Franchise Business Success Stories

When Cherry Ninon was in her twenties, she aspired to own her own business — a decade later she has realised that dream with a CrestClean franchise. “I’m earning a whole lot more than I was in my previous job — three times more. In the first year I have

Brothers-in-law Andrew De Castro and Rezzi Sumagang unwittingly made history when they purchased a CrestClean franchise together in Palmerston North. In buying a franchise, they became the commercial cleaning company’s 700th franchise team, making CrestClean the largest franchise system of its type in New Zealand. To mark the occasion, they

Palmerston North franchisee Petera Wiparata is proud to be following in his father’s footsteps. “My dad was a cleaner for 20 years, and I’ve done cleaning for most of my life. I love cleaning — for me it’s one of the only jobs where you know you’re done when you’re

Tony Kramers has gone back to school, to reconnect with his past. The Dunedin Master Franchisee, who can trace his whakapapa (genealogy) back to Ngāi Tahu chiefs Karetai and Te Mātenga Taiaroa, is learning te reo Māori, picking up where he left off more than 20 years ago. “I learnt

Sunny Yang and Leo Li are a team both on and off the court. The two Christchurch men have both owned CrestClean businesses for more than a decade and have been playing in the same basketball team for almost as long. They say the flexibility of having their own businesses

Shareen Singh and her son Sanil Narayan are celebrating seven successful years as CrestClean business owners. The Hutt Valley franchisees were proud to be presented with a 7-Year Long Service Award to celebrate the milestone. “Shareen is a valuable long-standing member of our Hutt Valley region.  Working with Shareen has

CrestClean’s Christchurch franchisees enjoyed catching up and sharing their successes with each other at the recent regional team meeting. Held at the Richmond Club, the meeting was attended by CrestClean Managing Director Grant McLauchlan and General Manager of Franchise Services Sam Lewis, who shared important updates and recognised franchisee achievements

When CrestClean’s North Harbour Master Franchisee Neil Kumar bought a cleaning franchise with his wife Rachel 16 years ago he wondered what he’d got himself into. At the time he was working during the day as a CNC operator, helping Rachel with the cleaning in the evenings, and had no

Positive, upbeat and celebratory — that’s how franchisees described CrestClean’s recent Regional Team Meetings in Nelson and Blenheim. “Everyone was very complimentary about the meetings. An overwhelming number of people told me that they found them really positive,” says Nelson and Blenheim Operations Manager Violet-Rose Palmer. The meetings, held at

Could these be CrestClean’s sharpest dressers?! In South Canterbury there is an ‘unofficial’ competition amongst franchisees for best dressed at the annual regional team meeting, and this year they did not disappoint. All 21 teams who attended the 2022 team meeting took great pride in turning up in their CrestClean

When he was a boy, Yasa Panagoda dreamed of becoming a pilot. He achieved that goal and then he went on to set and achieve new goals — with CrestClean. It has been 10 years since Yasa joined the company as the Regional Manager for Christchurch North, in which time

Seven years after becoming CrestClean franchisees, Roshni and Ravendra Prasad are still proudly working with their very first customer, Placemakers Silverdale — which made it the perfect setting for them to receive their 7 Years Long Service Award. Placemakers Northern Hub Manager John Gair and Northern Hub Operations Manager Kerry