About this episode

Dor Li shares his journey from team member to multi-site franchise owner of Sushi Sushi across multiple states in Australia.

Dor Li is a multi-site, multi-state Sushi Sushi franchise owner who has spent years building his career inside the brand starting as a team member, rising through management, and eventually becoming a franchise owner across multiple states. In this episode of the Franchise Everything Podcast, Dor shares his full journey from arriving in Australia as an international student, studying commercial cookery, managing company-owned stores, becoming an area manager across WA and Queensland, and finally stepping into franchise ownership in regional Victoria and Western Australia. We talk about how he transitioned from head office to owning stores, how he builds strong store teams, why staff training is the real key to scaling multiple locations, and what it takes to grow from one store to six — with a seventh on the way. 0:00 Introduction 0:41 Moving from China to Australia as a student 02:20 Learning to cook out of necessity and living independently 03:47 First job at Sushi Sushi and early impressions 5:54 Becoming a store manager in a company-owned store 07:04 Moving to Western Australia as Area Manager 08:25 Rapid expansion and opening multiple stores per month 10:18 Overseeing WA and…

People in this episode

Host: Glenn Walford

Guest: Dor Li

Topics covered

• franchise ownership
• career journey
• staff training
• business expansion
• team management

Keywords

• franchise
• Sushi Sushi
• multi-site
• staff training
• business growth
• management
• Australia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sushi Sushi

Places: Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Melbourne

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