The 2023 Big Madre Tacos y Tortas Captain’s Award for Best Operator was presented to Kasheef Dhukani, owner of Yippee’s convenience retail store in Conroe, Texas. Shown are, from left: GHRA Retail Vice President Jeffrey Reeder; GHRA Food Service Operations Coordinator Brendon Florestant: GHRA Food Services Director of Operations Doug Boone; GHRA Executive Chef Glenn (Captain) Cates; Yippee’s Owner Kasheef Dhukani; GHRA Board of Director President Imran Ali; and GHRA Chief Executive Officer Brian Trout.Kasheef Dhukani, owner of Yippee’s convenience retail store in Conroe, Texas, received the 2023 Big Madre Tacos y Tortas Captain’s Award for Best Operator. The 2023 Big Madre Tacos y Tortas Captain’s Award for Highest Sales Growth was presented to Karim Momin, owner of Buy Bye convenience retail store in College Station, Texas. Shown are, from left: GHRA Retail Vice President Jeffrey Reeder; GHRA Food Service Operations Coordinator Brendon Florestant; GHRA Food Services Director of Operations Doug Boone; Buy Bye Owner Karim Momin; GHRA Corporate Executive Chef Glenn (Captain) Cates; GHRA Board of Director President Imran Ali; and GHRA Chief Executive Officer Brian Trout.Karim Momin, owner of Buy Bye convenience retail store in College Station, Texas, received the 2023 Big Madre Tacos y Tortas Captain’s Award for Highest Sales Growth.The 2023 Big Madre Tacos y Tortas Captain’s Award for Most Locations Opened was presented to Lehjatali Momin, a GHRA member who operates Big Madre Tacos y Tortas restaurant service at 11 convenience stores that he owns in Anderson, Baytown, Centerville, Cleveland, Houston, Magnolia, and Tomball, Texas. Shown are, from left: GHRA Retail Vice President Jeffrey Reeder; GHRA Food Service Operations Coordinator Brendon Florestant; GHRA Food Services Director of Operations Doug Boone; GHRA Corporate Executive Chef Glenn (Captain) Cates; GHRA Member Lehjatali Momin; GHRA Board of Director President Imran Ali; and GHRA Chief Executive Officer Brian Trout.Lehjatali Momin, a GHRA member operates 11 Big Madre Tacos y Tortas restaurant service at 11 convenience stores that he owns in Anderson, Baytown, Centerville, Cleveland, Houston, Magnolia, and Tomball, Texas. He received the 2023 Big Madre Tacos y Tortas Captain’s Award for Most Locations Opened. Shown are, from left: Karim Momin, who received the 2023 Big Madre Tacos y Tortas Captain’s Award for Highest Sales Growth; Kasheef Dhukani, who received the 2023 Captain’s Award for Best Operator; Lehjatali Momin, who received the 2023 Captain’s Award for Most Locations Opened; GHRA Corporate Executive Chef Glenn (Captain) Cates; GHRA Food Service Operations Coordinator Brendon Florestant; and GHRA Food Services Director of Operations Doug Boone.
