Quiznos faces major franchisee lawsuit
A group of some 28 franchisees in Wisconsin is filing a lawsuit against Quiznos. Their beef? They say that Quiznos Sub forces franchisees to buy food and supplies from company or approved vendors at unfair prices, while setting retail prices too low for operators to make a profit. There’s a lot thrown in the suit that alleges common law fraud, violations of federal and state antitrust laws, violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, breach of contract, and violations of the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law.
See full article by Fred Minnick at Fastcasual.com
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This article was written in 2006, but points to one common concern among prospective franchisees! Every “would be” franchisee wants the truth and the real record when evaluating a prospective franchiser. It makes sense; who would want to waste money by investing in a relationship that ends up in Terminations or lawsuits or a business mans divorce? (usually though in a divorce there is an equal distribution of the assets, not true in franchisee divorce court) As we all know this article helps connect the dots in regards to franchise legal battles, please see the Quiznos updates on this website as well as others. The prime issue is how do you avoid franchises like quiznos and land on your feet? That is a very tough question, but the answer is in the numbers and in the research. If you regularly see bad reviews, if you can’t get details in writing, if you think something is wrong but can’t place your finger on it then its probably wrong. These “fringe” franchisers like, say Pirtek, are dangerous places to be, I would say quiznos falls in the same category with one exception. There are many, many other fracnhisers out there that are relatively unknown, like Pirtek..the record is small because there is no momentum and the 10 or 15 or 20 year history shows very little if any data. Do not be fooled! No data is just as bad as bad data. Its your money..but I say a proven system has data to back up the rhetoric spewed by the franchiser. If you can’t verify that data you will be better off taking a pass. In my opinion stay away from Quiznos and Pirtek and franchises like them. Sounds like common sense to me! Regards, Scott Layer..fixxme@aol.com 813-318-1258
If you are considering a Quiznos Franchise please read this first as it sum up what Q Corp is really like after you sign their “QFA”.
Please read it with respect to everyone involved:
Life goes on and we pass through
Days of sunlight days of tears
It’s the way life comes to you
Foolish wasting precious years
I am not a fool. My wife is not a fool
I even refuse to call myself gullible. I am not a gullible. My wife is not a gullible
We trusted in Quiznos. They promised us success, help and everything else to get us to buy into the
“dream” they were selling. They had a private secret unannounced agenda! To trap you and screw you,
the franchisee!
We are not fools. But, we have been fooled
We are like so many others who also bought into this dream and lost a substantial portion of their life’s
savings.
Countless individuals and families have been destroyed. Even some lives have been lost
I have struggled hard and did the best I could to create a voice for the franchisees in the system and to
create a “support system” for the franchisees, which does not exist, and to fight the injustices of this
franchise system (Quiznos). Not to bring the system down, but only to make it fair.
I hope my efforts will not go wasted. I hope the government will look into the systematic deceitful
business practices of this franchisor. A serious investigation must be undertaken
It’s been a tough battle
I have been dragged through the legal system for over 18 months by the immensely superior financial
might of the franchisor, which will continue to keep justice from coming to me, and to the hundreds
and thousands of franchisees who are trapped similarly in the system and are slaving for this
franchisor, and those who have bought into the franchise agreement, and not yet become store
operators
I have spent and sacrificed my time, money, family life. I thought of an option to leave the system
quietly and fade away, but now I choose not to do that, and instead let the struggle go on
My struggle will continue after my sacrifice.
Some one must do something about what Quiznos is doing to the trapped franchisees. Everything they
do is in their own self interest, with utter disregard for the interests of the franchisees, to who they sold
the “dream” and put into business, only to screw them systematically from day one
The press and the media must bring out the atrocities Quiznos is carrying on with.
In this franchise system the Franchisor has all the rights and no duties or obligations, whereas it is just
the opposite for the Franchisee, which is the franchisee has no rights, no remedies, only obligations
I have not been able to think well, eat well, for the past one month
My health has been going down very fast
My mental capacity, to think, to work, and carry on my daily activities normally, is severely
diminished
I cannot survive like this much longer
Quiznos has killed me. Destroyed my life. Destroyed my family life for the past seven years
It has been a harrowing experience. We just could not get out of it. All doors were shut
Can some one stop this?
Can the government stop this Quiznos from destroying peoples lives? They have defrauded me and
they are defrauding people. See my law suit (complaint) how they defrauded me from the very
beginning, and then continued their systematic defrauding through out the period, until we left
They retaliated against me for trying to create a voice for the franchisees in the system
We were abused, we were manipulated, we were exploited,
I deeply regret getting in to Quiznos. I wish I had never heard of them
Can the media stop this?
CNN we need your help. Nancy Grace, please help! Glora Alred? Who else?
KTLA, LA Times, OC Register Please
How can a common individual like me and those like me in similar circumstances, there are thousands,
with limited resources get justice?
I believe there will be justice. But it will be too late for me.
There are a large and growing number of us who believe, unreservedly, that the handful of people who
own and/or otherwise control the Quiznos Corporation should spend the rest of their lives in prison.
The Quiznos Corporation is just one of the most egregious in what they do, but the entirety of
franchising in America is open to this kind of abuse. The IFA (International Franchise Association) is
the umbrella entity that, along with individual Franchisors, has enough money and power to buy the
legislation that protects the Franchisor, and exploits the Franchisee. Fair and just legislation, that
would level the playing field, never sees the light of day. Senators and Representatives, primarily
Republicans, continue to sell hard working Americans down the river. STAY FAR, FAR AWAY
FROM THE QUIZNOS CORPORATION. THEY ARE CRIMINAL IN WHAT THEY DO. And treat
any Franchise System with deep suspicion
Signed: Bob Baber
Make sure to have a Privat Contract Attorney read and study everything that Quiznos would ask you to sign for at least one month.
Also have them to let you have a copy of the Q operation manual. If you decide to sign the QFA they are allowed to add thing new into the ops manual, and by contrat the ops manual is your law.
Using this they will screw you almost to cement;-(.
also read this and this is an actual suicide document:
Life goes on and we pass through
Days of sunlight days of tears
It’s the way life comes to you
Foolish wasting precious years
I am not a fool. My wife is not a fool
I even refuse to call myself gullible. I am not a gullible. My wife is not a gullible
We trusted in Quiznos. They promised us success, help and everything else to get us to buy into the
“dream” they were selling. They had a private secret unannounced agenda! To trap you and screw you,
the franchisee!
We are not fools. But, we have been fooled
We are like so many others who also bought into this dream and lost a substantial portion of their life’s
savings.
Countless individuals and families have been destroyed. Even some lives have been lost
I have struggled hard and did the best I could to create a voice for the franchisees in the system and to
create a “support system” for the franchisees, which does not exist, and to fight the injustices of this
franchise system (Quiznos). Not to bring the system down, but only to make it fair.
I hope my efforts will not go wasted. I hope the government will look into the systematic deceitful
business practices of this franchisor. A serious investigation must be undertaken
It’s been a tough battle
I have been dragged through the legal system for over 18 months by the immensely superior financial
might of the franchisor, which will continue to keep justice from coming to me, and to the hundreds
and thousands of franchisees who are trapped similarly in the system and are slaving for this
franchisor, and those who have bought into the franchise agreement, and not yet become store
operators
I have spent and sacrificed my time, money, family life. I thought of an option to leave the system
quietly and fade away, but now I choose not to do that, and instead let the struggle go on
My struggle will continue after my sacrifice.
Some one must do something about what Quiznos is doing to the trapped franchisees. Everything they
do is in their own self interest, with utter disregard for the interests of the franchisees, to who they sold
the “dream” and put into business, only to screw them systematically from day one
The press and the media must bring out the atrocities Quiznos is carrying on with.
In this franchise system the Franchisor has all the rights and no duties or obligations, whereas it is just
the opposite for the Franchisee, which is the franchisee has no rights, no remedies, only obligations
I have not been able to think well, eat well, for the past one month
My health has been going down very fast
My mental capacity, to think, to work, and carry on my daily activities normally, is severely
diminished
I cannot survive like this much longer
Quiznos has killed me. Destroyed my life. Destroyed my family life for the past seven years
It has been a harrowing experience. We just could not get out of it. All doors were shut
Can some one stop this?
Can the government stop this Quiznos from destroying peoples lives? They have defrauded me and
they are defrauding people. See my law suit (complaint) how they defrauded me from the very
beginning, and then continued their systematic defrauding through out the period, until we left
They retaliated against me for trying to create a voice for the franchisees in the system
We were abused, we were manipulated, we were exploited,
I deeply regret getting in to Quiznos. I wish I had never heard of them
Can the media stop this?
CNN we need your help. Nancy Grace, please help! Glora Alred? Who else?
KTLA, LA Times, OC Register Please
How can a common individual like me and those like me in similar circumstances, there are thousands,
with limited resources get justice?
I believe there will be justice. But it will be too late for me.
There are a large and growing number of us who believe, unreservedly, that the handful of people who
own and/or otherwise control the Quiznos Corporation should spend the rest of their lives in prison.
The Quiznos Corporation is just one of the most egregious in what they do, but the entirety of
franchising in America is open to this kind of abuse. The IFA (International Franchise Association) is
the umbrella entity that, along with individual Franchisors, has enough money and power to buy the
legislation that protects the Franchisor, and exploits the Franchisee. Fair and just legislation, that
would level the playing field, never sees the light of day. Senators and Representatives, primarily
Republicans, continue to sell hard working Americans down the river. STAY FAR, FAR AWAY
FROM THE QUIZNOS CORPORATION. THEY ARE CRIMINAL IN WHAT THEY DO. And treat
any Franchise System with deep suspicion
Signed: Bob Baber
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