Mark Ramage to Lead Development at Coolgreens
Healthy lifestyle eatery Coolgreens has hired Mark Ramage as Vice President of Franchise Development. Ramage has almost 20 years of franchising experience. Over the years he’s worked at The Findley Group and Red Mango andPie Five Pizza. Most recently Ramage he was the head of franchise development and sales at Smashburger, and in October of 2017 he joined the team at Wing Stop. At Wing Stop, Ramage signed 36 locations in the fourth quarter of 2017 and 79 locations in 2018, which included the brand's first casino location.
"Throughout the past two decades I've been able to gain incredible experience in both the franchise and food industries," said Ramage. "I love being a part of the development journey. Laying out markets, developing a strategy and then implementing that strategy. It has been so rewarding to be a part of the development journey and I look forward to the next step in my career."
Ramage discovered Coolgreens through a LinkedIn post and reached out to a recruiter to learn more about the development opportunity.
Coolgreens launched its first franchise agreement in 2017. In early-2019, Coolgreens will be opening its first batch of franchised locations throughout Oklahoma and Texas in markets including: Tulsa, Dallas, Southlake and Plano, Texas.