Global Franchise Group

Celebrate National Cookie Day at Great American Cookies with a Free Original Chocolate Chip

Media Contact: Kathleen Shaffer 470-388-6170 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Great American Cookies® to Offer One FREE Original Chocolate Chip Cookie on National Cookie Day (Dec. 4) End 2020 on a much-needed sweet note with a treat from  Great Read More »

MILKSHAKES GO MAGICAL AT MARBLE SLAB CREAMERY® AND MAGGIEMOO’S® WITH NEW MAJESTIC SHAKES™

New Majestic Shakes™ in Cookie Dough and Cotton Candy are Crafted Fresh In-Store and Make a for a Sweet Selfie ATLANTA (March 18, 2019) – Marble Slab Creamery® and MaggieMoo’s® Ice Cream and Treatery’s handspun shakes are what Read More »

Annica Conrad

Annica Conrad
Chief Marketing Officer

Annica has more than 20 years of award-winning marketing experience and has been with GFG for 3 years. She joined the company from Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers where she was Vice President, Brand Development. In this role, Annica was responsible for the rebirth and growth in popularity of the 42-year-old eclectic brand through smart menu design and development, implementation of the Mellow Mushroom loyalty app and creation and rollout of its first online ordering system. Before her time with Mellow Mushroom, Annica was Vice President of Marketing for Mcalister’s Corporation and she spent the early part of her career at a prominent advertising agency in Mobile Alabama. She is graduate of Samford University in Birmingham where she earned her Bachelors in Marketing and MBA in Economics.

Sam Patterson
Chief Financial Officer

Patterson came to Global Franchise Group in April 2020 from FOCUS Brands where he served as Senior Vice President of Accounting. For the last eleven years, he was responsible for leading financials for Cinnabon, Carvel, Schlotzsky’s, Moe’s Southwest Grill, McAlister’s Deli, Auntie Anne’s and Jamba Juice. He directed the organization through the transfer and integration of all accounting back-office functions for Auntie Anne’s from Pennsylvania, McAlister’s Deli from Mississippi, and Jamba Juice from Texas to Atlanta and converted a brand-centric accounting structure into a shared services organization. Before his time with FOCUS, he was Senior Vice President & Corporate Controller for Movie Gallery/Hollywood Video (NASDAQ: MOVI & MVGR), Vice President and Corporate Controller for Republic National Cabinet Corporation, and Corporate Controller for Wolverine Tube, Inc. (NYSE: WLV). He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant, holds a master’s in business administration from Auburn University, and is a graduate of the University of Texas, Tyler.