McDONALD’S Franchise Complaints
McDonald’s franchise owners are getting increasingly frustrated, according to a relatively small but telling franchisee survey by Janney Capital Markets.
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BEAUTIFUL BRANDS’ David Rutkauskas Defends BBI’s PR Claims
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) and its CEO, David Rutkauskas, have faced criticism from UnhappyFranchisee.com for providing what we believe to
Read MoreJONATHAN FORTMAN: Corporate Bullying Part 3
Attorney Jonathan Fortman contributed this third part of a three-part series on the unsuccessful corporate bullying tactics of Beautiful Brands
Read MoreJONATHAN FORTMAN: Corporate Bullying Part 2
Attorney Jonathan Fortman contributed the second part of a three-part series on the unsuccessful corporate bullying tactics of Beautiful Brands
Read MoreBEAUTIFUL BRANDS: UnhappyFranchisee.Com Letter to The Journal Record
UnhappyFranchisee.Com asked The Journal Record (in February of this year) to stop putting the public relations agenda of Beautiful Brands
Read MoreBEAUTIFUL BRANDS: UnhappyFranchisee.Com Email to The Journal Record
For the past several years, Beautiful Brands International (BBI) persuaded several media outlets to portray it as a vibrant, growing
Read MoreBEAUTIFUL 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
Read MoreBEAUTIFUL 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
Read MoreJONATHAN 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
Read MoreMAC Tools Distributor Interview: Robert Wall, Jr.
MAC Tools distributor Robert Wall, Jr. regrets the day he signed up as a MAC Tools distributor. An experienced mechanic,
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