The commissary portion of Swanson Services Corporation began in the company’s vending operations department. At the time, all inmate accounting was done by hand and was extremely labor intensive. There was also an issue with inventory shrinkage. Inmates or officers often walked away with items without paying for them, and inventory was used in some

Frank O’Regan: Franchise Turn Around

In July of 2016, Frank O’Regan was hired by Balise Motor Sales as the Business Manager for their two Mighty Auto Parts franchises.  When Frank arrived, the two franchises were under performing and operating at a profit loss.  The sales were historically stagnant, the gross margin was low, they had low inventory turns and poor