We’re very excited to introduce the newest IFYA expert, Kendall Ware, President and Chief Operating Officer of Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt. Kendall was promoted to President and COO in February 2018. Prior to his new role, he served as Vice President of Operations and Training for the Orange Leaf brand. A recipient of Oklahoma’s 30 under 30 award, Kendall has over 10 years of franchise leadership experience.
An expert in franchise operations, training, and support, Kendall focuses on franchise partner and guest satisfaction. As an IFYA expert, Kendall will share his expertise with our frozen yogurt community. If you have any questions for Kendall, please contact info@internationalfrozenyogurt.com
About Kendall
Kendall Ware is the President and COO of Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt. Under Kendall’s leadership, Orange Leaf stores are experiencing some of the highest Same Store Sales months (year-over-year) in the brand’s history. One of the more impressive strategic-initiatives he put in place to drive these positive same store sales was creating a co-brand concept for the Orange Leaf stores. Kendall led the team to create a whole new brand, Humble Donut Co., to create more sales opportunities for Orange Leaf locations. Humble Donut Co. now has 10 co-brand locations open and 6 coming soon. Even with two brands under his belt, he never considers the job done. He is continually seeking more opportunities for strategic partnerships that will grow Orange Leaf. All of his efforts over the last two years have led to Orange Leaf earning a spot in the Franchise Times 200+ list in 2019, being one of only two frozen yogurt concepts listed.
Prior to his time at Orange Leaf, Ware developed his leadership experience at other franchised concepts such as CiCi’s Pizza and Genghis Grill. During his tenure at CiCi’s Pizza, Ware led training and operations initiatives to enhance product quality that resulted in an increase of guest satisfaction and same store sales growth for their nearly 500 restaurants. At Genghis Grill, Ware developed a comprehensive set of operating systems, processes and people that helped successfully grow their franchise from 7 locations to 100 within 4 years.
About Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt
Orange Leaf is a self-serve, choose-your-own-toppings frozen yogurt and treat franchise with nearly 200 locations in the U.S. and Mexico. Orange Leaf offers a multitude of traditional and unique flavors, including no-sugar-added, gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan alternatives. Our mission is to make life sweeter by creating a memorable treat experience that is all about you. Every Guest can enjoy #flavorfreedom with any product at Orange Leaf.
We value the relationships with every store and consider them a strategic-partnership. We empower those relationships by maintaining the lowest fees in the industry, supporting veterans through our partnership with VetFran, and encouraging stores to provide value to their communities. Additionally, Orange Leaf is a member of the IFA, NRA, and a proud partner of No Kid Hungry. For more information, connect socially on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
