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Subway celebrates top 12 franchisees on their big day

August 24, 2016

Subway is having a pretty good year, landing on a lot of "best-of" lists. Most recently the chain was named one of the top brands for customer service in a survey by 24/7WallSt.

The chain gives credit to its stellar franchisees for a lot of its success and is celebrating National Franchise Appreciation Day on Saturday, honoring its top 12 franchisee teams with 2016 Franchisee of the Year awards.

The winners include: 

• Fouad Adel Bafakih and Abdul Badia Mohd Dakkak, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Manfred Bolz, Dernbach, Germany
• Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Olga Nurmasheva, Orenburg, Russia
• Stephen Pasco, Stoke Bishop, England
• Jwalit Patel, Bloomingdale, Illinois
• Rontec Watford Ltd., Watford, England
• Torsten Rothamel, Kelkheim, Germany
• Alexander Ruscheinsky, Regensburg, Germany
• Jennifer Torres and Jeffery Torres, Oh of Yishun, Singapore

Three other awards will go to 2016 Subway Development Agents of the Year. These are typically franchisees who create teams in their markets to work with other franchisees on everything from food safety and appearance to new product launches and brand initiatives.

Winners in this category include:

• Franz Amrhein, Montserrat Odio and Jan Holtermann,  Costa Rica
• Dave Kelsey and Daljit Nahil, United Kingdom
• Deniz Yasemin, Turkey