CURVES: Complaints of Unauthorized Membership Charges
Most of the Curves for Women comments and emails we receive are requests for guidance and/or complaints from struggling Curves
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SUBWAY: What Do Franchisees Make on $5 Footlongs?
Discount promotions like Subway’s $5 Footlongs sub campaign provide are attractive to consumers and great for the franchisor… but what
Read MoreLITTLE CAESARS: What Franchisees Make on a $5 Pizza
Question: Can Little Caesar’s franchise owners really make money on a five-dollar pizza? Answer: Not much. SmartMoney.com surveyed franchisees from
Read MoreMcDONALD’S: What Franchisees Make on a $1 Burger
Question: Can McDonald’s franchise owners really make money on a dollar-menu hamburger? Answer: A little. But they’ve got to make
Read MoreQUIZNOS: Franchisees Lost $2.25 per Sub on Giveaway
Discount promotions are one of the most contentious areas of the franchisor / franchisee relationship. (Especially when it comes to
Read MoreRICKY’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
Read MoreSPORTS CLIPS: A Great Franchise? Read Recent Comments.
In April, 2009, franchise writer and consultant Sean Kelly asked readers “Is Sports Clips a Great Franchise?” The question was
Read MoreSPORT CLIPS Franchisee: Failed Owners Have Themselves to Blame
Not ALL the recent comments about the Sport Clips franchise have been negative. One commenter, who claims to be an
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