Church’s Chicken is owned by Arcapita Inc., the US branch of First Islamic Investment Bank. After First Islamic bought Church’s, they prohibited franchisee Beasley Food Ventures from selling pork products at their new location at BWI airport. (Church’s franchises that were already selling breakfast were allowed to continue to do so until their contracts came up for renewal) Since breakfast in the South almost invariably involves bacon, ham or sausage, and the restaurants lease required them to open at 5am every day, this meant that they sat there throughout the breakfast period selling next to nothing except coffee.

Largely as a result of this, the restaurant went broke.

So, should a foreign Islamic bank that purchases a US business be allowed to then require the independent owners of that businesses franchises to follow Shari’a law, when that was never contemplated in the original franchise contract?

Richard
To the people below who couldn’t read and understand the post….. I didn’t say that Church’s, the franchisor, went broke. I said that the Church’s franchisee at Baltimore Airport went broke.
Edit… to Samian…
The franchisee’s never entered into a contract of any sort with First Islamic. They enterd into a contract with “America’s Favorite Chicken, Inc”, which was the previous owner of Church’s. The franchise agreement - like that for McDonalds or any other chain fast food restaurant - gives the franchisor the authority to set the menu items that the restaurants can sell. The franchisee had no reason to suspect that all of a sudden he would find himself required to sell a Shari’a compliant menu, when he had bought a “Southern Comfort Food” restaurant franchise.

Church’s Chicken is owned by Arcapita Inc., the US branch of First Islamic Investment Bank. After First Islamic bought Church’s, they prohibited franchisee Beasley Food Ventures from selling pork products at their new location at BWI airport. (Church’s franchises that were already selling breakfast were allowed to continue to do so until their contracts came up for renewal) Since breakfast in the South almost invariably involves bacon, ham or sausage, and the restaurants lease required them to open at 5am every day, this meant that they sat there throughout the breakfast period selling next to nothing except coffee.

Largely as a result of this, the restaurant went broke.

So, should a foreign Islamic bank that purchases a US business be allowed to then require the independent owners of that businesses franchises to follow Shari’a law, when that was never contemplated in the original franchise contract?

Richard
To the people below who couldn’t read and understand the post….. I didn’t say that Church’s, the franchisor, went broke. I said that the Church’s franchisee at Baltimore Airport went broke.
Edit… to Samian…
The franchisee’s never entered into a contract of any sort with First Islamic. They enterd into a contract with “America’s Favorite Chicken, Inc”, which was the previous owner of Church’s. The franchise agreement - like that for McDonalds or any other chain fast food restaurant - gives the franchisor the authority to set the menu items that the restaurants can sell. The franchisee had no reason to suspect that all of a sudden he would find himself required to sell a Shari’a compliant menu, when he had bought a “Southern Comfort Food” restaurant franchise.

Franchising.com:
First Watch, the Bradenton, Florida-based Breakfast, Brunch and Lunch chain, has signed a multi-unit franchise agreement with Dabbour Enterprises, LLC for Oklahoma City. The company has agreed to open three First Watch restaurants in the market over the coming years with the first location expected to open this summer.
Dabbour Enterprises President Ghassan Dabbour has more [...]

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Church’s Chicken is owned by Arcapita Inc., the US branch of First Islamic Investment Bank. After First Islamic bought Church’s, they prohibited franchisee Beasley Food Ventures from selling pork products at their new location at BWI airport. (Church’s franchises that were already selling breakfast were allowed to continue to do so until their contracts came up for renewal) Since breakfast in the South almost invariably involves bacon, ham or sausage, and the restaurants lease required them to open at 5am every day, this meant that they sat there throughout the breakfast period selling next to nothing except coffee.

Largely as a result of this, the restaurant went broke.

So, should a foreign Islamic bank that purchases a US business be allowed to then require the independent owners of that businesses franchises to follow Shari’a law, when that was never contemplated in the original franchise contract?

Richard
To the people below who couldn’t read and understand the post….. I didn’t say that Church’s, the franchisor, went broke. I said that the Church’s franchisee at Baltimore Airport went broke.
Edit… to Samian…
The franchisee’s never entered into a contract of any sort with First Islamic. They enterd into a contract with “America’s Favorite Chicken, Inc”, which was the previous owner of Church’s. The franchise agreement - like that for McDonalds or any other chain fast food restaurant - gives the franchisor the authority to set the menu items that the restaurants can sell. The franchisee had no reason to suspect that all of a sudden he would find himself required to sell a Shari’a compliant menu, when he had bought a “Southern Comfort Food” restaurant franchise.

Lucy’s Ltd was established in 2001 to sell Mexican food in three restaurants. Innovative advertising coupled with high quality food quickly established the name of Lucy’s at the forefront of restaurant chains in South Africa. In 2007 it was decided to name the franchise Lucy’s and to register the name as a trademark. The franchise are sold and fees of 5% of revenue are paid to Lucy’s Ltd. What requirements should be met for the trademark ‘Lucy’s” to be recognized as an intangible asset?
Select one or more options:
a. The trademark should be controlled by Lucy Ltd
b. The trademark should be a result of a past event
c. Probable future economic benefit – i.e. the 5% franchise fees – will flow to Lucy Ltd
d. The trademark has a value that can be measured reliably i.e. the amount at which the trademark is sold for
e. The trademark has a cost – the amount paid for registration

I’ll go on vacation to Florida or maybe colorado and i see they have all these fast food restaurants and franchise chains but when it comes to new york city and the 5 boroughs they don’t have any of them or if they do maybe they will have one. For instance they don’t have this buffet restaurant called Golden Corall which im sure are in other place sbesides florida. It’s he best place, lots of food good price, a ton of stuff to pick from. Cici’s pizza buffet place… a lot of states have them, awesome food. Even restaurants like Chili’s, Ruby Tuesdays, Olive Garden etc they are all out in long island far away from where I live in Queens NYC. It took over a year to get quiznos here when everyone else had them. So whats the deal? Even though we have privately owned food businesses it doesnt mean we have a lot of a certain kind of food nor does it mean that place is going to be good either. Mcdonalds, burger king taco bell do well here so why can’t the others? Does it have to do with licensing or something? is it difficult to get a license? I made a question like this before and no one really answere dmy question. They all kept saying why would you want fast food, and thats my business sometimes Im in the mood for it and everyone wants a bit of change from the norm, plus sometimes its just quicker and cheaper. I just want to know for a place that has a lot of people why we get jipped out of some pretty good restaurants that are of the fast food and franchised kind.
Yeah but we have places like White Castle (awesome by the way), Mcdonalds, Burger King, Subway, Quiznos, Wendy’s, Taco bell, KFC, but they have no room or wanting of the other restaurants i mentioned? Heck we don’t even have a dairy queen!!! how pathetic is that. But its ok for the rest of america to have it.

I’ll go on vacation to Florida or maybe colorado and i see they have all these fast food restaurants and franchise chains but when it comes to new york city and the 5 boroughs they don’t have any of them or if they do maybe they will have one. For instance they don’t have this buffet restaurant called Golden Corall which im sure are in other place sbesides florida. It’s he best place, lots of food good price, a ton of stuff to pick from. Cici’s pizza buffet place… a lot of states have them, awesome food. Even restaurants like Chili’s, Ruby Tuesdays, Olive Garden etc they are all out in long island far away from where I live in Queens NYC. It took over a year to get quiznos here when everyone else had them. So whats the deal? Even though we have privately owned food businesses it doesnt mean we have a lot of a certain kind of food nor does it mean that place is going to be good either. Mcdonalds, burger king taco bell do well here so why can’t the others? Does it have to do with licensing or something? is it difficult to get a license? I made a question like this before and no one really answere dmy question. They all kept saying why would you want fast food, and thats my business sometimes Im in the mood for it and everyone wants a bit of change from the norm, plus sometimes its just quicker and cheaper. I just want to know for a place that has a lot of people why we get jipped out of some pretty good restaurants that are of the fast food and franchised kind.
Yeah but we have places like White Castle (awesome by the way), Mcdonalds, Burger King, Subway, Quiznos, Wendy’s, Taco bell, KFC, but they have no room or wanting of the other restaurants i mentioned? Heck we don’t even have a dairy queen!!! how pathetic is that. But its ok for the rest of america to have it.

The New England Patriots are not in the Super Bowl. I had no idea what Sunday it was. Oh, it’s this coming Sunday. I am working 1pm to 6pm. What time does the game start? I think that my friend traditionally goes out with the s on Super Bowl Sunday. Probably go to the casinos with her friends and stay out all night. Are there any franchise restaurants that are offering meals deals on dinner? I just don’t feel like going home after work and she is out with the s. I was kind of into it when my home town team was playing. I have no idea who is in the game. Is one of the Manning brothers in the Super Bowl this year? I can’t stand them, so I will root for the opposition if that is the case.

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I’ll go on vacation to Florida or maybe colorado and i see they have all these fast food restaurants and franchise chains but when it comes to new york city and the 5 boroughs they don’t have any of them or if they do maybe they will have one. For instance they don’t have this buffet restaurant called Golden Corall which im sure are in other place sbesides florida. It’s he best place, lots of food good price, a ton of stuff to pick from. Cici’s pizza buffet place… a lot of states have them, awesome food. Even restaurants like Chili’s, Ruby Tuesdays, Olive Garden etc they are all out in long island far away from where I live in Queens NYC. It took over a year to get quiznos here when everyone else had them. So whats the deal? Even though we have privately owned food businesses it doesnt mean we have a lot of a certain kind of food nor does it mean that place is going to be good either. Mcdonalds, burger king taco bell do well here so why can’t the others? Does it have to do with licensing or something? is it difficult to get a license? I made a question like this before and no one really answere dmy question. They all kept saying why would you want fast food, and thats my business sometimes Im in the mood for it and everyone wants a bit of change from the norm, plus sometimes its just quicker and cheaper. I just want to know for a place that has a lot of people why we get jipped out of some pretty good restaurants that are of the fast food and franchised kind.
Yeah but we have places like White Castle (awesome by the way), Mcdonalds, Burger King, Subway, Quiznos, Wendy’s, Taco bell, KFC, but they have no room or wanting of the other restaurants i mentioned? Heck we don’t even have a dairy queen!!! how pathetic is that. But its ok for the rest of america to have it.