Cuppy's Coffee Goes to Court: SBT Sues Elite Mfg.

As I see it SBT is another victim of Elite and Cuppy's or so approriatly said earlier "Crappy's". SBT is owed money from Elite. There are stores open that SBT had built out. Why was SBT not mentioned to franchisee's? Well the answer is simple. Morg wanted everyone to think that Elite did all of the work for Cuppy's. Morg even went so far as to have SBT employees where Elite shirts when constructing the Cafe's. Here are some facts: 1. SBT, Elite and MBM (which does not exist anymore, heck they don't even have a bank account in there name)are all in the same building. This was done so that the Project Coordinators could have first hand knowledge of each project. 2. SBT owner had used some of his own personal money to finish a lot of the Cafe's build out, even Brian Hayes had done this, which leads me to ask What kind of person uses his own personal money to finish someones construction project? The answer (no matter what you all think) Brian only cares about the franchisee and has tried everything in his power to get that person open. I have seen the frustration that Brian Hayes, John of SBT and Brice Hayes had went through to get the Cafe's done. Unfortunatly once Dale took over it was all downhill from there. Dale stopped sending money to SBT, vendors put Elite on credit hold for nonpayment and the project coordinators in Angola, IN were told by the Florida office to "Spin the truth". Yes that is right to LIE to the Franchisee's. And who were the people telling them to lie that would be Theresa St.Clair, Lori B, Terry, Robin Donlon and Amy Hiller. The very people that some of the franchisee's say are such great people and help them out so much. The Florida office even held a conversation with the Project Coordinators in Angola, IN wanting to teach them how to "Spin". 3. Rob Folk was never employeed by SBT to my knowledge. 4. Brian and Brice Hayes are very good people. As I said earlier these two people were the biggest reason why the Cafe's that did get done, got done. They have both bent over bakwards for franchisee's. If something did not get done to the liking of a Franchisee that would be because Mr.Dale Nabors had put a stop to it. 5. Dale Nabors dose not know much about construction. Brian Hayes has been doing it virtually his whole life. Has Dale??? 6. As for the construction plans, well that would be best dirrected to the one and only person who draws them. I will not mention his name but please do not give him any crap. He is a nice guy and can ONLY do what he is told to do. This would be the main reason why everyone's plans never get to them when they are told they will. According to Florida some people just are not as important as others, which basically means who ever complains the loudest will get their plans first. NOT by when the lease was signed. As I have other things to do, I will stop blogging. But people PLEASE beware, you will not get anything from Cuppy's or Elite unless you scream at them and call them every hour. I wish you all luck as you will need it.

Does the AAFD have a franchise supplier of the year award? 

This could be a tough match-up between Elite and SBT.  Perhaps a sing-off will be in order... and the boys better brush up on the old soft shoe.

Was there a musical version of GlenGarry, Glenross? 

A Supreme Building Technologies employee described the litigation as "a real bad elementary school playground fight."  Maybe West Side Story... or Everything I Know I Learned in Kindergarten:  The Musical.

Sean Kelly
seankelly[at]ideafarm.net

Yep. I smell a rat, or with Rob's involvment a big turd. SBT and Crappy's/Elite are probably connected. Crappy's/Elite files bankruptcy so they don't have to pay SBT which is a sub of Crappy's like Elite. They also then will get out of paying those who want a deposit refund. It's called the shell game.

If Rob Folk is involved it's a scam. He learned from the best...Morg Morgan and the Crappy's team.