Meal Prep Tanking in Milwaukee Too

Rick Romell from the Sentinel Journal in Milwaukee called me to discuss the Meal Prep industry a few weeks ago.  He produced an informative article which can be read here.

Where’s the Beef? You’re Terminated!

Imagine if you were a franchisee and a mystery shopper from the franchisor anonymously visited your store and ordered a sandwich.  The meat in the sandwich you served happened to be 1/2 an ounce smaller that the standard 4.5 ounces.  Would it be fair to lose your franchise because of default?  You did break the rules, eh?  But what if was really a charade to encourage compliance?This was the situation a Denver court had to deal with.    The final judgment was that Quiznos had in fact breached the contract by wrongfully terminating the defendants, and awarded them $349,797.http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2009/01/quiznos_gets_grilled_in_a_new.php

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    You seem to be assuming there are profit margins.   Why is that?   Please be aware that you need to go back in time and recalculate old numbers for current lease obligations.   FuwaFuwaUsagi […]
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    Is this the same Paul W. Steinberg who failed to pay the taxes on his franchise operations to the extent of over $33,000 with the result that NY State had to go to the expenses of issuing a series of Tax Warrants against him.  Go to:  http://appsext8.d... […]
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    I am looking at a few fast food franchises and wondering what type of profit margins I should be calculating.  Guidelines? […]
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    Quote from: FuwaFuwaUsagi on February 16, 2010, 05:03:15 PMThe Pundit writes:I was browsing through old posts and came across this one.  It's a great one for all to read.My reply:Thanks for the kind words Ryan, but did you up... […]
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    The Pundit writes:I was browsing through old posts and came across this one.  It's a great one for all to read.My reply:Thanks for the kind words Ryan, but did you up my karma points - NOOOO!!!!!!  Cheap &(*%$&^ - LOL!!!Once a year, whether ... […]

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