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Barbara McGhee Reigns as Back Yard Burgers’ “Burger Queen”
The self-described “country girl” rings in 28 years with the better burger chain.
Barbara McGhee has been with Back Yard Burgers for 28 years and is one of its longest-serving employees and corporate officials.
She started working with the franchise while attending Delta State in Cleveland, Miss., where the first Back Yard Burgers opened in 1987. McGhee said she has watched the company evolve and change over the years.
In August of 2007, the formerly publicly-traded company was purchased for $38 million by a group of investors and headquarters was relocated to Nashville from Memphis and McGhee stuck with the company. She purchased stock in Back Yard Burgers when it was publicly traded and continues investing her time and talents in the restaurant.
"I grew up cooking home-cooked meals," said the self-described "country girl” to the DeSoto Times-Tribune.
McGhee and her team have won numerous awards over the years, including the prestigious "Roundtable Award" for sales. McGhee oversees a staff of more than 28 employees.
"I let them know that you have a ladder of success available to you if you are willing to work hard," McGhee told the DeSoto Times-Tribune.
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Nick Powills
FollowNick Powills, CFE, founded No Limit Agency in 2008 and serves as Chief Brand Strategist for the Chicago-based firm. No Limit is a full-service communications agency that establishes and elevates brands by bridging Public Relations, Social Media, Marketing, Advertising, Digital, and a lot of creativity, to best strategize well-rounded and successful campaigns for 50+ global franchise brands. By presenting visionary ideas and building real relationships, No Limit is able to create effective media branding strategies to help companies grow. Nick currently leads a staff of writers, media strategists, designers, social media experts and digital producers in an office think-tank where brands are humanized for strong, compelling media stories. Prior to starting No Limit at the age of 27, Nick spent four years working at a franchise PR agency where he mastered the art of building rapport with media outlets and creating newsworthy pitches for earned media placements. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Drake University in Iowa.
