Mission

Welburn Management works to provide quality food, a family friendly environment, and superior customer service while contributing to the betterment of the community.

Vision

Welburn Management seeks to operate an innovative and efficient quick-service restaurant management company that exceeds the highest standards of excellence.

Collaboration

“None of Us is as Good as All of Us.”
Ray Kroc, Founder of McDonald’s® 

We are an organization that thrives on creativity by sharing knowledge, learning and by the intersection of common goals

Innovation

We constantly seek to utilize the most up to date technology in order to enhance our customers experience at our restaurants.

“If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.”
Ray Kroc, Founder of McDonald’s® 

Integrity

We take great pride in doing the right thing while operating our business, whether it is for our employees, customers, vendors or partners.

Service

Customer service, community service and service to those who have worked hard to represent the company in a positive light are the heart of our organization

Excellence

We work tirelessly to improve. We desire to grow strategically, without compromising our high standards and values.
 

Craig and Diane Welburn after careers at New Jersey Bell Telephone company and special education respectively, wanted to pursue their own business. They wanted to control their own destiny and sought after the best business model they could. The McDonald’s company, founded by Ray Croc in 1955, fit all of their wishes. It was the number one restaurant in the world. After Craig’s acceptance in McDonald’s registered applicant program, the Welburn’s proceed to work hard to save for their ownership goal. After four years of frugality and hard work their dream came true.

They wanted to control their own destiny and sought after the best business model they could.

Welburn Management began may 23rd 1983 when Craig and Diane Welburn took the challenge and opened their first McDonalds at 2nd and Lehigh in Philadelphia, Pa. Little did they know that that venture would far exceed its projections. During their tenure in the Philadelphia area they amassed eight restaurants in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware. The success of their business lead to the purchase of twenty five restaurants in Maryland, Washington and the Northern Virginia area in 2001.

Welburn Management now encompasses a company that includes 29 family restaurants. Four of their children are now owner operators. Each person in their family performs a critical function to the success of the business. The Welburn’s currently employee over 1500 employees. They are instrumental in developing a business team that is focused on its customers and delivering outstanding levels of quality service and cleanliness in all of its restaurants.