2020 SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS AWARDS — NJSBDC | 21 2020 Small Business Awardee NJSBDC AT KEAN UNIVERSITY Mamas Southern Style BBQ 2, LLC Chris Finnick 2083 Springfield Ave. Vauxhall/Union, NJ 07088 908-687-0400 www.mamassouthernstylebbq2.com In 2018, Mamas Southern Style BBQ 2, LLC, was recognized by the NJSBDC network as a Small Business Growth Success Award Winner. Small business owner Chris Finnick was also named SBAs New Jersey 2020 Small Business Person of the Year. It just keeps on getting better! Finnick started operating Mamas many years ago when his uncle retired. A relentless entrepreneur, Chris works around the clock. A client of NJSBDC at Kean University, Mamas Southern Style BBQ 2, is located in the Vauxhall section of Union Township, NJ. Mamas attracts hungry customers from as far away as Pennsylvania, New York and, on occasion, farther distances. Show up at the right time, and you may run into recognizable faces like those of the New York Jets, New York Giants or Governor Murphy! Staffed mostly by close friends and relatives, Mamas prepares all its food to order and its certainly worth the wait. The SBDC at Kean University has been working with Chris for several years. I really appreciate the guidance the NJSBDC at Kean University has given me asserts Chris. It started with the preparation and review of a strong business plan, and continued with understanding and analyzing profit and loss statements, doing cost breakdowns of menu items, working on revenue maximization and cost reduction, and ultimately, the selection, funding (from RBAC) and the buildout of a new location several blocks east of the original location. After working on attracting new customers to his restaurant, Chris was soon hit with a new dilemma. His potential sales exceeded his capacity. Chris worked with the SBDC to search for a larger location. The result was a location only four blocks from the original restaurant. The new location provided three times more seating capacity and increased output as well as a better working environment for his employees and a nicer ambiance for his patrons. Chris considers NJSBDC at Kean University as a welcoming place for business guidance. Dave has been working with me for several years, providing counseling in all areas of my business, including marketing, sales, finance, management and pricing and even helping get financed to build out our new, larger location in Vauxhall. Without question, the SBDC has proved to be the most valuable resource for me to solve business problems, direct my business, and grow it substantially boasts Chris. The SBDC looks forward to providing Chris with additional business advisory services so he can reach his dream of multiple restaurant locations. NJSBDC business advisors and Regional Center Director David Margulies are just not sure if they can make the smile on his face any bigger! What we are sure of is that if you want great comfort food with unique flavors cultivated and passed down through multiple family generations, in the Essex/Union area of NJ, come to the place written up by The New York Times and visited by the MunchMobile Mamas. 2012029 v2 NJSBDC 2020 Awards Book_TEXT.indd 19 12/10/20 3:24 PM
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