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. industry, has a list of allegations against fund companies that includes inflated fees. Mr. Spitzer thinks U.S. fund fees are excessive? Keep him away from the Canadian fund industry or he'll have
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restaurant types (fast food, chicken, pizza, family dining, etc.).
A benchmark rating of any franchisor's track record as a money-maker is its "turnkey" fee. That's how much a new investor typically must
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so that it would have first call on any money received from any new sales.
Disclosure documents BCFS filed with the ASX, stated that the franchise fee of $22,500 was to be "paid directly to BCFS from
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, Coerced waiver of legal rights, self, Different deals for different dealers, Gag order (confidentiality agreement), Intimidation, Lawsuits, class action, Listing fees and inside money,, Canada, 20040404 Rebate rhubarb
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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
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to renew, Secret kickbacks and rebates, Listing fees and inside money, Award-winning franchisees, Franchisor takes franchisee stores, Renewing contract much tougher, Refusal to acknowledge independent
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, grocery and petroleum, Must buy only through franchisor (tied buying), Gouging on supplies, Big Grocery, 30 different programs of kickbacks, shelf allowances and inside money, Listing fees and inside money, Local suppliers with no shelf space, Canada, 19990101 Loss leader
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LCBO like a real business.
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Risks: Monopoly or near-monopolies creates sub-optimal capital allocations, Listing fees and inside money, National press coverage, Canada, 20040601 Booze bloat
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, Listing fees and inside money, Buying co-operatives, Weak law worse than no law, United States, 19990901 Rebates a
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shop franchise up and running last year. But when he arrived at his Etobicoke, Ont. store one day this March, he found the windows papered over, the locks changed and a security guard posted inside
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