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Zaxby's Founders Get Award in Sandy Springs
Childhood pals and co-founders of Zaxby’s, Zach McLeroy and Tony Townley, received the 2014 Franchise Founders Award from the Southeast Franchise Forum in June. The two founded the highly successful and rapidly growing 650-unit quick casual chicken franchise concept, which is headquartered in Athens, Ga.
About 50 people gathered at the 5 Seasons Brewery in Sandy Springs to honor the 2014 recipients of the annual award who dreamed up Zaxby’s nearly 25 years ago while shooting hoops in Zach’s backyard. Pictured left to right in the attached picture at the June 4 celebration: Dexter Manning, Tony Townley, Zach McLeroy, Jim Squire, and Rupert Barkoff.