Gregg Hansen congratulates a fourth-grade Hollcrest Elementary School class with a free meal for having the best attendance in the school last month. Hansen works with several local schools to help motivate student achievement.
Staff Photo by Carey O’Neil/Chattanooga Times Free PressName: Gregg Hansen
Position: Huddle House franchise owner
Locations: Brainerd Road and Hixson Pike in Chattanooga and Rankin Avenue in Dunlap, Tenn.
First job: Jack in the Box fast-food restaurant, where he worked for 13 years in positions ranging from regular employee to working directly under the franchise manager.
Getting started: A short time after leaving the restaurant business, Hansen said he knew he wanted to get back in. He looked for a few years before deciding to take over the Chattanooga Huddle House franchise. “I had a little bit of anxiety because before I had bought [it], I visited a lot and saw things I wanted to change,” he said. “We made a lot of changes, a lot of philosophy changes, when I took over.”