Fifty per cent (50%) of franchisees who lost their life savings to common industry practices are ready to spin the wheel a second time.

Predatory franchising and the franchise bar rely on you misunderstandding the core reason for your economic loss.

It’s not the brand that will save you a 2nd time.

Learn the real reasons behind franchise fraud.

Do the Canadian Franchise Association, Just Desserts and Sweet Jesus recognize any spiritual or family values?

Sweet Jesus is not just another flash-in-the-pan predatory franchise scam, although it most assuredly is that. In spades.

Instructively, it is a recent example in a long line of web of lies-filled schemes that the franchisor-led trade associations spin in Canada and around the world which enables far greater evil to manifest.

Reminds me of the cocaine-fueled Just Desserts situation, before the homicide(s).

Happy Holy Week to all my franchise banker friends, as well.

• Predatory Franchise Lending
• Franchising Opportunism, 2005

Is WikiFranchise.org the most important educational innovation in mom-and-pop franchise investing?

Yes.

Ever? Yes.

WikiFranchise.org: since Feb 2009.

About.

Information is much, much more valuable to franchisees than any franchise law will ever be.

Start the dialogue, record the franchisor’s every move and retain that information through successive ownership changes.

Start educating  your members in the two businesses they run: the store and the franchise relationship.

I started WikiFranchise.org in Feb 2009. I keep it open although most wikis are closely held.

Those with a greater command of the information, wins every time.

• weblog
• smart phones
• wikis

 

Vigorous provincial government relations are invaluable in influencing Tim Hortons Brazilian-based vulture capitalists.

Franchisees need to speak out to their local MPPs (member of provincial parliament).

Queen’s Park, Toronto, Canada

The independent franchisee association should make a legislative “wishlist” a priority.

Nothing, nothing makes a franchisor and his allies (Canadian Franchise Association, CFA et al) stand up and take notice.

Anyone who says talking to politicians is a waste of time, is working full-time for 3G, the CFA, its 1,199 other franchisors and their supporters: banks, legal service providers.

Start by suggesting the Ontario government reverse the onus on good faith in the Arthur Wishart Act.

Est. 1998

Mike Colle, MPP Eglinton Lawrence, Susan Kezios, President, American Franchisee Assocation, AFA and Les Stewart, Canadian Alliance of Franchise Operators, CAFO, Wishart Act hearings, 2000.

Les’s expert witness testimony.

John Sotos, Sotos LLP and Susan Kezios, AFA, Wishart Act hearings, 2000

John’s expert witness testimony. Susan’s expert witness testimony.

Tony Martin MPP Sault Ste. Marie and Dr. Gillian K. Hadfield, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2000.

Dr. Hadfield’s expert witness testimony.

Three MPPs get together to try to make franchise fraud a criminal offence, Second Reading, 2010.

Les Stewart, ON Premier Kathleen Wynne and Don Morgan, 2015.

Q: Why should any public official help your family when (it appears) you don’t give two hoots about the other +70,000 franchisee families?

Want to talk about your experiences as a Kahala franchisee since 2013?

Contact me.

Kahala Brands:

1. America’s Taco Shop
2. Blimpie
3. Cereality
4. Cold Stone Creamery
5. Frullati Cafe & Bakery
6. Great Steak
7. Johnnie’s New York Pizzeria
8. Kahala Coffee Traders
9. Maui Wowi Hawaiian
10. NRgize Lifestyle Cafe
11. Planet Smoothie
12. Pinkberry
13. Ranch1
14. Rollerz
15. Samurai Sam’s Teriyaki Grill
16. Surf City Squeeze
17. Taco Time
18. Tasti D-Lite

Multi-unit and mom-and-pops. On or off the record.

Les: 705 737-4635. les.j.stewart-at-gmail.com

How many of the 25,000 Syrian refugees will become cannon fodder to the franchise industry via government guaranteed liar loans?

Several thousand, I’d imagine.

How? The moral hazard-riddled, Canada Small Business Financing Program.

Details:

• WikiFranchise.org: Immigrants as Prey, Cannon fodder, Language shortcomings create a vulnerability
• Franchising Opportunism, 2005 paper