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In COFFEE BEANERY: Exec’s Trafficing Conviction Leads to Franchisee Legal Win Part 1, I recounted how Coffee Beanery V.P. Kevin Shaw’s dalliance into the secet underworld of blackmarket traffic cones had come back to bite him right in the crosswalk. As I was accused of “silliness” on this serious subject, I’ll try not to yield to my childish fascination with traffic cone trafficing and get to the serious lesson for you, the prospective franchise buyer.
The Coffee Cone-undrum Begins
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(FranchisePick.com) Coffee Beanery Executive Vice President Kevin Shaw had a secret so deep and dark that his company would stop at nothing to keep it hidden… even if it meant breaking the law.
The son of Coffee Beanery founder and former head of the International Franchise Association Joanne Shaw had been convicted of felony trafficing.
No, Kevin Shaw had not been convicted of drug trafficing.
He was not trafficing in arms, yellowcake uranium nor in non-fair trade Arabica beans.
No, Kevin Shaw had been caught stealing… traffic cones.
That’s right, traffic cones… those bright orange duncecaps of safety that keep schoolbuses of children from …read more