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Bob and Barbara Ganse, along with daughter and son-in-law Steve and Jenny Beaudoin, became BWW franchisees 17 years ago. Ganse/Beaudoin Group operates four restaurants in Virginia and West Virginia. The third generation joined the family business this summer when the Beaudoins’ oldest daughter began working for the company. By Jessica Loeding 27 SCORE | 2016 Issue 2 Ohio. This location was the 12th site systemwide; with over 1,100 Buffalo Wild Wings locations nationwide now, we are proud to say we have been here since the beginning,”said Gerald “Jerry” Franklin Jr. Gerald Franklin Sr., who passed away July 25, 2016, at the age of 93, was just the fourth franchisee to enter the Buffalo Wild Wings brand, setting an example for not just his biological family but BWW franchisees as well. Franklins’ Continued on page 28 THE From East Coast to West and everywhere in between, you will find a BWW family operation. Many of them are longtime franchise locations, beginning early with the brand, so the progression to a family affair was a natural one. Take, for example, Ohio-based Franklins’ Management of Cleveland. When property owned by the late Gerald Franklin Sr. in the Flats of downtown Cleveland, Ohio, landed in the hands of a new restaurant concept called BW-3 in 1992, Franklin and his son decided to look into becoming franchisees.“One year later, in 1993, we opened our first location in Parma Heights,