STRATUS
BUILDING
SOLUTIONS
OPENS
NATIONAL
FRANCHISE
TRAINING
CENTER
IN
ST.
LOUIS
Facility
Provides
Management
Training
in
Franchise
Administration,
Sales,
Marketing,
&
Customer
Service
July
10,
2007,
St.
Louis,
Missouri…Stratus
Building
Solutions,
a
St. Louis-based
franchisor
of
retail-commercial-industrial
building cleaning
service
franchises,
has
opened a
new
Master
Franchise
Executive Training
Center
at its
St.
Louis
headquarters
to train
executives
preparing
to open
Stratus
Master
Franchise
operations
in
cities
across
the U.S.
Dennis
Jarrett,
CEO of
Stratus
Building
Solutions,
said,
“Our
new Executive
Training
Center
provides
comprehensive
management
training
in franchise
administration,
franchise
sales,
marketing,
account
sales, customer
service,
systems
technology
and
equipment
for
Stratus
Master Franchisees
so they
can
successfully
expand
their
business.”
“Executive
management
tools
and
techniques
to help
ensure
successful launch
and
operations
of
Master
Franchises
in the
Stratus
Building Solutions
family
are now
under
one
roof,
including
digital
multi media systems,
business
databases
and
complete
training
modules,”
said
Pete
Frese,
President
and
Chief
Operating
Officer.
“Although
currently
conducted
in
English,
we plan
to offer
our proprietary
training
systems
in
Spanish
and
Russian
languages
in the
future for
Stratus
Master
Franchisees
whose
origins
are
Hispanic
and
Eastern European,”
Frese
added.
Stratus
Building
Solutions’
Master
Franchises
are the
top tier
of franchise
business
opportunities
that the
company
now
offers
in
Missouri and
11 other
states.
Master
Franchisees
have
exclusive
rights
to
offer sub-franchise
units
for sale
to
entrepreneurs
who
provide
contract
cleaning
for
retail,
commercial,
industrial,
multi-family
and
professional buildings
based on
the
firm’s
successful
model.
The new
Executive
Management
Training
Center
is
located
in
newly expanded
office
space at
Stratus
Building
Solutions’
headquarters
at 1976
Inner belt
Business
Center
Drive in
suburban
St.
Louis,
near the
Page
Avenue
exit of
Interstate
170.
Stratus
Building
Solutions
offers
16
different
cleaning
service
franchise
plans
providing
totally
modern,
“environmentally
green”
cleaning systems,
products,
services
and
marketing
support.
Franchise
benefits
include
orientation
and
training;
customer
referrals;
accounting
and
administrative
support;
pre-arranged
credit
lines;
access
to
insurance
and
surety
bonds,
financing
options,
business
reviews;
promotional support;
and
other
turn-key
advantages.
Stratus
Building
Solutions
plans to
expand
operations
soon
into California
and
other
western
states,
Jarrett
said.
Jarrett
and
Frese
founded
the firm
after
each
worked
as top
corporate
executives
for more
than ten
years in
commercial
cleaning
franchise industries.
In 2006,
Stratus
Building
Solutions
revenues
topped
$4.5
million,
based on
franchise
unit
sales
and
royalties.
“Our
vision
is to
become
the
worldwide
dominant
franchise
company
in the
commercial
cleaning
industry,”
Jarrett
said.
“We
strive
to deliver
unparalleled
satisfaction
to all
our
franchise
clients
by
offering
a full
range of
cleaning
systems,
employee
training,
diverse
businesssolutions,
and
environmentally-friendly
products
and
services.”
Stratus
Building
Solutions
operates
its own
Master
Franchise
in
St.Louis
which
has
awarded
240
sub-franchise
units in
the
metropolitan
area to
entrepreneurs,
including
executives
establishing
a
“second
career,”
small
business
owners,
investors
and
families
who
manage
cleaning
contracts
for
major
office
and
professional
buildings
locally.
A
growing number
of the
company’s
sub-franchisees
are
entrepreneurs
whose families
immigrated
to the
U.S.
from
other
nations.
For more
information,
please
see the
website
www.stratusclean.com
or call
Stratus
Building
Solutions
at
314.731.2000.
Media
contact:
Jeff
Dunlap,
Powerline PR,
314.993.6925.
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