Franchise Of The Year

Youngstown Vindicator:

Youngstown-based franchisee Rob Palmer recently received J.D. Byrider’s Franchise of the Year honor at the company’s annual awards program at the November convention in Hollywood, Fla. Palmer owns J.D. Byrider locations in Warren and Boardman in Ohio, and Hermitage and Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. This is Palmer’s second consecutive, and sixth overall, Franchise of the Year award.

At the convention, Palmer’s J.D. Byrider locations in Boardman, Warren and Hermitage, also received President’s Awards, which are presented to individual J.D. Byrider locations based on portfolio quality, customer service rankings and store earnings.

Palmer, who received his master’s of business administration degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, is planning to open his sixth J.D. Byrider location in Monroeville, Pa., in spring 2009.