Joo Cho and Sandra Cho
Recorded
October 31, 2017
Archived
October 31, 2017
39:18 minutes
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Id:
atl003728
Description
Sandra Cho (49) interviews her father Joo Haeng Cho (82) about how he and the family wound up in Augusta, Georgia, following his time working in hotels in Washington, D.C. Most of the interview focuses on his time as a successful franchisee of McDonald's, and then Baskin-Robbins.Subject Log / Time Code
Sandra (S) asks Joo Haeng (JH) how the family wound up in Augusta, Georgia.
JH talks about Mr. Tom Androse, who helped him get his first franchise, a McDonald's in Augusta, Georgia.
JH was the first foreign-born person to be awarded a McDonald's franchise in the U.S.
JH tells how McDonald's decided to buy his franchise back from him after 6 years since it was so successful.
JH describes how he came to buy his first Baskin-Robbins franchise, in Augusta.
JH tells how his Augusta Baskin-Robbins sold more volume of ice cream than any other one in the country.
JH tells how the Baskin-Robbins he opened after moving to Hilton Head, South Carolina was so successful that the ice cream delivery driver thought the store had been robbed one day when he delivered the tubs of ice cream to a completely empty freezer (since it had all been sold).
JH talks about his pride in his accomplishments.
Participants
- Joo Cho
- Sandra Cho