BrandONE provides accelerated growth for exceptional brands. With over 100 years of experience, we are franchise development experts dedicated to helping franchisors achieve their objectives.
On the surface: we accelerate growth for emerging franchise brands by matching them with high-quality candidates. The whole story: in addition to recruiting high-quality candidates, we cultivate relationships across the franchise industry, providing our brands access to the expertise they need to refine their operations and infrastructure. This way, when the franchise award process expands, they’re ready to support the influx of new franchisees and continue to grow.
Franchise Recruitment isn’t just another way to say franchise development. Not to us. We make a distinction, preferring to educate franchisee candidates so they understand every detail of the opportunity. Then when they decide to move forward, they are more than confident about their choice – and our brands get franchisees who are perfectly aligned with their vision, values, and business model. Everyone wins.
E&M Holdings, with principals Bob Merullo and Kevin Embree, are currently operating franchises of MOD Pizza and Jersey Mike’s in Colorado. Bob and Kevin, after years of experience in food and beverage/restaurant development, including building restaurants in two countries, two provinces, and six states, decided to partner with MOD Pizza and Jersey Mike’s because both brands share the same values and business practices. At E&M Holdings our philosophy is to operate from a team member-centric approach to business which has made us successful in the past. We believe that when we take care of our team, they will take care of the guest, resulting in higher guest counts and positive guest response, leading to a profitable business model.
In addition to principals Bob Merullo and Kevin Embree, among the ranks of E&M Holdings are Scott Schooler and Pete Cardillo. Scott and Pete were both hand-chosen to join the E&M Holdings team because of their industry experience and proven leadership ability. Scott and Pete are key assets in the long-term growth of our current and possible future brand development.
The four of us have varying and complimentary skills, which makes us a well-balanced team. We share unwavering values that we believe will continue to propel us in this industry. We are committed to growing our brands of MOD Pizza and Jersey Mike’s in the rapidly-expanding Colorado market by continually appreciating and developing people. We are dedicated to providing a quality product combined with the best service in the industry. We are passionate about people, which includes giving back to the communities that we serve.