Podcast: A ‘Fast, Friendly, and Simple’ Path to Four Decades in Business (with Mo Khalid of Driven Brands)

Mo Khalid, executive vice president and group president of maintenance for Driven Brands, discusses the "fast, friendly, and simple" model that has fueled four decades of success for Take 5 Oil Change.

Tom Valentino

Nov. 28, 2024

With 2024 marking 40 years in business for Take 5 Oil Change, we’re catching up with Mo Khalid, executive vice president and group president of maintenance for Driven Brands, the parent company of Take 5 Oil Change. Khalid discusses how a brand that began providing quick oil change services in New Orleans in 1984 has expanded into a national powerhouse in the industry with more than 1,000 locations from coast to coast, and more coming soon.

Khalid also explains how a brand can foster growth – both in terms of geography and services offered – without losing its core identity, and he shares how Take 5’s core “fast, friendly and simple” model and partnering with the right franchisees has helped the organization thrive for four decades.

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Tom Valentino

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Tom Valentino is the editor of National Oil and Lube News. A graduate of Ohio University, he has more than two decades of experience in newspapers, public relations and trade magazines, covering everything from high school sports to behavioral health care. Tom’s first vehicle was a 1990 Mazda 626, which he used to deliver pizzas in the summer after graduating high school. Today, he drives a 2019 Jeep Compass, which usually has a trunk full of his daughter’s sports gear. In his spare time, Tom is an avid Cleveland sports fan and a volunteer youth sports coach.