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Connect MARGARET JABOUR Twin Liquors
Twin Liquors is a third-generation, Texas family-owned-and-operated wine and spirits business that started after Prohibition. Owners Margaret Jabour and brother, David Jabour, have expanded the business to 80 locations throughout Central Texas. Margaret believes, “It is important to provide outstanding customer service along with product knowledge and education. I believe that an educated staff can teach consumers to feel confident with their wine and spirits selections. I believe it is equally important to provide tastings in the stores — much like fragrance samplings at a cosmetics counter. It was important to bring the department store ambience to the wine and spirits industry with great selection of name brand products at great prices. Relationships are important and why we believe in neighborhood stores that give us the opportunity to know the people in the communities and the needs of the communities. Through philanthropy Twin Liquors is involved with over 500 charitable events annually.”
Spirits Twin Liquors 9 San Antonio area locations info@twinliquors.com www.TwinLiquors.com
DAWN LAFREEDA
Den-Tex Central, Inc. dba Denny’s Franchise Restaurants
Dawn Lafreeda, founder and CEO of Den-Tex Central, Inc., is one of the most successful restaurant franchise owners in the country. Working her way up from waiting tables at Denny’s at 16, she currently owns 75 of their restaurants and employs over 2,800 in her multi-state operation. During her career, Lafreeda has been featured in numerous publications, such as Entrepreneur, Food and Drink International, and Multi Unit Franchisee, among others. She has received numerous business and service awards, including Working Woman 500’s Largest Women Owned Businesses in the Country, Denny’s Operator of the Year, the Presidential Leadership Award from Big Brothers Big Sisters, Denny’s Developer of the Year, and the Anchor Award from Equality Texas. She recently filmed a pilot for The Food Network in which she advises young restaurant owners on how to take their business to the next level. Lafreeda is involved in her local community and supports Big Brothers Big Sisters, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Special Olympics, Family Endeavors, Equality Texas, Family Equality Council, and The Human Rights Campaign, among others.
Restaurant Den-Tex Central, Inc. dba Denny’s Franchise Restaurants P.O. Box 690730, San Antonio, TX 78269 Dlafreeda@dentexcentral.com 210-694-0707
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