You can’t talk about Kirk and Coleen Jeter’s relationship without mentioning franchising.
Kirk Jeter grew up in the restaurant industry, starting work at 12 years old with his dad, a McDonald’s franchisee out of Buffalo, New York, before following in his footsteps by later becoming a manager and franchisee in the brand.
Jeter’s work eventually brought him to Atlanta when McDonald’s selected him to represent the brand’s Pittsburgh region in the Olympic Village for the 1996 Summer Olympics…