T.G.I. Friday’s(R) Restaurants Recognize 2008 Top Performers

CARROLLTON, Texas, March 23 - T.G.I. Friday’s(R) restaurants recently named its top USA General Managers and top franchise performers for 2008.

  The award recipients are:
— Overall General Manager of the Year - T.G.I. Friday’s U.S.A.
    Franchise: John Hopkins, Effingham, Illinois
— Overall General Manager of the Year - T.G.I. Friday’s U.S.A.: Marianna
    Berg, Humble, Texas

  Division General Managers of the Year:
— Central Division: Jason Wozniak - Canton, Michigan
— Northeast Division: Michael Kimble - Big Flats, New York
— Southeast Division: Farid Mohajer - Tyson’s Mall, Virginia
— Non-Traditional Restaurant: Holly Gustafson - Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
    Friday’s Front Row(R) Sports Grill
— U.S.A. Franchise - Northeast: David Simon - East Hanover, New Jersey
— U.S.A. Franchise - Southeast: Rick Czora - Buffalo/Galleria, New York
— U.S.A. Franchise - West: Troy Wright - Salt Lake City/Southtown, Utah
— U.S.A. Franchise Non-Traditional: Mike Purpura - Pittsburgh Airport

  Directors of Operations of the Year
— Director of Operations of the Year - U.S.A. Company Operations: Joe
    Causse, West Division, Minneapolis, Minn.
— Director of Operations of the Year - U.S.A. Franchise Operations:
    Chuck Morrisey, West Division, Dallas, Tex.

  And the overall Division of the Year - T.G.I. Friday’s - U.S.A.: West

  Top franchise performers:
— Franchise Operator of the Year - T.G.I. Friday’s U.S.A.: Ethan
    Erickson, vice president, Quantum Leap Restaurants
— Franchise Group of the Year - T.G.I. Friday’s U.S.A.: Village X
— Franchise Developer of the Year - T.G.I. Friday’s U.S.A.: The Briad
    Group(R)
— Franchise Operator of the Year - T.G.I. Friday’s - International:
    Guillermo Rodriguez, Franquicias Alimentarias S.A. - Peru
— Franchise Group of the Year - T.G.I. Friday’s - International: Kuwait
    Food Company
— Franchise Developer of the Year - T.G.I. Friday’s - International:
    Kuwait Food Company

Carlson Restaurants Worldwide Inc., the parent company of T.G.I. Friday’s Inc., is a privately held company owned by Minneapolis-based Carlson, a world leader in the hospitality, travel and marketing industries. As of March 2009, Carlson Restaurants Worldwide owns, operates, franchises or licenses more than 1,000 restaurants in 60 countries. For more information, visit http://www.fridays.com/.

Source: T.G.I. Friday’s restaurants

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