{"id":52045,"date":"2025-11-25T20:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/52045\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T20:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:10:07","slug":"bronx-mcdonalds-general-manager-receives-ray-kroc-award-bronx-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/52045\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx McDonald\u2019s general manager receives Ray Kroc Award \u2013 Bronx Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"568\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image002-5.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"general manager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Cindy Selfa, the general manager of the McDonald\u2019s at 86 E. 167th St. in the Bronx, was named a Ray Kroc Award winner for being among the top 1% McDonald\u2019s managers around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of McDonald\u2019s New York Metro<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Cindy Selfa, the general manager of the McDonald\u2019s at 86 E. 167th St. in the Bronx, was named a recipient of the Ray Kroc Award, which is given out to the top 1% of McDonald\u2019s restaurant managers across the world, on Thursday, Nov. 20.<\/p>\n<p>Having started her career at McDonald\u2019s more than 20 years ago, Selfa has risen through the ranks over that period of time from a crew member to her current position as a general manager.\n<\/p>\n<p>The promotions, along with the Ray Kroc Award, reflect Selfa\u2019s exceptional work ethic, inspiring commitment to excellence and unwavering dedication to development.\n<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being presented with the Ray Kroc Award, Selfa was also given a check for $2,500, a gift and flowers by the <a href=\"https:\/\/fonseca-group.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fonseca Group<\/a>, a McDonald\u2019s franchisee group. Selfa will also be recognized on the global stage at the McDonald\u2019s Worldwide Convention in 2026, which is scheduled to take place from June 1-4 in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-136995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_8360.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\"  \/>Selfa being congratulated by Fonseca Group Owner PJ Fonseca. Photo courtesy of McDonald\u2019s New York Metro<\/p>\n<p>Her hands-on experience and knowledge gained from the McDonald\u2019s training programs have helped improve her leadership ability, leading to operational success at her restaurant, where she has been able to foster a positive and motivated culture among the workers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-136984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image001-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"748\"  \/>Photo courtesy of McDonald\u2019s New York Metro<\/p>\n<p>Thanks in large part to Selfa\u2019s ability to lead by example and engage with others, she is widely valued both at the restaurant and in her community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cindy Selfa, the general manager of the McDonald\u2019s at 86 E. 167th St. in the Bronx, was named&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,28901,23794,9,24,63,28902,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-52045","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-cindy-selfa","10":"tag-mcdonalds","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-ray-kroc-award","15":"tag-the-bronx","16":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","17":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}