Business Experience of Franchisor's and Executive Officers

The franchisor’s executive officers, directors and their business experience is as follows

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Kenneth E. Higginbotham, CEO and President Mr. Higginbotham started his first business in 1965 and has been self employed since then. After selling a highly successful manufacturing company he purchased a family restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona in June of 1980. After turning this restaurant into a very successful one, he purchased the failing 5 & Diner located at 16 ST. and Colter in central Phoenix in January of 1989. That restaurant has seen sales increase 1,000% since Mr. Higginbotham acquired it. It has become one of the more popular restaurants in the Phoenix area. In 1992 Mr. Higginbotham started franchising 5 & Diners through out the United States. Today he is actively involved in all aspects of the company’s management.

Jon Higginbotham is the Vice President of 5 & Diner. He has been associated with 5 & Diner for more than 10 years in varied capacities. As Vice President he has a broad spectrum of involvement in 5 & Diner operations including franchisees and overall direction of 5 & Diner.

Don Allio is Vice President of Franchise Operations - He joined 5 & Diner Corporation in January of 2007 as Director of Franchise Development. August 1st Mr. Allio was promoted to VP of Franchise Operations. Mr. Allio has over 40 years of experience in the Restaurant Industry. He started with McDonalds Restaurants in 1966 as a crew person peeling and blanching French Fry’s. He worked his way up to a General Manager, then went on to various mid Management positions and Dept Head positions in Operations and Training in New York,
California and Michigan. He then went to Chicago as Director of Training, where he served as Dean of Hamburger University, and Director of World Wide Training. Then in 1987 he went to Kansas City Kansas as Regional Manager and in 1988 was promoted to Regional Vice President. Mr. Allio had total responsibility for 5 states Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, and Oklahoma. He had 350 McDonalds, a staff of 70 people, 80 Owner/Operators and Sales of over $470,000,000. Mr. Allio’s and his region was the Region that created the Combination Meals as it exists today thru out the Fast Food Restaurant industry. Mr. Allio retired from McDonalds in 2001.

Richard Wylie is the Corporate Chef. Mr. Wylie has spent 23 years in the food service industry. He has been a United States Navy mess specialist, worked at the Phoenician Resort, Crescent Hotels, and the Cheesecake Factory. Mr. Wylie has also been a Culinary Instructor for the state of Guanajuato in Mexico. His experiences as a Chef, Corporate kitchen trainer, and Culinary Instructor give Mr. Wylie the experience necessary to direct the food operations for the 5 & Diner.

Our 5 & Diner Mission

The 5 & Diner brand is guest-driven. We will WOW our guests every day by achieving the highest level of satisfaction with an extraordinary focus on friendly service, tasty food, fun and family value.

The 5 & Diner is team-focused. We will WOW our team members by providing the same respect, positive encouragement and fair treatment within the organization that we expect team members to share externally with every guest.

The 5 & Diner is community connected. We will WOW the communities where we do business by practicing good citizenship and helping to make these communities better places to live, work and grow. We will do this in a number of ways including Holiday fund-raisers and other seasonal events.


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