Franchise Partner
Mark Janasik currently serves as a Managing Member of CCG Restaurants, Inc., which owns the development rights to the award winning restaurant chain Taqueria del Sol, for the state of North Carolina. His responsibilities in this position include building the company’s new concept and building 10 to 12 restaurants in the next five years.
Previously, Mark Janasik was Vice President of Calloway Consolidated Group, Inc., which was a Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries franchisee in northeast Florida. Five Guys Burgers and Fries is one of the nation’s fastest growing burger chains. Recognized as having the best burgers in Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and Gainesville, the chain restaurant’s excellence has also been acknowledged by Zagat. Five Guys was established in 1986, and Mark Janasik joined the company in 2006, utilizing his background as a businessman and restaurant manager to take on responsibility for quality control, management integration, marketing efforts, and profit and loss accountability.
Prior to joining Five Guys, Mark Janasik was the District Manager for Waffle House, a popular chain of restaurants in the South. In this position, he managed three stores, providing leadership and oversight to the work of 150 employees and three store managers. During this time, Mr. Janasik was successful in meeting or exceeding budget goals while maintaining the lowest payroll for the region. He also consistently met the food cost target weekly, focused on team-building activities, personal & professional leadership exercises, and even starting a reading club for the management team. Mr. Janasik feels what most meaningful to him as a restaurateur is to create meaningful relationships, not only with the customer but with each other, to promote team members from within and treat each other as people first then as colleagues. Mr. Janasik feels acts of personal consideration and acts of kindness, whether to the customer or his team, will never be forgotten and create a great business environment.
Prior to joining the restaurant industry, Mr. Janasik was an Insurance Broker with Southern States Insurance, Inc., an agency that specializes in commercial and personal lines of insurance with a special interest in the restaurant, entertainment, manufacturing, and motor sports industries.
Previously, Mark Janasik was Vice President of Calloway Consolidated Group, Inc., which was a Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries franchisee in northeast Florida. Five Guys Burgers and Fries is one of the nation’s fastest growing burger chains. Recognized as having the best burgers in Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and Gainesville, the chain restaurant’s excellence has also been acknowledged by Zagat. Five Guys was established in 1986, and Mark Janasik joined the company in 2006, utilizing his background as a businessman and restaurant manager to take on responsibility for quality control, management integration, marketing efforts, and profit and loss accountability.
Prior to joining Five Guys, Mark Janasik was the District Manager for Waffle House, a popular chain of restaurants in the South. In this position, he managed three stores, providing leadership and oversight to the work of 150 employees and three store managers. During this time, Mr. Janasik was successful in meeting or exceeding budget goals while maintaining the lowest payroll for the region. He also consistently met the food cost target weekly, focused on team-building activities, personal & professional leadership exercises, and even starting a reading club for the management team. Mr. Janasik feels what most meaningful to him as a restaurateur is to create meaningful relationships, not only with the customer but with each other, to promote team members from within and treat each other as people first then as colleagues. Mr. Janasik feels acts of personal consideration and acts of kindness, whether to the customer or his team, will never be forgotten and create a great business environment.
Prior to joining the restaurant industry, Mr. Janasik was an Insurance Broker with Southern States Insurance, Inc., an agency that specializes in commercial and personal lines of insurance with a special interest in the restaurant, entertainment, manufacturing, and motor sports industries.