Quiznos Rebukes Latest Pennsylvania Class Action as Copy Cat Lawsuit

Yes, TIF, the weakest Quiznos stores will close, approximately 90% of the chain!

"The franchisee/franchisor construct is a business relationship and not a partnership."

TIFF makes a good point.

All we hear are the efforts by Quiznos ex-franchisees and their lawsuits of fraud. That's not going to be of much help to existing franchise owners. We hear anger and bitterness.

We are pragmatic business owners. Yet we hear precious little on improving existing franchisee contracts to be fairer or what is being done to leverage the existing franchisee voice in purchasing decisions. We hear nothing constructive about what to do to handle the few honest-to-goodness deadbeats in the network that drag everyone down.

Sometimes you have to agree to part. How would franchisees like that to happen or are they happy with the way terminations are being done now - with considerable litigation?

Where is the Toasted Subs Franchisee Association?

That will be a relatively short lived "business relationship".

Such an entitled attitude.

All relationships must be mutually beneficial or eventually they will cease. Eventually Quiznos reputation will be tarnished beyond repair. No one will work with or for them.

I wont buy a sandwich there , I havent for years since reading all of this because I wont allow a penny of my money to find its way to there pockets.

What comes around goes around Mr. Tiff. Only a sleaze chooses to conduct themsleves the way that they do and only a sleazzer person can justify those actions.

I think it's impossible to discuss Quiznoose in terms of true franchising. It's an oxymoron.

There are enough terrible franchisors out there, but there are also many where the franchisees make money and have regularly made money. While they may sometimes be arbitrary in how they get things done, the test of "true franchising" is that the brand succeeds and the franchisees make money. There is no other test of true franchising.

To say that organizations like Quiznoose are  "true franchisors" speaks only to the writer's bias, not to the quality of the franchisor.

Any franchisor that meets the test I just stated is a true franchisor. All others are not true franchisors. Scammers and abusers are not true franchisors.

If your brand works and you have consistently made money, you should definitely count your blessings. If you don't get your way very often, but your brand works and you consistently make money you might just remember that no one put you in charge. Often, unfortunately, franchisees that have done well financially assume that they ought to call the shots. If you want to call the shots, get your own show.

I agree that there needs to be more franchisor input on BMM. When I do that, there are always a few whiners that have wonderful names to call me because I don't see the world their way. I am now going to begin making the case here for good franchisor positions. Maybe you drive away franchisor posting with your bad manners. You can't drive me away with your bad manners. My skin is too thick, and I can just ignore you.

From now on there will be a lot more positive posting about good franchising and how in the presence of good franchising, whiners are really of little value or significance. --

Richard Solomon, FranchiseRemedies.com,  has over 45 years experience with franchise litigation and crisis management. He is a graduate of The Citadel and The University of Michigan Law School

I think it's impossible to discuss Quiznoose in terms of true franchising. It's an oxymoron.

There are enough terrible franchisors out there, but there are also many where the franchisees make money and have regularly made money. While they may sometimes be arbitrary in how they get things done, the test of "true franchising" is that the brand succeeds and the franchisees make money. There is no other test of true franchising.

To say that organizations like Quiznoose are  "true franchisors" speaks only to the writer's bias, not to the quality of the franchisor.

Any franchisor that meets the test I just stated is a true franchisor. All others are not true franchisors. Scammers and abusers are not true franchisors.

If your brand works and you have consistently made money, you should definitely count your blessings. If you don't get your way very often, but your brand works and you consistently make money you might just remember that no one put you in charge. Often, unfortunately, franchisees that have done well financially assume that they ought to call the shots. If you want to call the shots, get your own show.

I agree that there needs to be more franchisor input on BMM. When I do that, there are always a few whiners that have wonderful names to call me because I don't see the world their way. I am now going to begin making the case here for good franchisor positions. Maybe you drive away franchisor posting with your bad manners. You can't drive me away with your bad manners. My skin is too thick, and I can just ignore you.

From now on there will be a lot more positive posting about good franchising and how in the presence of good franchising, whiners are really of little value or significance. --

Richard Solomon, FranchiseRemedies.com,  has over 45 years experience with franchise litigation and crisis management. He is a graduate of The Citadel and The University of Michigan Law School

It will keep good people from ever BECOMING franchisees in the first place.

If a poor Zor only is able to ttract stupid people, how is that good for the Zor?