Franchise Equity Group

May 4, 2018

McDonald's Operator Comment of the Week

"According to McDonald's Corporation, I am an independent business owner which means I can share the results of my business within anyone I want, I can also share my perspective on current promotions & how they are performing in my business with anyone I choose. I would never reveal or comment on upcoming or unannounced operational or promotional items or McDonald's Corporation results before announced to the public. But I would also never let Mr. Koulouris or his legal council suppress my voice on my business, I do not fear a cease & desist letter followed by a lawsuit. If something such as that ever occurred I would subpoena every known document, electronic file, personal phone logs from known vendors and corporate leakers, the legal fallout and SEC investigation would start a criminal investigation against McDonald's current and former executives my restaurants value would be far greater for them to get rid of me than the current value, of course at that time any poor grading results would be clear retaliation." 
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May 3, 2018

Security at Franchise Equity Group

When franchisees ask, "What security precautions do you use"? My answer is "all of them".

But it's easy because I'm the only one here. There are no employees, no file clerks, no office manager - just me. There's no one to look over my shoulder or sneak a peek at a memo or a computer screen. No one to overhear conversations.

All family members are off doing their own thing - no Next Generation here.

In this digital world I've grown to dislike paper. When I finish a project everything goes in
the shredder. I also dislike keeping files involving ancient history. If it's not something 
I'll need in the next 48 hours it goes to the shredder.

And of course, I don't blab. I would never (and have never) told anyone anything about my other contacts. 

My overused example is - if I was talking to two siblings, one on the west coast and one on 
the east coast - neither one would ever know about those connections unless they told each other. But they wouldn't hear it from me.

And there's much more but my security precautions don't allow me to discuss this further.

There is no need for paranoia - no matter how many letters the bullies send around.
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NRN on QSR Value

Quick service puts focus back on value - Nation's Restaurant News
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May 2, 2018

9 Minnesota Burger King Restaurants Close in Minnesota

Two reasons this is interesting:

* This is my original Mcstomping grounds.

* McDonald's Operators should follow Burger King, not just as a competitor but as a 
   business model. Many of the changes McDonald's Corp is making to the domestic system 
   are imitations of what Restaurant Brands International has been doing to Burger King -           selling off company stores, going to larger and larger franchisees, etc, etc.

                  9 Minnesota Burger King restaurants close in Minnesota - Business Journal


Face It - Environmentalists Are Nitwits

Of all things to keep out of the waste stream, they pick the tiniest item? There aren't enough decimal points to calculate the percentage of waste that plastic straws make up.

I've participated in a lot of beach clean-ups, it's a great way to spend a Saturday morning. 
I don't remember plastic straws being a big factor. I do recall that most of what we were picking up came in from the surface of the ocean, obviously from fishing boats or cruise ships. Any food packaging waste is faded and deteriorated from the sun and salt water and was obviously out there for a long time. It's not as though people go to the beach and leave 
cups and straws in the sand.

Environmentalist wackos start every initiative with the question. "How can we cause maximum discomfort in other people's lives?"

McDonald’s pushed to ban plastic straws in the United States – Orange County Register
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Restaurant Business on McDonald's Traffic

McDonald’s finds again that traffic is hard to come by - Jonathan Maze
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