KTU Franchise

Each year, Franchise Dictionary Magazine celebrates 100 franchises who are Game Changers, or brands that make a difference. We are pleased to announce that we were named a Game Changer again this year!

To be considered a Franchise Dictionary Magazine Game Changer, a franchise must meet the following criteria:
• Impact Veterans
• Millennial’s choice
• Make an impact
• Serve the community

Get excited Wisconsin homeowners! Kitchen Tune-Up is expanding rapidly across the state as local owner, Andy Thompson, recently opened two more locations in Appleton and Green Bay. Andy now oversees three Kitchen Tune-Up locations, including his first in Stevens Point, along with owner/operators Bobby & Ashley Kuhns. More franchise locations are expected to open in 2020.

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Ahmed Aibak has opened a Kitchen Tune-Up franchise and is eager to bring affordable kitchen updates to homeowners in Olympia and the surrounding communities. Ahmed is no stranger to starting businesses and hard work. He previously launched a successful business that provides clean food that’s been locally grown and eaten after leaving a career as a Mechanical and Environmental Engineer. 

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Victoria Roca de Togores and Anthony Ryder are no strangers to design. After spending the majority of their professional careers in residential and commercial design work, they started thinking about opening their own business. Once they started looking into it, they decided starting a business from scratch was too risky, so they turned to franchising. As Victoria puts it, “It was love at first…

Holly Lane, owner of Kitchen Tune-Up Chicago City Central, is no stranger to small businesses after previously starting her own in the insurance industry. This time around, she knew she wanted more support, which is exactly what you get with franchises.

“The support system in place at the Kitchen Tune-Up Home Office was obvious from the very start. Having started a small business from scratch…

Kitchen Tune-Up is proud to announce the opening of our newest location in Bloomfield, New Jersey, locally owned and operated by Takia Livingston. She and her husband moved their young family to the area from Jamaica, where she was a dentist.

Takia has always loved home renovations and thought now would be the perfect time to pursue her passion rather than going back to school. She says, “I am…

Chase Vincent, owner of newly opened Kitchen Tune-Up Louisville East, has a young family that keeps him on his toes and he recently made the leap and bought a franchise to take control of his family’s future. Chase attended Kitchen Tune-Up’s 8-day Training School at the end of July and just celebrated his Grand Opening with the Middletown Chamber of Commerce with his wife and young daughter in…

Susan and Charlie Johnson have been running their Kitchen Tune-Up franchise in Little Rock, AR since 2009 and are one of the 30% of owners that operate a retail space. They are a husband and wife duo who split duties based on their expertise and make joint decisions for all major components of the business.

Charlie’s focus is operations, so he is behind the scenes working on installation…

Tara Hansen loved working for Kitchen Tune-Up so much that she bought the franchise from the previous owner!

Her journey all started with an agreement to run the Kitchen Tune-Up booth at a state fair. She was promised a small bonus for each appointment she booked and at the end of the fair, she had secured over 40 appointments! Tara accompanied the owner on all the sales calls to help with all…

Mike Lehmann is no stranger to business ownership. After coming to the United States from Germany, he started his own cell phone accessory business from the ground up. He successfully sold the business and started looking for his next venture when he had his kitchen updated by another Kitchen Tun-Up. He fell in love with the concept and stated asking a lot of questions and before long he was…