Braselton’s Wilburn earns top honor as Subway franchiseeRobert Terry Wilburn of Braselton received the 2012 Regional Franchisee of the Year award from the Subway restaurant chain at the company’s recent convention in Orlando, Fla.The award is for accomplishments in building sales and increasing profitability while achieving excellent store evaluations. He earned the honor from among the chain’s more than 12,000 franchises.“This is a great honor and it is also humbling as there are a lot of great, hard-working franchisees out there,” Wilburn said. “I must first thank my customers, and then my staff, led by store manager Shirley Barlow.
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