7-Eleven franchise owners are invited to share their complaints, frustrations and advice with prospective franchise owners below.
UnhappyFranchisee.com believes that no franchise system is perfect, and that it benefits everyone when new franchisees sign on with realistic expectations and advance knowledge of the challenges and frustrations they may face.
7-Eleven franchise website boasts that it provides support by sending a business consultant to each store twice per week:
In order for 7-Eleven® to be successful, you have to be successful. That’s why we provide a personal Business Consultant to help you with all the challenges involved with running your own business.
We provide personal support to help you succeed
What are Business Consultants?
A Business Consultant is a 7-Eleven employee assigned to your store and who visits your store twice a week.
Here are just a few of the things your Business Consultant can do for you:
- Assist in the development of budgets and business plans for your store
- Provide advice, coaching and assistance on how to improve the business
- Assist with the analysis of your store’s sales data
- Provide continual training and guidance on our ever-improving system
- Promote efficiency to help maximize your store’s profitability
7-Eleven named the #1 franchise in Entrepreneur magazine’s 2011 Franchise 500. (See the UnhappyFranchisee.com discussion here: Top 100 Franchise Opportunities 2011: Behind The Hype) and has now been named the #3 franchise in Entrepreneur magazine’s 2012 Franchise 500 as well.
Are the accolades well-deserved?
Does 7-Eleven provide the training, support, marketing and systems it promises?
Is 7-Eleven genuinely dedicated to the success of its franchise owners?
Please share a comment, opinion or insight below.
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I seem to recall that a cash audit MAY be performed one a year. Am I recalling something from an old agreement? I don't think a cash audit can be triggered on a whim.
Call the National Coalition Office and see where Mr. BM stands on the issue.....on second thought don't call, it might interfere with his DVR mediation that is almost one year old.
I have had 2 cash audits in an 8 month period. Nothing irregular was found. But I did have 6 FCs wasting 6 hours of my time and a combined 36 hours of payroll for 7-Eleven. Now the strangest thing I encountered was that the FCs are required to follow the Franchisee from store to store and never let them out of sight.I am not kidding !! According to written instructions of the Asset Protection Manager, the FCs should follow the Franchisee home, if the FZ says that he/she took the deposit home, and physically be present while the deposit is being made in the bank. I will let you guys form your own opinion on this. But I think that anytime any FZ speaks out against 7-Eleven or their illogical policies, that FZ becomes a target and a cash audit is the first step toward the intimidation process.
Over and Out ,your right.
Calling Bruce M might will not get anything accomplished. The water contract might
interfere with the National Coalition's real function which is to stand by it's members.
MOST of us are honest and being screwed by 7-11.
Don't worry Joe de P has it all controlled, WOW!
Calling the Coalition office might get you targeted by SEI. Have to see if 7-11 lobbies for Bruce in next months election like last time.
All FOAs should hold their President's feet to the fire and DEMAND that the president vote for the candidate that the majority of the membership favors, not what the FOA president "thinks" is best. We do not elect them to "think" in favor of SEI. We afford them the elected offices because we believe they will at least DEFEND our rights!
Unfortunately for us, Joe de Pinto will always makes sure he gets his man in the National Coalition office, he has done that for the last few years.
Result is we are weakened organization at the mercy of S E I.
Why have we build those $ Millions in the coffers NCASEF and not use it to protect us from what's being done wrong to us.
A strong organization with a the right person or persons would makes us a viable group, S E I would think twice about anything.
Simply said FOA's let's hire a professional to represent us at the National Level.
Unfortunately for us, Joe de Pinto will always makes sure he gets his man in the National Coalition office, he has done that for the last few years.
Result is we are weakened organization at the mercy of S E I.
Why have we build those $ Millions in the coffers NCASEF and not use it to protect us from what's being done wrong to us.
A strong organization with a the right person or persons would makes us a viable group, S E I would think twice about anything.
Simply said FOA's let's hire a professional to represent us at the National Level.
@ Unhappy. I agree with you wholeheartedly. But how do we start? I believe SEI revolves around the TAKE, TAKE and TAKE mantra! There seems to be no end in sight. If this was about a country and FZs were the citizens of that country and SEI was the administration, then SEI would be held in gross violation on human rights!
Code of Ethics of NCASEF
Fellow Franchisees
if the National Coalition followed every paragraph the Code of Ethics they would not be so silent right now.