November 7th, 2008
(FranchisePick.Com) Congratulations to Claudia & Alan Robbins on the opening of their brand new Cuppy’s Coffee cafe franchise in Wilmington, DE!
If you’re in, near or passing through Wilmington, DE stop in, show your support and buy a lot of stuff from the Robbins, whose buildout took a Herculean effort and a significant investment of time, […]
By Sean Kelly -- 10 comments
October 10th, 2008
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Cuppy’s Coffee Franchise, Elite Manufacturing, Medina Complaints
Cuppy’s Coffee’s AAFD Award for “Fair Franchising”
CUPPY’S COFFEE, Java Jo’z, Elite Manufacturing, Medina Blogliography
Seems like only 7 months or so ago that Cuppy’s Coffee parent Medina Enterprises was joyfully announcing the appointment of Don Ochsenreiter Executive VP and CFO. It seems like just 7 months ago that Ochsenreiter […]
By Sean Kelly -- 4 comments
October 6th, 2008
Related: CUPPY’S COFFEE, Java Jo’z, Elite Manufacturing, Medina Blogliography
Interview with Cuppy’s Coffee Franchise Owner Joshua Miranda
October 3, 2008
Kindergarten teacher Joshua Miranda and his wife, nurse Clara Miranda, dreamed of opening a Cuppy’s Coffee cafe and operating a Cuppy’s Coffee mobile unit in Apple Valley, CA. They sent refundable deposits totalling $42,000 to Cuppy’s Coffee […]
By Sean Kelly -- 2 comments
October 1st, 2008
(Franchise Pick) If you have not been following the Cuppy’s Coffee saga, my apologies for not including a summary*.
I am just too overcome with a powerful emotional cocktail of glee and disbelief.
Let’s just call it disbeglief.
This very day I have coined this new word (disbeglief) in honor of the great one: Robert […]
By Sean Kelly -- 14 comments
September 26th, 2008
(FranchisePick.Com) Today’s Quote:
We are discrete sheep—we want to see how the drove is going, and then we go with the drove.
- Mark Twain
All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.
- Edmund Burke
Nothing personal toward Joshua, Angela, David, Christy and other recent commenters, but after a year […]
By Sean Kelly -- 27 comments
September 8th, 2008
(FranchisePick.Com) Related reading: Cuppy’s Coffee, Elite Manufacturing Franchise Complaint on Rip-off Report
Cuppy’s Coffee Franchise, Elite Manufacturing, Medina Complaints
Cuppy’s Coffee’s AAFD Award for “Fair Franchising”
CUPPY’S COFFEE, Java Jo’z, Elite Manufacturing, Medina Blogliography
Tough break. It looks like the AAFD won’t be getting a share of the blood, sweat or tears of Cuppy’s Coffee franchise owners unless they […]
By Sean Kelly -- 20 comments
September 5th, 2008
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Don’t put off watching this video. I doubt it will be up long.
Those who have been following the Cuppy’s Coffee franchise train wreck will appreciate the irony of the happy happy video compared with the actual nightmarish experiences of Cuppy’s Coffee franchisees.
Even if you have not followed the Cuppy’s Coffee alleged scam (or […]
By Sean Kelly -- 1 comment
August 25th, 2008
(FranchisePick.Com) Don’t miss: COFFEE BEANERY: Secret Justice Franchisee Interview Part 1, COFFEE BEANERY: Secret Justice Franchisee Interview Part 2
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 […]
By Sean Kelly -- 16 comments
August 25th, 2008
(FranchisePick.Com) This week marks the end of the shared vision for creating a progressive, family-oriented Cuppy’s Coffee corporate office in Ft. Walton Beach, complete with on-site daycare.
For some it’s the end of a dream… for others, just the shattering of an illusion.
Either way, many Cuppy’s employees Dale Nabors isn’t going out of […]
By Sean Kelly -- 0 comments
August 12th, 2008
Links the AAFD would rather you forget about:
AAFD: Franchising Watchdog… or Lapdog? Part 1
AAFD: Franchising Watchog… or Lapdog? Part 2
AAFD Quietly Suspends Cuppy’s Franchisor Accreditation
Cuppy’s Coffee: Some Words from AAFD Raises More Questions
Answer This Franchise Due Diligence Quiz Question
Franchise Buyers: Don’t Get Fooled by Fair Franchising Awards
Cuppy’s Coffee Franchisees: Show Some Gratitude!
In what […]
By Sean Kelly -- 7 comments
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