7-ELEVEN Franchisee Tariq Khan: Villain or Victim?

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• And yet, 7-Eleven's Japanese overlord, I mean, parent company continues to post record profits:

  7-ELEVEN’s Japanese Parent Posts Record Profits… Again
  https://unhappyfranchisee.mystagingwebsite.com/7-elevens-japanese-parent-posts-record-profits-again/

  At least there's smiling at the home office in Tokyo, right?

• Hi everyone who is upset with SEI
  Instead of blaming each other and sharing personal issues I would strongly suggest unite first and challenge this company
  Be positive and support everyone

• Some ex employees has many time mentioned that SEI knows franchisees are weak and only depends on one business so they can twist and threaten them any time
  They are also worried about their image too
  So be unite and fight as one group

• I am franchisee. Tariq khan was chairman of national coalition of franchisee association and Sodhi is FOA president.
  It's not co-incident. SEI is after any one who is far franchisee spokesperson.
  Indian Pakistani franchisee are the people who don't stand up for there rights. All franchisee fear SEI will take their store back.
  Some FOA presidents are ass kisser. 7-11 choose National business council from franchisee community. All ass kisser get selected in that committee so no feed back is heard from franchisee.
  Any one will speak against 7-11 will lose the store.
  7-11 is having there trade show. They forced all franchisee to attend in Vegas. They collected millions of dollars from vendors. (any vendor who refused to attend the show, was threatened that they won't be approved vendor any more)
  Those million of dollars they collected,because of franchisee. That amount shouldn't be splitted with franchisee ?
  There are more than 2000 people ex franchisee filed bankruptcy due to 7-11.
  The truck driver who got free 7-11 from CEO said in his interview lately, he was better off driving truck. Now he makes less than he use to make and work 30 more hours in 7-11
  There is USA top ice creme company, who refused to deal with 7-11 because they refuse to give kick back to get approved vendor status.
  Most corrupt company-gangsters- company who bully their franchisee's. Almighty is watching. He will send an angel soon so we will get JUSTICE.

• I have known Tariq Khan all my life, and he is the reason behind my success. He was inspired me to do great things, and has always given me great advice.

  I believe this is a political coup by a vicious corporation, which is ungrateful to the contributions he has made to franchise owners.

  I hope 7-11 is held accountable for their actions when this is all said and done.

• Heard court ruled against Tariq's motion for restraining order prohibiting 7-11 from taking stores. He is out of the system WITHOUT his day in court.....if there was ever a reason for strong franchisee protection legislation this is it. I don't know if Mr. Khan is guilty, innocent or somewhere in between BUT to arbitrarily demand turning over his business' based on one sided "evidence" is a crime.

• Actually, you're wrong, Sad day. Khan had his day in court. The undeniable proof of his unethical and illegal activities were so overwhelming that it was almost defenseless. He didn't have his day in court??? I hear he was on the stand for many hours. To use the word "crime" in your previous statement is almost comical, as if it had been a criminal trial instead of a civil issue, Mr. Khan would go to jail. As someone who runs their business in an ethical way, I find it insulting that you would defend such actions for which you do not know the details. Don't drink the tainted, kool-aid flavored Khan Slurpee, the side that won today was the side that deserved to win.

• Mr Khan has 14 days to appeal....still in control of his stores

• STGod, you are the biggest fool. Speak of what you know, NOT of what you do not! The "presentation" SEI made was so one sided and off base it was insulting. I can't believe any "ethical" judge would allow such "bullshit". It is also offensive to hear you pass judgement WITHOUT the facts, rather based on "hearsay". SEI has violated their own agreement with the ENTIRE Franchise community and people like you are "blinded" by what you want to believe and not what is real. You supporting ANYTHING SEI does TO another Franchisee is tantamount to you supporting that they do it to you. Are you really that naive??? SEI is one of the most manipulative, thieving band of liars and crooks and it starts right at the top with the West Point Grads. You say you are someone who "runs their business in an ethical way". Have you EVER had an inventory variation? Did SEI take monies from you for the variation? Shame on you for allowing that to happen. WE ran our stores in an "ethical way" also and we were issued LON's and Breaches for things "guaranteed and protected" within the Agreement. You need to re-visit what is really going on and how it is going to impact your ability to maintain profitability for the future, because SEI is intent on "stealing" as much as they can from you. One day you are going to turn around and SEI will be trying to "do you", and who do you think will be on your side then???

  Like they always said in the military, "you need to see the bigger picture" and quit thinking so small. SEI presented half-truths and magnificently distorted information to paint a picture to the judge, but a lie is still a lie.

• I'm curious, STGod....why do you think that Mr. Khan should go to jail when he's involved in a civil trial and not a criminal trial? SEI obtained the video for one of his stores "under the guise of a Homeland Security investigation. What that means is that two agents from the Department of Homeland Security showed up at his store the week of the Baig scandal reaching the public and claimed that they needed to pull the video out for their investigation on all the stores being raided. Those two Homeland Security agents then turned around and gave the video to SEI.

  Let me repeat myself here for effect: SEI utilized two members of the Department of Homeland Security as private goons to seize store videos for their own private lawsuit. The reason why SEI did this is because they claimed in court that Tariq Khan, a 61 year old man, had physically threatened their employees if they ever came to remove video from the store and that said employees needed some sort of protection in order to do this.

  It is not the Department of Homeland Security's job to provide personal security for SEI. But somehow, they were either knowingly or unknowingly manipulated into doing so. I find this frightening, even more so since SEI's lawyers admitted in court that they utilized subterfuge and manipulation of a federal law enforcement agency to carry out a financial vendetta. Read the court transcripts and you'll see that it's true.

  In a criminal trial, such improperly obtained "evidence" would immediately be thrown out in court. But in a civil trial, the judge doesn't care about how the video was obtained. So, STGod, why exactly should Mr. Khan be sent to jail for something he didn't do? I'm guessing you're either an SEI stooge or one of their "useful idiot" franchisees they parade around in the media to dance for them when they're drumming up PR. Either way, the facts are beyond you.

  As for the verdict itself, keep in mind that if more than one employee is stealing from the franchisee, SEI can turn around and say that the franchisee is directing them to steal from SEI and place the entire blame for the theft on the franchisee. That's what the crux of what the Khan case is about. The real reason behind this lawsuit is because for SEI, it's personal. Ever since Tariq Khan tried to sue the company 10 years ago to challenge the 85% rule & the splitting of advertising costs, SEI has had it in for him, as well as any other outspoken franchisee.