Cuppy’s Coffee founder Robert “Morg” Morgan had been laying low. 
While the unhappy victims of the Cuppy’s Coffee were commiserating online, Morgan had quietly reinvented himself as new age celibate vegan raw food guru Bobby The Rawman Walking.  He had launched two self-promotional blogs called Living Raw & Free and The Sanctuary (his raw food retreat).
By posting 5000+ touchy-feely inspirational messages and links to raw food recipes, Rawman Walking had built up an adoring following on Twitter.  He was just starting to pitch his ardent followers – most of whom were middle-aged women unaware of his controversial past – on …read more

After three years under fire on FranchisePick.com, BlueMauMau.org, UnhappyFranchisee.com and other blogs, the much-maligned Morg is speaking out and telling his side of the story for the first time.
Links to the many posts on Cuppy’s Coffee and interviews with Cuppy’s Coffee victims are posted here:  Cuppy’s Coffee
Morg’s unedited post telling his side of the story is here:  CUPPY’S: Robert Morgan’s “My Thoughts About The American Dream”
Robert “Morg” Morgan, the founder and previous owner of the controversial Cuppy’s Coffee and related controversial entities (Medina Enterprises, Elite Manufacturing, etc.)  recently resurfaced as raw food guru “Bobby” Morgan, the “Rawman Walking.”  Rawman Walking publishes …read more

Rawman Walking aka “Bobby” describes himself as “a 4 year Cancer Survivor, a Raw Vegan Athlete, A Holistic Health Counselor, Raw Foods Nutritional Consultant, Herbalist and Mentor at The Sanctuary, a raw food retreat.” 
Bobby the Rawman Walking is offering a women-only diet and lifestyle counseling for fees ranging from $1500 – $14,000 and claims he can cure Type 2 Diabetes in only 28 days.
Who is this new age guru and celibate raw food messiah?  And who is his trusty vegan superhero sidekick Rawman Living?
UnhappyFranchisee.com has discovered that the supervegan duo of Rawman Walking and Rawman Living is none other than …read more

CUPPY’S RELOCATION LETTER – DALE NABORS
The embattled and controversial Cuppy’s Coffee franchise headquarters will be relocated from Fort Walton Beach, FL 350 miles north to Muscle Shoals, AL, home of its new parent company, FranSynergy.
The remaining staff of the Cuppy’s Coffee home office received the news in a letter from Dale “Believe & Succeed” Nabors who wrote:
“You may have heard we’ve been cleaning house;  now we’re moving the house.  After three months of evaluation, the Cuppy’s management team and I have determined that it is in the best interest, for the future success of our franchisees and the company, to …read more

What’s the fuss about Cuppy’s Coffee? This’ll get you up to speed: CUPPY’S COFFEE, Java Jo’z, Elite Manufacturing, Medina Blogliography
Cuppy’s Coffee franchisees: Enough is enough! There’s been a lot of whining and snivelling around here lately from Cuppy’s Coffee franchisees (or “depositers” as we call them. Or “Involuntary Investors”).
I paid Cuppy’s Coffee $30,000 and they won’t give it back! and I took a home equity loan to give $39,500 for a Cuppy’s Coffee franchise and they won’t give it back! and even I made a $52,000 deposit for a Cuppy’s franchise and they won’t …read more

Supreme Building Technologies filed suit against Elite Manufacturing, LLC alleging breach of contract and $1.7M in unpaid fees.
Dale Nabors and FranSynergy, the new owners of Cuppy’s coffee and affiliate Elite Manufacturing, have been served a big steaming cup of litigation.
July 3, 2008, Supreme Building Technologies, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Elite Manufacturing, LLC. for breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition. In short, SBT alleges that Elite has stiffed them for $1.7M in fees for inline construction of Cuppy’s Coffee stores, and fabrication of Cuppy’s coffee kiosks, carts and mobile units.
Additionally, SBT alleges that Elite Manufacturing …read more

And so another  bizarre twist to the madcap saga of Cuppy’s Coffee, Elite Manufacturing, FranSynergy, and all the people they owe money to… we present you the Supreme BuildingTechnologies lawsuit against Elite Manufacturing Inc.
Supreme Building Technologies Inc v. Elite Manufacturing Inc

Plaintiff:
Supreme Building Technologies Inc

Defendant:
Elite Manufacturing Inc

Case Number:
1:2008cv00163

Filed:
July 3, 2008

Court:
Indiana Northern District Court

Office:
Contract: Other Office [ Court Info ]

County:
Steuben

Presiding Judge:
Judge Joseph S Van Bokkelen

Referring Judge:
Magistrate Judge Roger B Cosbey

Nature of Suit:
Contract – Other Contract

Cause:
Diversity

Jurisdiction:
Diversity

Jury Demanded By:
28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

Can a company really sue itself?
Can someone explain this to a simple marketing boy blogging from Amish Country?
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Are you …read more

(FranchisePick.Com)  According to the Charlotte Observer, Mohammed and Bouchra Iblidi are preparing to open Charlotte, NC’s first Cuppy’s Coffee: 
A Cuppy’s Coffee Cafe will open this summer on North Tryon Street near Withrow Downs.
Work has started on the restaurant in the Withrow Downs Plaza, near Pavilion Boulevard, said franchise co-owner Mohammed Iblidi.
Iblidi hopes to open for business in early August.
“I think with the speedway and the Pavilion and all of the traffic there on North Tryon and the community there, there is demand for a cafe-style coffee shop,” Iblidi said.
Cuppy’s Coffee Cafes offer hot and cold …read more

(FranchisePick.com The franchise blog)  In his Richmond Times-Dispatch column, Iris Taylor describes how a failed Cuppy’s Coffee franchisee “was losing money to bigger competitors,” so they borrowed $40,000 more to go mobile – and operate their business as a concessionaire.
Mary Patrick and her husband, Joe, of Midlothian recently took out a $40,000 line of credit to finance their Cuppy’s of Richmond mobile cafe concession business. Just attend a Richmond Kickers game, a NASCAR race, the Richmond Folk Festival or other event and you may see their 7-by-10-foot green-and-clear glass Cuppy’s concession trailer. They will be inside serving lattes, smoothies, coffee, …read more

(FranchisePick.Com) Does Cuppy’s Coffee or Elite Manufacturing owe you a refund? Have things improved with the new ownership? Is the Danny Jones runaround a thing of the past? Has the AAFD been helpful?
Please share your experience with Cuppy’s Coffee, Elite Manufacturing and Fransynergy below.
It’s been more than a month since Dale Nabors and Fransynergy took over the assets and liabilities of the troubled Medina Enterprises, Cuppy’s Coffee and Elite Manufacturing and vowed to return deposits owed to Cuppy’s Coffee franchisees and prospects. The April 21, 2008 post on BlueMauMau stated:
Elite, the construction arm that builds …read more