News & Events
FROM OUR CORNER OF THE WORLD TO YOU – LAURA WYNNE & LIDIA SHI
In every newsletter we like to introduce an employee from the Corporate Office. In this issue we would like to introduce two employees, Laura Wynne and Lidia Shi. Laura Wynne has been with BurgerBusters since April of 2017. She was born and raised in Virginia Beach and loves the area and community. Laura started working at BurgerBusters as a receptionist, then moved to the Human Resource Department, and is now working as an Assistant and [...]
HEALTHY, STRONG, AND DETERMINED: BURGERBUSTERS KEEPS MOVING FORWARD
2019 was another great year for BurgerBusters. Sales were up over 14%, exceeding $225 million, our operations scores were the best we have ever had, and we have continued to develop new stores at one of the strongest rates in the country. BurgerBusters currently operates 167 businesses in 151 locations and has over 4,000 employees. All of these factors led to BurgerBusters receiving its highest ranking ever on the Restaurant Franchise Monitor’s Top 200 Franchisees [...]
OPERATIONS – THANK YOU TO ALL EMPLOYEES!
The operations certainly will have challenges as we enter into post crisis planning and new ways to serve the guests will be thrust upon us. New challenges such as a 90% drive thru business, new demands on cleaning standards, sanitizers, and how the store will deliver food in the future awaits us. I am confident each of you will exceed the new challenges in the coming year. At this time, I want to simply stop [...]
FINANCIAL NEWS – WHY ARE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENTS SO WELCOMING? BECAUSE EVERYONE COUNTS!
The Accounting Department has been working to respond to the overwhelming impact of COVID-19 / Coronavirus. For the next couple of newsletters, we thought we would take the opportunity to talk about a few items you may hear about when discussing financials or PBAs (Profit Before Advertising) by starting out with Cost of Sales. Have you ever wondered how orders and inventory counts impact your PBA? Inventory counts tell us how much inventory you had [...]
HUMAN RESOURCES – 2020 BENEFITS ENROLLMENT
By: Kirk Jester Director of Human Resources
ASSET PROTECTION – SUMMER SALES
Summer is fast approaching. Now is the time to prepare your current staff for the summer. With summer comes higher sales, new team members, and lots of opportunities for growth for you and the company. The summer heat and busy stores can be stressful. Spending time now working with employees on food safety, product knowledge, speed of service goals, and order taking can help to reduce some of the stress. Focus on teamwork and store [...]