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Mother-daughter duo Sushma and Hardika Soni bring their love of family and strong focus on the community to their new Kitchen Tune-Up franchise in Kennesaw, GA.

Hardika, who was a dental hygienist before joining Kitchen Tune-Up, says she enjoyed every aspect of her work and felt motivated daily by watching patients’ progress. But she wanted a new career that gave her more time with her growing…

Enio Petcov is the new owner of Kitchen Tune-Up Vernon Hills, IL, bringing his personal enthusiasm for great remodeling to customers all over the northwest Chicago and Lake County areas.

Petcov gets his interest in remodeling from his own experience as a homeowner. When he and his wife bought a new house in 2019, they remodeled the kitchen themselves. The project was their first do-it-yourself…

Kitchen Tune-Up is proud to count 16 veterans among its franchise owners in 2020, and we are grateful they chose Kitchen Tune-Up as their next careers. Franchising success requires traits that veterans have in abundance. What makes franchising such a good match for veterans?

The military breeds a team mindset. Everyone at every level works together toward the same goal. That same team thinking…

Paul Hooge wants to “help people create a place that is their own” with beautiful kitchens from his new Kitchen Tune-Up in Tyler, TX.

In his career as a mechanical engineer, Hooge had roles across engineering, maintenance and operations functions. When he set out to start his own business, he wanted more “hands-on projects with short lead times that would provide almost instant gratification to…

Homeowners in Farmington Hills, MI, can turn to a new Kitchen Tune-Up to make their kitchens more beautiful and functional. New local owner, Farooq Ansari, aims to provide quality service without disrupting clients’ lives.

Ansari spent 25 years as a successful automotive engineer before opening his Kitchen Tune-Up franchise. He considered other career changes and chose kitchen remodeling because…

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.”…

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…