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SAN DIEGO (Blue MauMau) - The American Association of Franchisees and Dealers on Tuesday admitted that many distressed Cuppy's franchisees have been contacting the organization seeking help.

Police in Jacksonville, Florida had to restrain and imprison a man who called 911 to report a missing sauce from his Subway spicy Italian sandwich.

What are key benefits and pitfalls to franchising a restaurant chain?

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (Blue MauMau) - Having acquired Florida-based Cuppy's Coffee at the end of April, Dale Nabors announced on Friday that the coffee chain's head office will move to Alabama on September 1.

What company now controls Bennigan’s trademarks and franchise agreements and what Metromedia companies are being liquidated?

PLANO, Tex. (Blue MauMau) – At midnight on Monday, the parent company of Bennigan’s and Steak & Ale restaurant chains filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy to liquidate its various companies. The filing marks one of the largest Chapter 7 bankruptcies of a restaurant chain in recent history, according to Technomic.

Plano, Tex. (Blue MauMau) - S & A Restaurant Corp., a subsidiary of Metromedia Restaurant Group announced yesterday that its two restaurant chains will file Chapter 7, a bankruptcy filing procedure marking the intent to liquidate some 150 company-owned Bennigan's as well as its Steak & Ale restaurants.

HEARD ON THE STREET - There are angry rumblings from New York City Quiznos franchise owners, according to one franchise mole.

Baskin-Robbins, an ice-cream shop chain that is part of Dunkin' Brands, announced today that it is accepting franchise owner candidates for Denver but it is having a hard time getting its store projections straight.

The Boston Globe reports that Quincy grocery chain Stop & Shop will drop Dunkin' Donuts stores from inside 130 supermarkets next year and likely replace them with rival java giant Starbucks, according to a Dunkin' franchisee executive and a supermarket union official.