Entrepreneur Magazine Honors Farmingdale Franchisor

A Farmingdale firm with roots in the Town of Oyster Bay was honored recently by Entrepreneur Magazine.

Robert (Bobby) Titus, a Northport who heads Minuteman Press International, headquartered in Farmingdale, announced that Entrepreneur designated the company the top print and graphics franchise worldwide.

This is the twenty-third time that Minuteman Press International received this distinction.

Bobby Titus is the eldest son of the founder, the late Roy W Titus, formerly of East Norwich and Ocean Ridge, Florida. Roy Titus started the firm as a resident of the Town of Oyster Bay back in 1973, when two prototype locations were opened in Farmingdale and Plainview. The company began to franchise in 1975.

Now there are more than 980 Minuteman Press and International Minute Press franchises across the United States, Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, South Africa and Wales.

“Like Charles Lindbergh at Roosevelt Field decades ago, we’re glad that our idea took flight from a Long Island base,” Titus said.

Photo: Robert (Bobby) Titus, a Northport who heads Minuteman Press International

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