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Longtime friends Eric Dore and Shane McGuiness were the first
Planet Fitness franchisees.
Name: Shane McGuiness and Eric Dore
Company Name: Sunshine Fitness Centers, Inc.
Year Became a PF Franchisee: 2003
Total Number of PF clubs: 22 open, 2 under construction
and 2 starting construction soon
State(s) in which you operate clubs: FL, GA and AL —
first to open in October
2015 Issue 2 | GearedUp
What drew you to the brand and how did you get
involved as a franchisee?
Eric: I was in the industry on the equipment manufacturer
side