Patricia Perry, VP of Franchise Development at Edible Arrangements joins Rebecca Monet and Tracy Kawa on this episode of The Franchise Woman podcast: Where Passion & Purpose Collide.
The theme of this interview was Educate and Empower. Patricia believes it’s our responsibility to make women and minorities aware of the career and business ownership opportunities in franchising.
One of my favorite quotes form Patricia was:
“Talent is equally distributed but opportunity is not.”
This is Patricia in a nutshell: She has an eye for opportunity. She is fearless. She tends to rise to the top. She feels duty bound to empower and educate others to reach their full potential.
Listen in and learn more about Patricia Perry and her vision for the future of franchising.
Meet Patricia Perry
Patricia Perry is a veteran in the franchising, foodservice, retail and hospitality industries. She serves as Vice President of Development for Edible Brands and is responsible for increasing the global market-share for the franchise brands. She oversees global franchise development, real estate, new store design, construction, licensing and consumer packaged goods and business gifting. Since early 2019, under her leadership, the brand has experienced tremendous growth signing more than 400 franchise agreements. In addition, a licensing category was launched with the introduction of Edible Music™ and Edible Cheesecake Bites.
Prior to Edible, Patricia founded a couple of regional foodservice concepts and held leadership roles for several well – known franchise brands including Church’s Chicken, Krispy Kreme and Blink Fitness. She’s also been elected and appointed to serve on the board of a number of organizations including the Institute for Certified Franchise Executives, The Yum! Center For Global Franchise Excellence, and previously the Children’s Museum of Winston Salem & The Forsyth Technical Community College Foundation. Over the years she’s also been very involved in Big Brothers Big Sisters and Rotary International.
Patricia attended Spelman college where she received a BS in Mathematics and a BA in Spanish. In addition, she completed her MBA and she is a Certified Franchise Executive.
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