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Article: Dusting up; Molly Maid's recovery allows CEO to focus on other franchise efforts.(David McKinnon)
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- Crain's Detroit Business
- Article date:
- July 25, 2005
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Byline: Brent Snavely
After Molly Maid Inc. sales stagnated, David McKinnon, company co-founder and CEO of parent company Service Brands International Inc., asked his board to put him back in charge of Molly Maid.
McKinnon spent about 18 months as president, improving operations and beefing up the company's efforts to recruit more franchisees.
Now, with Molly Maid back on track, McKinnon has recruited one of his star franchisees to take over as president and has charged him to carry out an ambitious goal: Doubling Molly Maid's U.S. franchises.
Molly Maid had 308 as of Dec. 31, according to its Uniform Franchise Offering Circular, a ...