All-Star Case Studies

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2021 Case Study - SuperSuds

 

Organization Background

The business owns and operates 24 different laundromats, all of which feature highly efficient large-load and high-speed washers and dryers, across four states on the east coast.

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2021 Case Study - Superior Restoration

Organization Background

Superior Restoration primarily provides water and fire restoration services—though it has more recently added coronavirus disinfecting and sanitizing services to its product mix. The company was founded as a mobile carpet cleaning service in 2010 by Skylar Lewis before he later pivoted to offering higher-margin restoration work.

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2021 Case Study - SummitCove

 

Organization Background

SummitCove is a property management company that manages several hundred vacation properties in the Keystone Ski Resort, Keystone, Colorado. The company offers a full array of vacation property management services such as marketing and renting individually owned vacation homes, and housekeeping and maintenance services that include carpet cleaning and painting.

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2021 Case Study - Ryan Lawn & Tree

Organization Background

Founded in 1987 by Larry Ryan, the company helps thousands of homeowners in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Omaha with a range of services provided by six business units that includes lawn care, tree pruning and removal, and pest control. Ryan Lawn and Tree became partly owned by an ESOP in 1998 and became 100% employee-owned in 2019.

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2021 Case Study - Rail Trail Flatbread

Organization Background

Built up by a team of three partners on December 12, 2012, Rail Trail began as a family-friendly restaurant that serves flatbread pizza and other classic American dishes. The company has more recently expanded by opening a micro-creamery and a speakeasy-style bar.

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2021 Case Study - Pegasus

Organization Background

Pegasus Building Services was founded in 1969 as a full-service janitorial firm serving the Southern California business community. It has since evolved into the premier facility services company with six locations in the southwestern United States.

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2021 Case Study - Menold Construction

Organization Background

Menold Construction & Restoration specializes in disaster recovery for any kind of building or property that may have suffered anything from fire damage to mold. The company also does commercial and residential remodeling. With three locations, the business services some 27 counties in the state of Illinois.

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2021 Case Study - Malco

Organization Background

Malco, which started in 1950 and is now 100% employee owned, manufactures high-quality, specialty hand tools that help construction contractors—including HVAC professionals who service heating and air conditioners—do their jobs better. The company also added a second manufacturing facility in DeWitt, Nebraska, that used to make the iconic “Vise-Grip” pliers—now called “Eagle Grip”—which are now available on Amazon.

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2021 Case Study - Kiolbassa Smoked Meats

 

Organization Background

The company is a fast-growing food brand known for authentic, premium smoked meat products. The company’s sausages, which are often described as “the best sausage I’ve ever had in my life,” are sold across the U.S. and Mexico.

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2021 Case Study - Jenner Ag

 

Organization Background

Jenner Ag, the Case IH Agriculture Application Equipment Distributor for the states of Illinois and Indiana—a consolidation of four different companies—has been serving its customers for 60 years and counting.

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