ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (April 27, 2011) – Boddie-Noell Enterprises announced today that Leziel Sanders of Petersburg, VA., is the 2011 overall champion of the company’s annual Hardee’s Biscuit Maker Challenge.
Sanders was selected in judged competition as the best among some 740 biscuit makers at 336 Hardee’s restaurants operated by Boddie-Noell, the largest Hardee’s franchise operator in the United States. She bakes Made from Scratch™ biscuits at the Hardee’s at 2839 Hickory Hill Road in Petersburg.
Sanders was one of four regional winners selected from the Hardee’s operated by Boddie-Noell across North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina and Kentucky. The other three regional winners are Janet Thomas of Aberdeen, Wayne Newman of Martinsville, VA., and last year’s overall winner, Lee Damien of Virginia Beach, VA.
Boddie-Noell honored the four regional winners during a banquet at the company’s Rose Hill Conference Center near Nashville, N.C. during which the Biscuit Maker champion was announced. Photos of the four biscuit-making finalists will be featured later this year on paper tray liners provided to in-store customers at all Hardee’s operated by Boddie-Noell.
The competition started in December, and each biscuit maker was evaluated on the quality of his or her biscuits, knowledge, cleanliness and care of biscuit equipment, knowledge and execution of company procedures, grooming and appearance. The competition’s judges included general and district managers, regional directors and vice presidents of operations and other executives in the restaurant division of Boddie-Noell.
Sanders said that she was stunned when it was announced at the awards events that she won. “I was very grateful and very happy,” she said. “I’m very proud, just overwhelmed. It’s making me smile a lot.”
While Sanders had worked at the Hardee’s location for less than two years, she had been a biscuit maker for only about two months when she entered the competition. That short amount of time perfecting her biscuit-making skills is the least amount of experience baking Hardee’s biscuits of any biscuit maker to win the competition since it began in 1983. It’s a tribute to her baking skills, to carefully following procedures and her commitment to make the perfect golden brown Hardee’s biscuit.
“That she has been baking biscuits for only two months when this competition began shows how meticulous she is,” said Mike Zollo, a Boddie-Noell regional vice president who oversees Hardee’s operations in Sanders’ area. “She’s got competitiveness but also has a really nice smile on her face and it shows with this a special achievement for her.”
Sanders, who comes from a large Philippine family, loves to cook and especially to barbecue. Her favorite breakfast menu item is the sausage biscuit. In her spare time she loves to garden and play Scrabble with her husband William and friends.
“We have some amazing biscuit makers within our company, folks who take real pride in what they create each morning,” said Terry Lewis, Boddie-Noell’s vice president of operations for Hardee’s and host of the Biscuit Maker Banquet. “They make fantastic biscuits that are a signature menu item for Hardee’s and we’re very proud to have them working for our company.”
Hardee’s Made from Scratch™ biscuits, which have been served at Boddie-Noell restaurants since the 1970’s, are a critical part of the restaurant’s menu. In 2010, Hardee’s restaurants owned and operated by Boddie-Noell used 772,360 pounds of biscuit flour, 9,852,645 pounds of biscuit mix and 676,000 gallons of buttermilk to make the golden brown biscuits – enough flour, mix and buttermilk to fill 420 tractor-trailers.
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Boddie-Noell Enterprises (BNE) is a diversified family-owned business engaged primarily in restaurants and land development. A Hardee’s franchise operator for 49 years, BNE is the largest Hardee’s franchise operator in the United States with 335 restaurants across four states (North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and South Carolina). The company-owned restaurant brands include Texas Steakhouse & Saloon and Café Carolina and Bakery. BNE also operates franchise Moe’s Southwest Grill restaurants as well as the historic Rose Hill Conference Center. The company has major land-development projects completed or under way along the North Carolina coast and in Virginia. BNE employs more than 12,000 people and is headquartered in Rocky Mount, N.C. For more information about the company, visit www.bneinc.com.
April 28, 2011
April 27, 2011
Top Boddie-Noell Hardee's Restaurants and Managers Receive Carleton Noell Award and Recognition
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (April 26, 2011) – Boddie-Noell Enterprises, Inc. presented its annual Carleton Noell Achievers awards to 10 Hardee’s restaurant general managers and two district managers. The Carleton Noell Achievers award is the top operational award given by Boddie-Noell, the nation’s largest Hardee’s franchise operator.
The recognition of the annual Carleton Noell winners was held at the company’s Rose Hill Conference Center near Nashville, N.C. Each recipient received a gift card, a personal plaque and a plaque to be displayed in the restaurant.
The award-winning individuals and restaurants represent the best among the 335 Hardee’s restaurants operated by the company across four states. The winners were selected on an established set of objectives for operational excellence in 2010. The annual award is named for the late W. Carleton Noell, one of the founders of Boddie-Noell Enterprises, Inc. which opened its first Hardee’s in 1962.
“Carleton Noell was the best at what he did and we honor his name by recognizing the best, our Carleton Noell Achievers,’” Terry Lewis, vice president of operations for Boddie-Noell’s Hardee’s division, told those gathered at the recognition event. “They perform a variety of tasks each day while carrying out the values that are at the core of Boddie-Noell.”
District Managers Wayne Christensen of Bristol, Va. and Leo Grogan of Chester, Va. each won the Carleton Noell award for 2010 based on an established set of objectives for operational excellence.
The 10 restaurant general manager “achievers” include Jason Hunt with the Hardee’s at 5 Ocean Highway East in Supply; Sandra Ballard with the Hardee’s at 1015 E. Main St. in Wytheville, Va.; Katherine Flowers with the Hardee’s at Highway 17 South in Hampstead; Darline Cole with the Hardee’s at 200 Ocean Highway North in Hertford; Gwen Smith with the Hardee’s at 1951 Lynnhaven Parkway in Virginia Beach, Va.; Jose Diaz with the Hardee’s at 20 Prosperity Lane in Stafford, Va.; Lisa Hale with the Hardee’s at 24429 Riverside Drive in Grundy, Va.; Deborah Reid with the Hardee’s at 76 E. Midland Trail in Lexington, Va; Sandra Weaver with the Hardee’s at 4800 Greensboro Road in Ridgeway, Va. and Cornelia Ennis with the Hardee’s at 3750 Candlers Mountain Road in Lynchburg, Va.
About Boddie-Noell Enterprises
Boddie-Noell Enterprises (BNE) is a diversified family-owned business engaged primarily in restaurants and land development. BNE is the largest Hardee’s franchise operator in the United States with 335 restaurants across four states. For more information about the company, visit www.bneinc.com.
The recognition of the annual Carleton Noell winners was held at the company’s Rose Hill Conference Center near Nashville, N.C. Each recipient received a gift card, a personal plaque and a plaque to be displayed in the restaurant.
The award-winning individuals and restaurants represent the best among the 335 Hardee’s restaurants operated by the company across four states. The winners were selected on an established set of objectives for operational excellence in 2010. The annual award is named for the late W. Carleton Noell, one of the founders of Boddie-Noell Enterprises, Inc. which opened its first Hardee’s in 1962.
“Carleton Noell was the best at what he did and we honor his name by recognizing the best, our Carleton Noell Achievers,’” Terry Lewis, vice president of operations for Boddie-Noell’s Hardee’s division, told those gathered at the recognition event. “They perform a variety of tasks each day while carrying out the values that are at the core of Boddie-Noell.”
District Managers Wayne Christensen of Bristol, Va. and Leo Grogan of Chester, Va. each won the Carleton Noell award for 2010 based on an established set of objectives for operational excellence.
The 10 restaurant general manager “achievers” include Jason Hunt with the Hardee’s at 5 Ocean Highway East in Supply; Sandra Ballard with the Hardee’s at 1015 E. Main St. in Wytheville, Va.; Katherine Flowers with the Hardee’s at Highway 17 South in Hampstead; Darline Cole with the Hardee’s at 200 Ocean Highway North in Hertford; Gwen Smith with the Hardee’s at 1951 Lynnhaven Parkway in Virginia Beach, Va.; Jose Diaz with the Hardee’s at 20 Prosperity Lane in Stafford, Va.; Lisa Hale with the Hardee’s at 24429 Riverside Drive in Grundy, Va.; Deborah Reid with the Hardee’s at 76 E. Midland Trail in Lexington, Va; Sandra Weaver with the Hardee’s at 4800 Greensboro Road in Ridgeway, Va. and Cornelia Ennis with the Hardee’s at 3750 Candlers Mountain Road in Lynchburg, Va.
About Boddie-Noell Enterprises
Boddie-Noell Enterprises (BNE) is a diversified family-owned business engaged primarily in restaurants and land development. BNE is the largest Hardee’s franchise operator in the United States with 335 restaurants across four states. For more information about the company, visit www.bneinc.com.
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