Kenny and Laura Ritter, owners and managers of the Heavenly Ham franchise in Cape Girardeau, 3443 William, recently attended the Heavenly Ham Franchise Conference at Atlanta.
Topics at the four-day conference included discussions of new products and marketing plans.
Heavenly Ham opened 33 new franchises and had a more than $37 million in sales increase in 1995. The company was rated No. 1 in its franchise category by Entrepreneur Magazine's 1996 Franchise 500.
Steve and Rita Casto of Jonesboro, Ark., received the award for Best New Store.
Heavenly Ham, which specializes in baked, spiral-sliced and honey-spiced hams and smoked turkeys, has more than 135 franchises in 33 states.
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