training to run competitively.
A few years later, when Bally’s Total Fitness offered Blackwell the chance to open his smoothie shops inside 3 Arizona gyms, he was bitten by the franchising bug. And bitten hard.
Blackwell’s Scottsdale-based Kahala Corp. now is parent to well-known brands like Cold Stone Creamery, Blimpie and Samurai Sam’s Teriyaki Grill. His vision is to have 10,000 franchise stores worldwide by 2010. Read on…
Surfer Turns Franchising Into Gold
March 17, 2008 by Cris | 0 Comments
In Franchises, Successful Franchises, Restaurants
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