FOOD FRANCHISES

BEAUTIFUL BRANDS: THE SOUP KITCHEN Franchise Warning

The Soup Kitchen, a three-unit quickservice concept based in Tennessee, is the latest “partner brand” to be hyped by Beautiful…

12 years ago

BEAUTIFUL BRANDS: Why Franchise Bullying Backfires

David Rutkauskas, CEO of Tulsa-based Beautiful Brands International (BBI), publicly unleashed a string of insults and expletives on me that…

12 years ago

JONATHAN FORTMAN: Standing Up to Corporate Bullies Part 1

Beautiful Brands, David Rutkauskas & his attorney Robert Sartin are using any means possible to try to keep critics from…

12 years ago

DAVID RUTKAUSKAS Are His 500,000 Twitter Followers Fakes?

David Rutkauskas, founder & CEO of Beautiful Brands International (BBI), claims to have more than 500,000 Twitter following his tweets…

12 years ago

DAVID RUTKAUSKAS Bizarre Misrepresentations of Beautiful Brands

David Rutkauskas: What are you thinking? Just when UnhappyFranchisee.Com is actively scrutinizing the growth claims of Beautiful Brands International (BBI)…

12 years ago

BEAUTIFUL BRANDS Ludger’s Cakes Dumps BBI

Beautiful Brands International (BBI) has lost another franchise “partner” brand:  1 unit Ludger’s Bavarian Cakery. According to an inquiry from…

12 years ago

BEAUTIFUL BRANDS SmallCakes Cupcakery Breaks Ties with BBI

SmallCakes Cupcakery is one of the two latest Beautiful Brands partners to end its “partnership” with Beautiful Brands International (BBI).…

12 years ago

David Rutkauskas, Beautiful Brands Sued by Master Franchisee

David Rutkauskas, founder and CEO of Beautiful Brands International (BBI), is being sued by Emirates Associated Business Group (EABG), an…

12 years ago

BEAUTIFUL BRANDS Partner Program: Behind the Hype

Beautiful Brands International (BBI) claims that its franchise development “partnership” program can turn a small business into a “franchise leader”…

12 years ago