Franchising King

Augusta Chronicle:

When the blue Jani-King car comes down the road, it likely is being driven by Rich Henderson.
Rich

He doesn’t mind the looks if it means he’s being noticed by potential customers for his clients.

“Our business is to sell cleaning franchises,” Mr. Henderson said. “We help put people in business.”

Mr. Henderson and a partner have the rights to Augusta and Savannah, and they recently opened a new territory across the state in Macon, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see the Jani-King car there.

The Augusta office has only six employees but it manages more than 25 franchised business owners who employ hundreds of people in the area, Mr. Henderson said. It is a similar situation in Savannah — and maybe soon in Macon.

“It is not a bunch of uneducated people out there pushing brooms,” Mr. Henderson said.

All are commercial, not residential, cleaners. Full story.

Photo: Annette M. Drowlette.

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