KTU Franchise

Homeowners in Phoenix have new experts ready to help make kitchen remodeling dreams into realities. Meet Anthony and Pamela Corvelli, Kitchen Tune-Up’s newest Phoenix franchisees.

Pamela spent more than 13 years as a criminal defense lawyer, and Anthony managed technology operations for a retail digital marketing platform. With two busy children and a love of RV travel and family time, the…

Todd Finkenstadt was seeking a second career that was “more interesting and exciting” after 30 years in sales and marketing for the dental industry.

Home remodeling seemed like a natural progression for Todd: He comes from a family of interior designers and grew up “in the trade.” As a teenager, he sometimes accompanied his mother to showrooms and clients’ homes—a great background for a Kitchen…

Kitchen Tune-Up hosted its annual convention and awards ceremony last month from September 21-23. Embodying the theme of “One Tuniverse,” hundreds of attendees, including franchisees, home office team members, and suppliers came together for the event virtually.

Encompassing the theme of “One Tuniverse,” this year’s convention motivated franchisees to “tunify” their professional development and…

Kitchen Tune-Up President, Heidi Morrissey, is one of Franchise Dictionary Magazine’s 50 Women of Wonder for the second consecutive year. The award honors women franchisors who break barriers and create paths into business ownership for others to follow.

The award citation notes that her “steadfast leadership and encouragement keep her team laser-focused and her franchise family moving forward.”…

With more time on their hands, more money in their pockets, and a craving for space, people kept home by the pandemic are driving the already booming home improvement market even higher.

Remodelers specializing in kitchens are seeing business grow:

• Kitchen and bath remodeling professionals saw a 40 percent increase in demand during June 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, according to…

Businesses often have their own unique dictionaries, usually with company specific abbreviations or shorthand. What most businesses don’t have though, is an entire array of nouns and verbs that play off their name. At Kitchen Tune-Up, our franchise owners named themselves “Tunies” over three decades ago and even designated new and seasoned franchise owners as “Baby Tunies” and “Tuneasaurases.”…

You’re enthusiastic about owning your own business. You want your spouse or partner to have your back and share your enthusiasm. As you’re starting down the path toward business success, how can you make it easier for your spouse to support your Kitchen Tune-Up dreams?

Start With Yourself

Before you talk to your spouse about how to support you, pause and take a look at yourself. Be sure you’re…

People join the Kitchen Tune-Up family in many ways. Some are retiring but want a new challenge. Others are mid-career and need a change. Not many have direct experience with kitchen renovation as a business.

Then there’s Shane Yarbrough. Shane comes to Kitchen Tune-Up by an unusual route: He worked as a sales representative for one of Kitchen Tune-Up’s suppliers.

When Shane and his wife Renee…

Joe Boyd wasn’t really looking to own a franchise at first. And once he started thinking about ownership, Kitchen Tune-Up wasn’t the first franchise he investigated.

Now Joe and Amanda Boyd are the enthusiastic new owners of Kitchen Tune-Up Sugar Land, TX, all thanks to one class Joe took in grad school.

Joe spent 13 years in sales and marketing for the oil and gas service industry. Amanda was…

In historic Williamsburg, VA, residents can be pretty house-proud—after all, they live in one of early America’s most treasured areas, and they love their homes. Kitchen Tune-Up already has years of experience making kitchens here more beautiful and functional. With new owner Craig Smith taking over Kitchen Tune-Up of Hampton Roads, more homeowners are going to have the chance to see how special…