Whistleblower Dan Baxter didn’t get heat, but he did get fired.
According to a report by King 5’s Jesse Jones, the Pizza Time employee who contacted the press about the owners forcing employees to work without heat has been terminated. According to franchise owner and husband-of-the-boss Luke Benjamin, the firing was “amicable” (meaning that the Benjamins won’t contest Baxter’s unemployment compensation application).
While whistleblower stories make for great drama, don’t look for Russell Crowe to portray Dan Baxter any time soon. The employee, who was already suspended, not only initiated and starred in Jones’ initial story, he actively fanned the flames …read more

(FranchisePick.Com) They say that good franchise companies don’t sell franchises, they award them.  After all, franchisors are trusting their franchise owners with their most valuable corporate assets:  their brand names.  Their reputations.  The goodwill they’ve spent years and millions of ad dollars cultivating.
Sometimes that trust is severely misplaced, and the franchisor gets its very own Franchisee From Hell! By definition, the aggravation, bad press and brand-damage of a Franchisee From Hell! wreaks on a franchise system clearly outweighs and franchise fees, royalties or ad contributions the FFH! could ever contribute.
Of course, Franchisees From Hell! are much appreciated by the …read more

(FranchisePick.Com franchise blog)  More trouble for the once-heralded minority entrepreneur and multi-unit Pizza Hut franchise owner.
Source:  Tax Girl
 Pizza Hut Mogul Fails to Deliver
La-Van Hawkins, who built a fortune with Burger King, Pizza Hut and Checkers Drive-In franchises across the country, has another legal battle brewing.
Hawkins grew up in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing project where he was an admitted gang member and cocaine addict. He began working at a McDonalds cleaning toilets and eventually became general manager of a McDonalds in downtown Chicago. Hawkins continued to rise through the ranks until he was able to parlay his experience in the franchise industry …read more

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FRANCHISE POLL: IS DOMINO’S RESPONSIBLE FOR PUPPY’S DEATH?
All eyes are on FranchisePick.Com as the poll results come rolling in.  The polls at the pizza industry Think Tank at PMQ are showing 27% in favor of Domino’s buying the obnoxious dog owner a new puppy (Actual response: “definitely.  Poor puppy!”),
PMQ Poll:  Should Domino’s buy this lady a $900 puppy?
27% Definitely.  Poor puppy!
61%  You outta your freakin’ mind?
11% Free Cheesy bread & 1 topping with next order. Final offer.
Despite the poll numbers, the comments from the pizza shop operators at PMQ were overwhelmingly in …read more

(FranchisePick.com) (Share This) Should Domino’s have a kill one puppy, get one free offer? Lisa McConnell of Goshen, IN thinks so. After a Domino’s pizza delivery driver flattened her 5 month old Jack Russell terrier Odie, Lisa has started a campaign to pressure the Domino’s franchise owner to buy her a new puppy. She’s writing the newspaper and posting online in a bid for attention and sympathy.
I’ll give Lisa the attention, but she’ll have to look elsewhere for sympathy. In fact, I think her odious account of Odie’s demise is a great example of the lack …read more