The DonutNV Franchise Report (Index)
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Post count as of 6/11/25: 27
The DonutNV Report: An Interactive Franchise Development Case Study in Real Time.
We are compiling a real-time case study of the launch and meteoric growth of the DonutNV mini-donut franchise chain. It’s an interactive collaboration currently in-process. Your corrections, clarifications, rebuttals, additions, suggestions are invited. We post our research and findings here as developed.
PART ONE A Food Truck Enters the Fastlane
October 1, 2022 Franchise Sales Organization (FSO) announced that it had added DonutNV as the first food concept among its portfolio of client brands. Franchise Fastlane is a controversial franchise sales service provider that has been accused of using overly aggressive sales tactics and misleading representations to achieve a high volume of franchise sales. Prior to aligning with Franchise Fastlane & its vast network of independent brokers, DonutNV was an obscure franchise that had only grown to about 14 franchises in ten years.
DonutNV is NOT a Franchise Success Story… And May Never Be December 30, 2024
PART TWO Bait & Pitch: All The Right Ingredients
The secret to Franchise Fastlane’s system for recruiting and closing a high volume of franchisees appears to be their ability to energize and motivate their vast number of independent franchise brokers with significant referral fees, a high closing rate, a carefully crafted success story, and Financial Performance Representations (FPRs) to entice their prospects.
How They Mislead With Item 19 (DonutNV Example 1) June 11, 2025
DonutNV Franchise Earnings Claims: Accurate? Or Intentionally Deceptive? January 14, 202
Are Franchise Fastlane Brokers Misrepresenting DonutNV Sales & Profits? May 7, 2025
PART THREE The Sell of Sweet Success
Must Franchise Fastlane Halt DonutNV Franchise Sales? May 7, 2025
What Does it Mean for a Franchisor to “Go Dark”? May 5, 2025
DonutNV Franchise Downgraded by Broker Group (?) as Franchisees Exit, Questions Grow April 11, 2025
Has IFPG Stopped Promoting the DonutNV Franchise? January 14, 2025
PART FOUR Deep Fried Dreams
Sometimes, reality doesn’t follow the franchise salesman’s playbook. DonutNV franchisees begin to fail… others seek an exit.
DonutNV Franchisee Turnover Confirmed by 2025 FDD June 4, 2025
DonutNV Franchise Failures, Closures & Transfers: An Interactive List April 26, 2025
DONUTNV Franchise Owners Selling at a Loss April 24, 2025
Franchise Brokers: Have ZERO DonutNV Franchise Owners Failed? December 26, 2024
DONUTNV: Franchise Fastlane’s Jake Hamburger No Longer a Franchisee May 29, 2025
DonutNV Franchisee Marc Schnobrich (Hilton Head, Savannah) May Have Left the System April 11, 2025
Has the DonutNV Franchise of Woodstock GA Ceased Operation? March 6, 2025
Has DonutNV Ceased Operation in Connecticut? March 6, 2025
Has DonutNV Franchise Owner Darlene Ortega Left the System? March 6, 2025
PART 5 “Watch the Donut, Not the Hole.”
Rather than acknowledge a nearly 100% management turnover and exiting of franchisees, it seems DonutNV Franchising tries to pretend they never existed.
DonutNV Franchise: Where is President Scott Gingold? March 6, 2025
DonutNV MultiUnit NC Franchisees Left the System. Not Disclosed? April 21, 2025
DONUTNV Franchisee Mike Flowers Not Disclosed in FDDs April 12, 2025
DonutNV Franchise Owners John & Dana Owens, Ocala, FL, Not Disclosed April 11, 2025
DONUTNV Franchise Owners Thomas & Rachelle Hughes Not Disclosed April 11, 2025
DonutNV 2nd Franchisee Daryl Poe Not Disclosed… Anywhere? April 14, 2025
PART SIX Silencing Franchisees
Having tapped three different franchise law firms in three years, DonutNV appears to spare no expense when it comes to keeping current & former franchisees from sharing their experiences & opinions.
Do DonutNV Franchise Sellers Support Free Speech & Full Disclosure? December 30, 2024
Is the DonutNV Franchise Too Good to be True? (Praise & Accolades) December 24, 2024
PART SEVEN: DonutNV Franchising Inc. v. The Truth
DonutNV goes to extraordinary lengths to hide the Truth and attack those who share it. Will it ultimately be their undoing?
DonutNV Franchisee Success Stories May Not be Repeatable
Two of DonutNV’s most highly touted success stories are their non-franchised affiliate trailer in Pottstown, PA and their franchisee’s operation in Las Vegas. It turns out, neither of these successes have much in common with the typical franchise scenario.
DonutNV: Las Vegas School Principal Defends Deep-Fried Donut Decision March 6, 2025
The DonutNV Las Vegas Franchise Success Story: What’s Their Secret? March 5, 2025
Documentation & References
DonutNV References/Documentation:
DonutNV 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
DonutNV 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
DonutNV 2023 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
DonutNV 2022 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
Free Speech & Anti-SLAPP Resources
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
FIRE Individual Rights and Expression
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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