Eric Danver is the principal Owner, CEO, and President of FGG Spa, LLC, a franchise of Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa. FGG is the largest franchisee in the Hand & Stone system, owning and operating 60 locations across 8 states: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida. With sales revenues over $80M, the company goal is to achieve 100 locations in the next three to five years.
Mr. Danver was previously an owner for PJPA, LLC that operated 53 Papa John's restaurants. He served as Operating Partner of PJNJ from its inception in 1995 until the sale of its stores to Papa John's in 1999. As Operating Partner of PJNJ, Eric was responsible for opening and managing the operations of 20 Papa John's stores in southern New Jersey in a four-year period, including eight in one year. Following the sale of PJNJ, Mr. Danver was an interest holder and advisor to PJPA and Director of Operations for Papa John's International in New Jersey until PJPA acquired its Delaware stores in 2006, whereupon Mr. Danver joined PJPA. Eric became President and COO of PJPA upon the acquisition of 27 Philadelphia region stores from Papa John's International. At its height, PJPA had 53 stores located in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey with over 1,000 employees. PJPA subsequently sold all of its stores in 2021.