Cuppy’s Franchisees Desperately Plead For Answers

Blue MauMau:

After Bob Purvin, chairman of the American Association of Franchisees and Dealers, gave his opening remarks on plans to suspend Cuppy’s Coffee as an AAFD Accredited Contract recipient during last Friday’s conference call, he opened the forum for discussion, but cautioned that they didn’t know, out of the 13 people signed up, who else might be on the call. He said it could be foes or friends.

But the five franchisees participating showed little fear of speaking out and eagerly waited their turn to ask questions, hoping to get answers to their desperate situation. One asked, “What in the Lord’s name would compel Dale Nabors to take over this company from Morg Morgan and Doyle and the others when they are in such bad shape?” He also expressed that he thinks Nabors’ relationship with Morgan was a lot deeper than anybody knows.

But Purvin disagreed saying he was convinced that the new owner of Cuppy’s never knew Morgan before he learned of him on Blue MauMau. He said Nabors told him after he acquired Cuppy’s that it’s either the worst or best decision he ever made. Purvin said, “I think what Dale saw was a system with 100 units open that had potential if he could get everybody else open.” But he felt what Nabors didn’t see, and probably what Morgan didn’t see, was all the bad character, or karma, of the prior management.

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