Lots of rumors and conjecture about Dale Nabors, Elite Manufacturing, the Supreme Building Technologies lawsuit & poor treatment of employees. I’ll toss them out there… please share what you know with a comment below.
Federal criminal complaint filed against Dale Nabors?
I’ve received some vague but credible emails that Dale Nabors was served with Federal Charges yesterday in connection with Cuppy’s Coffee. This comment was also posted anonymously online:
“I was told that Federal charges were served to Dale Nabors yesterday. Does anyone know the particulars? Does this mean we will be getting our money back? Did it have anything to do with him not paying his employees and stealing from them? I understand there have been numerous resignations because of his dishonesty, and cowardly way of meeting with and following up with franchisees. Would be very interested in what happened yesterday when he was served with the Federal charges.”
Others have said that there are charges filed, but they have to do with franchising, not employment infractions.
SBT lawsuit against Elite settled?
Dale has reportedly stated that the SBT lawsuit against Elite Manufacturing has been settled amicably and is no longer an issue. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
Cuppy’s Employees sent packing
This week Cuppy’s HQ employees and soon-to-be-ex-employees are packing up the office for the big move from Ft. Walton Beach to Muscle Shoals, AL. Reportedly, laid-off employees were required to help pack if they wanted their unemployment compensation claims to go uncontested.
Additionally, several key employees have resigned as recently as yesterday. This means that there are many out there with lots and lots of inside information who no longer have any vested interest in protecting their higher-ups. If you’ve got a story to share, feel free to email us in confidence at unhappyfranchisee[at]gmail.com.
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I can't get CuppysCoffee.com or Cuppys.net to come up and I have applicants info sitting on Cuppys.net that we are interviewing TODAY! eeeekkkkkk!
Wait, isn't cuppys.net how Dale was going to communicate? How is he going to be able to blog now?
jd:
Are you going through withdrawal since there's no "Coffee with Dale" blog entries anymore?
Where is Dale? Is there even a Cuppy's Coffee franchisor anymore?
Does Coffee College exist anymore? Coffee Junior High at least?
With the monthly automatic charge to your credit card for your Fransynergy fee, Dale will throw in a correspondence course so you can teach yourself at home.
seriously? there's isn't anyone still paying him, is there?
has the FBI gotten involved yet if not they need to
Sounds like he's turned all Elite contracts to SBT. I hope zee's aren't opening as a Cuppy's. If they do, it would be foolish.
Oh Morg has ducked employees!
I was hired to head Elite (once I got up to speed... Kim Scarbrough was still at the helm). I lasted barely a month...
A franchiseee in Homma La. was in trouble due to a manufacturing flaw (some dumbass dry fitted a coupling on the water heater tank which eventually came loose). I was the "Technical guru" so I did all I could to get this resolved. First I sent a home inspection gent to assess the situation (being 3rd party I felt he would justly represent the company and help ascertain What needed to be done and to whom the bill should be eventually given). Long story short although the lady now had mold in her kiosk, water damaged flooring and walls, no hot water heater and thus was in violation of her health ordinances - Morg determined that her occupants insurance was were she needed to seek relief - after all thats what its there for - right? (quote) On top of that I heard Morg say to Doug that he didn't have 90K to fix that unit unless Doug wanted to pony up the money himself?? (obviously not). BTW the unit was still less than a year old (one of the 1st things I checked when I asked if we were responsible to effect repairs I was told Yes.
I am not a good judge of character but the few I came into contact with seemed like good people> I know from the All HAnds Meetings that Morg played the charismatic card quite heavily. The staff was sold pretty much as much as the clientele. It was also touted by Morg that some employees were also franchisees (the young blond gentleman who was a nurse in the air force and Tammy the red headed young lady who was in their marketing branch.
I personally was asked to leave when Morg claimed (in a staff meeting) that he was going to bale out one of the modular manufacturers with about 1M to get the units moving. Now I and the staff had no confidence in this supplier... they had botched the Homma unit and had over charged and underperformed on all tasks. They were trying to deliver partially completed units etc. I approached another supplier with this info and we both reasoned that unless he and I developed a third option then Elite was screwed (Kim agreed) when this info got to Morg he had Kim fire me. She did and about a half hour later Morg came by and told a roomful of us that we needed to come outside and enjoy the sunset. I approached him with a thought I had shared with Kim (just before she fired me) andf he told me to run with it (giving no indication that I was to be let go). Confused, I went back to KIm wondering if that might trump by dismissal.. Nope, Morg just didn't want any confrontation.
So he is gutless as well....
Also, he disputed my unemployment claim (gave out secrets supposedly) and did a number on me to a prospective employer (had a great interview and given a tentative offer only to have it recinded based on something Someone had said at Elite... Ah well.
Hope that might fill in a blank or two
Morg Morgan's friend and ex-partner at Slender Lady has died:
https://unhappyfranchisee.mystagingwebsite.com/2008/12/slender-lady-founder-bruce-sharpe-has-died/