WHO WE ARE

Orion Franchise Consulting, L.L.C. is a full-service Franchise Development Specialty Company that has earned its widespread reputation as a proven industry leader with an impressive 20-year track record of success. From our modest beginnings in 1983, we have remained committed to the pursuit of franchise excellence.

Orion is now widely recognized as a highly reputable, exceptionally experienced industry leader, providing the franchise community with a variety of comprehensive services that are not only thoroughly professional, but surprisingly affordable as well. Our comprehensive program encompasses all aspects of business franchising and is guaranteed to meet all Federal Government franchise requirements and regulations.

LET US LEAD THE WAY

• If you are a business owner seriously considering expanding your business and would like to learn more about its potential for franchising success, we invite you to contact us for a no-pressure FREE CONSULTATION. Whether you’re looking to add just a few local units, or expand regionally or nationally with numerous new locations, Orion can help your business quickly achieve its full potential.
• If you are a prospective entrepreneur who is actively seeking that perfect franchise opportunity and are truly serious about finding the right business to own and operate, we would also like to extend an invitation to you for a FREE CONSULTATION to learn more about your needs, interests, abilities, and financial requirements.

With several decades of specialty store, retail chain, and restaurant experience, Orion also provides expert consultation on a variety of business needs and issues. Whether franchising or remaining company-controlled, we teach our many varied clients the best ways to grow and expand with more effective management approaches and by developing efficient control and recording systems that help ease the challenges of expansion, while also keeping costs reasonable and under control.

COMPANY MANAGEMENT

Orion’s Company President, Joseph D. Ornellas, is well known for his extensive expertise in regional, national, and international franchise development and marketing. Mr. Ornellas has been responsible for guiding the successful development and marketing of such dynamic programs as Soccer Post, Amnews Newsstands & Gift Shops, Giant Carpet, Saladworks, Slack’s Hoagie Shack, Steak & Hoagie Factory, Everything Jello, Everything Going Cannoli, Huckleberry Finn Ice Cream Shop, Baskets-To-Go, Sports Club Magazine, Russ’s Auto, Consignment Originals, Ebenezer’s Café, Lip-N-Lor’s Cleaning Services, Parson • Bishop and Santucci’s Pizza. In addition, Joe was also a top executive with Morse Shoe, and was responsible for the Fayva Shoes Division overseeing more than 2,000 individual stores with over 50,000 total employees. This unusual combination of hands-on experience in so many diverse market sectors provides Joe with a unique perspective. He thoroughly understands not only the needs of small businesses, but he also knows first hand how to effectively overcome the many serious challenges associated with operating and expanding a major corporation.

As Director of Franchise Sales, John O. Conlin, has been extensively involved in turning entrepreneurs’ dreams of national expansion into highly profitable reality. For more than twenty years, John has assisted a wide range of business owners in developing remarkably effective promotional materials, dramatically expanding market penetration through the creation of innovative new products and services, as well as overseeing numerous successful nationwide marketing campaigns. John has also helped literally thousands of prospective entrepreneurs to research, evaluate and ultimately select the right business opportunity for their specific needs, personalities, interests, talents/abilities and financial requirements. He is also a well-regarded writer and editor whose work has appeared in hundreds of local and national publications including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Entrepreneur Magazine. John has also produced several successful projects for television and radio, as well as contributing to several specialty books on such varied subjects as direct marketing, time management, business opportunities, becoming a successful entrepreneur, weight loss, aromatherapy and First Amendment issues.