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In the lawsuit, the association claims that Minneapolis-based International Dairy Queen, Inc. is forcing franchise owners to spend "tens of thousands of dollars" to renovate and convert their stores
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Risks: All in the family, Restructuring is used to cull dealers, Forced to spend on renovations, Predatory actions, Terminated by form letter, Canada, 20090618 Dealer appalled
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Risks: Forced to spend on renovations, House negro, Only 3 ways out: resell to next loser, independence & be sued or abandon and go bankrupt, Opportunism Test: If asset ownership were reversed
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because it's standard in most of their contracts, Mooty says. “It is not making somebody spend hundreds of thousands,” he argues. “And it is not forcing somebody to go to another concept.”
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the franchisor have the right to force the franchisee to spend $100,000 to renovate a store in five years when the franchisor is doing the renovations.
“The industry cannot manage itself
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/19950901-ontario-franchisees
: Forced to spend on renovations, Immigrants as prey, Must sell business (eventually) through franchisor, New buyer must sign current, often less favorable, contract, Crown corporation, Exempt from Ontario franchise law obligations, Petition sent to parliament, Canada, 20090925 Closing of
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, Government guaranteed loans, U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA, Forced to spend on renovations, Only interested in good news stories, United States, 20080701 A Look
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, Development deal hyperbole, Encroachment (too many outlets put in territory), Even the best become whores, Forced to spend on renovations, Infamous trademark system, Mask of respectability, Military
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20090206-tim-hortons-to
to spend on renovations
Franchisor controls both wholesale costs and retail prices
Franchisor cuts off supplies
Gouging on supplies
Listing fees and inside money
Must buy entirely useless goods
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/the-marriage:the-souring
, Exempt from Ontario franchise law obligations, Forced to spend on renovations, Canada, 20100303 Canada Post
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