Who has profited most handsomely from the passage of the Ontario Arthur Wishart (Frachise Disclosure) Act, 2000?

The mega group, elite class action and Tier 2 franchise bar practioneers.

Notwithstanding a very receptive Superior Court, almost no mom-and-pop franchisees.

That’s precisely why no attorney pleads right to associate issues.

The franchise bar profits more from filtering and defeating frachisee claims.

Is there an economic value to knowing precisely who the “rebel” Tim Hortons franchisees are?

Yes, especially if the franchisor wanted to do a mass termination or consolidation of stores.

 

Who would likely collect and deliver the membership list?:

• franchisor,
• independent franchisee association – executives,
• independent franchisee association – management,
• association lawyer, or
• franchisee advisors (former franchisor/founder, former president).

Probably the emails sent to a safe server as well.

My best work has always started around a single franchisee’s kitchen table.

A few franchisees with concern ask me to meet them at their home.

The problem-solving starts almost immediately.

Les Stewart

Midhurst, ON

705 737-4635

les.j.stewart-AT-gmail.com

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

Ontario Franchise Law establishment: It started with Tony Martin, John Sotos and me.

But like all deceptions, the betrayal starts with one and then mushrooms to thousands. Two lure in several others.

Justizia, by Luca Giordano

December 20, 2000 was the last time I met with Sotos and Martin. Sotos told a very interesting story:

It was his experience that those engage on the “shadow side” of large scale franchise disputes, suffer severe health consequences.

It was fatal for the dad in Ontario’s first franchise class action case, Bulk Barn. It was fatal for a friend called Julie.

Tony‘s not doing so well.

I don’t know how well John, David Sterns, Michael Webster, Jay Harris, Peter Webber, Andrei Oudovikine, Alexendre Oudovikine, Jonathan Lisus, Jeff Lefler and Franck Panczyk and their families are doing.

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Justice (virtue)

Justice is one of the four cardinal virtues in classical European philosophy and Roman Catholicism. It is the moderation or mean between selfishness and selflessness – between having more and having less than one’s fair share.

Justice is closely related, in Christianity, to the practice of Charity (virtue) because it regulates the relationships with others. It is a cardinal virtue, which is to say “pivotal” because it regulates all such relationships, and is sometimes deemed the most important of the cardinal virtues.

 

Exiting franchisees are dealt with in an engineered fashion.

The model is similar to what happens to the contents of your toilet when you flush it.

The maximum value ($, labour, reputation) to the franchisor is extracted thanks to the franchise bar.

Sales to “mom-and-pop franchisees” grow well in the soil of the wounded.

The real work begins, whether personal financial net worth rises or falls.

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