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November 7th, 2008

CUPPY’S COFFEE: Cafe Opens in Wilmington, DE. Congratulations!

(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

CUPPY’S COFFEE: Spurned CFO Sues Cuppy’s Parent Medina, FranSynergy for $132M

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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

August 8th, 2008

AAFD Quietly Suspends Cuppy’s Franchisor Accreditation

Franchising’s Worst-Case Scenarios:
Unhappy Franchisee: Franchising rumors, rants, controversies, issues, complaints & insider information you’re not supposed to know.
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Self-Proclaimed Fairness Advocacy Group Quietly Takes its Ball and Goes Home.
What does it take to for a franchisor to lose its “fair franchising” accreditation with the American Association of Franchisees & Dealers (AAFD )*?
Outcries from dozens of […]

By Sean Kelly -- 20 comments

August 4th, 2008

CUPPY’S COFFEE: Moving to Sweet Home Alabama

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 […]

By Sean Kelly -- 36 comments

July 15th, 2008

Cuppy’s Coffee Franchisees: Show Some Gratitude!

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 […]

By Sean Kelly -- 4 comments

July 12th, 2008

Cuppy’s Coffee Goes to Court: Elite Manufacturing Sued

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 […]

By Sean Kelly -- 2 comments

July 10th, 2008

Cuppy’s Coffee Watch: Supreme Building Tech Sues Elite Mfgr. Huh?

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 [ […]

By Sean Kelly -- 5 comments

July 9th, 2008

The “Long Expensive Ride” of a Cuppy’s Coffee Franchisee

Everybody’s good at something.  Seems that Cuppy’s Coffee has a talent for creating unhappy franchisees.  Yet another dissatisfied and frustrated franchise owner has reached the end of her rope.
UnhappyFranchisee.com has turned into a veritable shrine to the Cuppy’s Coffee’s and Elite Manufacturing’s amazing ability to piss people off who were once happy to give them […]

By Sean Kelly -- 3 comments