2001 Top 50 Retail Franchises
2003 Annual Franchise 500
2002 Annual Franchise 500
2002 America's Top Business Opportunity
2000 "698 Businesses to Start Now," ranked 370
1997 Annual Franchise 500
1996 Annual Franchise 500
1995 Annual Franchise 500 "Top 30 New Franchises"
1991 206 New Franchises Across America
1998 "America's Top 31 Retail Franchises," ranked 30
2005 Fastest growing, most popular franchises in the USA, ranked 3
1995 "Franchise Gold 100," ranked 24
1996 "Franchise Gold 100," ranked 33
1998 "Franchise Gold 100," ranked 42
2005 Named one of "Top 55 Great Places to Work in Washington, DC
Region" (November issue)
Third Place for the production quality, graphic design, strength and creative marketing applications for our 2004 "Kids for Birds" Calendar. Over 350 calendars were entered nationally.
The Printing & Graphic Communications Association
2003 Father's Day Direct Mail Promotion
2003 Seed Sale Direct Mail Promotion
2004 "Kids for Birds" Calendar
1996 Finalist Greater Washington "Entrepreneur of the Year"
Member of the Audubon Naturalist Society
Member of the Foundation for Amateur Radio
Member of the Amateur Radio Relay League
Chairman of the WBFI Retail Committee
Trustee of the Wild Bird Feeding Industry Research Foundation
Project Leader of "Project WILDBIRD1" funded by WBFI Research Foundation