My name is John Rodesiler, and I am the 100% owner and president of Supreme Building Technologies, Inc. (“SBT”).

As this website reported, SBT has filed a lawsuit against Elite Manufacturing, LLC. In the lawsuit, SBT is seeking to recover approximately $1.7 million from Elite due to work performed by SBT for which Elite has not paid.

I would like to respond to all of the comments made on this website regarding Cuppy’s Coffee, Elite, and SBT, but my attorneys have limited what I can say as long as the lawsuit is pending.

I can tell you, however, that SBT is not related in any way to Cuppy’s or Elite.  As I mentioned, I am the only owner of SBT, and I have no ownership interest in Cuppy’s or Elite.

I do not receive any salary or payments from them (other than the amounts due to SBT on construction contracts).

SBT does not consult with Cuppy’s or Elite on business issues, and they do not consult with SBT.

In fact, conversations between SBT and Elite have been contentious for months, as the main discussion has been about Elite’s failure to pay SBT for work it has performed.

While some on this website have questioned whether SBT’s lawsuit is part of a plan to assist Elite, I can assure you that is not the case at all.

SBT entered into contracts with Elite, and SBT has sued Elite to receive payment under those contracts.One attorney on this site has even gone so far as to concoct a story about how SBT is colluding with Cuppy’s and/ or Elite by filing this lawsuit.

That attorney should know better than to say defamatory things about SBT based upon nothing but his suspicions.

In fact, his post shows a complete lack of understanding about this situation and about business in general.

Others on this site have claimed that Rob Folk “represents” SBT.  That is not true, as Mr. Folk has never been an employee, consultant, or agent of SBT.  SBT understands that the franchisees are frustrated and tempted to look wherever they can to place blame.

However, I ask that everyone keep an open mind about SBT and wait to see how the evidence unfolds in SBT’s case against Elite.

SBT has been owed substantial amounts from Elite for over a year.  SBT has been attempting to collect these amounts, while at the same time trying to keep afloat to service Cuppy’s franchisees who are looking to Elite to take care of them.  However, we are now to the point we SBT needs to obtain funds from Elite to even continue to operate.   Unfortunately, we have been forced to begin exercising our lien rights to protect our position.  Please know that no money received from these liens would ever be given to or shared with Elite, Cuppy’s or anyone associated with them.

SBT has learned that Dale Nabors, the president of Elite, recently held conference calls with Cuppy’s franchisees.  As you know, many Cuppy’s franchisees have paid Elite to construct their facilities, but Elite has not constructed those facilities.  We have been told that during these calls Mr. Nabors stated that Elite has paid SBT and that SBT has mismanaged or otherwise misused that money.  This could not be further from the truth.  The obligations owed by Elite to SBT are real, SBT has not been paid by Elite, and SBT’s lawsuit has no purpose other than to recover those funds so that SBT can be paid for, and complete, the work it has started for Elite on behalf of Cuppy’s franchisees.

Again, please do not buy into the paranoia and unfounded speculation about SBT that seems to have become rampant on this website.  I cannot wait until SBT’s case against Elite moves forward and the evidence starts to come forward.

John