franchise fraud

COLD STONE CREAMERY: Failed Franchisees Attack Doug Ducey Campaign

Doug Ducey, the former Chairman and CEO of Cold Stone Creamery and CEO of Kahala-Coldstone, is campaigning for the position…

14 years ago

ALAN FEIFER, Franchise Con-sultant, Convicted of Fraud

Alan Feifer, using company names Robert Ames Business Development Co. and Innovative Franchise Systems, sold phony franchise dreams to dozens…

14 years ago

BEST BLINDS Franchise Complaints

Best Blinds... Worst Franchise? Best Blinds franchise owners Eric & Laurie Wilson certainly think so. They bought a Best Blinds…

14 years ago

MAKE & TAKE GOURMET: Defendant Attorneys Off The Hook

Make & Take Gourmet was not one of the largest of the ill-fated Meal Prep (Meal Assembly Kitchen) franchise fiascos,…

15 years ago

DIVERSIFIED HEALTH: Fit For Her Members Cry Fraud

“"Diversified Health has a pattern of doing this same type of thing, where they open a franchise and then go…

15 years ago

CUPPY’S: Dale & Natalie Nabors “have done nothing wrong”

On the Dale Nabors-Fraud thread in the Muscle Shoals forum, local parents keep the unhappy Cuppy’s Coffee franchisees, “depositers,” and…

15 years ago

FTC Guide to Buying a Janitorial Services Franchise

FTC’s Guide to Buying a Janitorial Services Franchise Produced jointly with the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. If you're thinking about…

15 years ago

LADY OF AMERICA: Members of Closed Franchise Forced to Pay

Members of the Woodlands, Texas LOA Lady of America women-only fitness club are outraged.  They claim franchisee Alex Valladares closed…

15 years ago

RICKY’S CANDY: Why’d the Princeton Store Close?

Thanks to Krystal Knapp, writer for the Times of Trenton, for citing UnhappyFranchisee.com as a source for her recent article…

15 years ago