On Veteran’s Day last year the Dallas-based 7-Eleven company made a promise that it recently kept by awarding three U.S. veterans a store franchise with the usual $180,000 fee.
The company’s ‘Operation: Take Command’ competition was original designed to pick one veteran among those applying for the free franchise. However after qualifying rounds were completed, interviews were conducted, and a Facebook video competition held, Joe DePinto, 7-Eleven CEO and West Point graduate, found three military veterans so impressive that he couldn’t choose among them. Instead, he awarded all three a store.
From Granbury, Texas, Mark Anthony Page, a U.S. Navy veteran was as awarded a franchise in Burleson at 980 N.W. John Jones Drive. A veteran in Miami, Florida and one in Chesapeake, Virginia will also be in the market for new digital Business Cards printed with their own franchise store’s address.
7-Eleven is part of a growing trend among U.S. employers to support our troops by actively recruiting military veterans. Back in May, Wal-Mart pledged that by 2020 it would hire 250,000 veterans. The move to hire veterans appears to be working, with unemployment among the group standing at 6.6% in 2013 and down to 5.3% in 2014, according to the Bureau of Labor & Statistics.
Tomorrow, August 28, a celebration of Page’s Burleson store will be held from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm.Get a Free Quote for Business Cards
