Nine Hardee's restaurants owned and operated by Boddie-Noell Enterprises earned the 2011 Restaurant Operational Excellence Award from Hardee's Food Systems Inc. for outstanding performance over the past year.
Boddie-Noell captured nine of the 12 Operational Excellence awards bestowed this year to Hardee's franchise restaurant locations across the U.S.
The Operational Excellence Award is based on three specific guidelines -- an individual restaurant's performance in quality assurance audits, its score on an operational assessment and no more than one guest complaint.
The nine Boddie-Noell Hardee's winners included units in North Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky.
"We're extremely proud of these Hardee's locations that received this award because they are top achievers," said Terry Lewis, vice president of operations for Boddie-Noell's Hardee's restaurant division. "These awards serve as validation of the hard work, teamwork and commitment that are present every day in these restaurants."
Based in Rocky Mount, N.C., BNE is the largest Hardee's franchise operator in the U.S. with 335 Hardee's locations across four states.
