By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth The winter and spring months allow us to work on projects while minimizing intrusion to our guest experience. I thought I’d bring you up to date on a few. New event Pavillion at The Fortress A new pavilion space...
By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth While we don’t focus our attention on receiving recognition, it’s nice when it happens. Each year, Restaurant Business Magazine lists the top 100 independent restaurants in the nation based on sales....
Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth, the 1,500 seat family restaurant located 90 miles north of Detroit in Frankenmuth, Mich., has been ranked the number one independent restaurant in Michigan, and number three in the country for the number of meals served among US independent...
By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth I’ve written about this before, but it seems there is a day of celebration or remembrance for something each day of each month. I went to the National Day Calendar (I’m sure somehwere there’s a day...
By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth As a family, we were discussing possible summer travel plans. As the discussion continued, it became clear that due to our relatively busy schedule; my son has summer football practice and my daughter is entering...
By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth I came into work this morning walking up the front porch of our flagship restaurant. Our grounds crew, from The Fortress, had just finished planting hundreds of flats of flowers. Literally thousands of flowers that...