McDonald’s franchisee, owner/operator of Patel McDonald’s receives highest recognition possible by McDonald’s

McDonald’s Franchisee Ajay Patel, center, is with McDonald’s President and CEO Chris Kempczinski and McDonald’s USA President Joe Erlinger.  (Submitted photo)
JENNINGS — Ajay Patel, owner/operator of Patel McDonald’s and president of Barnam Management, which owns 42 restaurants in Louisiana, South Carolina and Georgia, and his family were recipients of McDonald’s highest honor for a franchisee, the Fred L. Turner Golden Arch Award. The award recipients include his wife of 34 years and business partner, Bindu, and their three sons, Niel, Ricky and…

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