Inducted into Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in April 2007.  John is the only other Kentuckian to be inducted beside Colonel Sanders.

Honored with the 2003 Kentuckian Award by the Happy Chandler Foundation.

’Best Local Businessperson’ in the 2001 Best of Louisville Awards by Louisville Magazine.

Inducted into the Louisville Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame in 2000.

One of the Ten Outstanding Young Americans for 2000 by the National Jaycees Organization.

1998 National Ernst & Young Retail/Consumer Entrepreneur of the Year.