Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine Issue II, 2015 | Page 36

MULTI-BRAND 50
BY HELEN BOND

Partners and Friends
30-year relationship blossoms in perennial success

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ranchisees looking for insights
into succeeding with a partner
can learn a thing or two from
multi-brand franchisees Judy
Ewing-Lonetti and Sandy Dunn. Mutual
respect is the cornerstone of their 30year business relationship. They know
they wouldn’t be where they are today
without one another.
Their company, Charlotte-based EwingDunn, is a mainstay at North Carolina’s
Charlotte Douglas International Airport,
where they operate coveted food franchise
locations under three different brands:
Brioche Dorée, Cinnabon, and TCBY.
In the coming months, they will add an
Auntie Anne’s and at least one additional
food franchise when construction is completed on a new concourse at the airport,
which set an all-time record in 2014 with
more than 44 million travelers.
The pair met at a gift show 35 years
ago when Ewing-Lonetti, as national
sales director for a large gift company,
was selling and Dunn, general manager
at Charlotte Douglas for Dobbs House,
was buying. Five years later, their complementary expertise, along with Dunn’s
proven airport experience, would help
NAME: Judy Ewing-Lonetti and

Sandy Dunn

TITLE: CEO and Vice President
COMPANY: Ewing-Dunn Inc.
NO. OF UNITS: 1 Brioche Dorée,
1 Cinnabon, 1 TCBY
FAMILY: Judy: married, 3

daughters, 5 grandchildren;
Sandy: 1 son, 4 grandchildren

YEARS IN FRANCHISING: 21

Judy Ewing-Lonetti (left) and Sandy Dunn

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YEARS IN CURRENT POSITION: 30

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