INSIDE THE FRANCHISE EXPERIENCE

[INSIDE THE FRANCHISE EXPERIENCE @InsideFranExp]

If you buy a kitchen-and-bath remodeling franchise promising “comprehensive training,” what should you reasonably expect to learn?

Watch and decide.

#Franchising #KitchenTuneUp #BathTuneUp

https://t.co/VNCuxSfjgY

[INSIDE THE FRANCHISE EXPERIENCE @InsideFranExp]

This story needed to be told.

Thank you, @FranTimes, for listening to franchisees and bringing their experiences into the open.

55+ FTC complaints. Many different franchisees. One story worth reading.

https://t.co/c6tbIJKfh5

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@patrickdichter This article mentions Jeff Toren and your podcast
https://t.co/OYtMoCccbD

[Keith R Miller @FranchiseeAdvoc]

Thank you Emilee Wentland at @FranTimes for this story highlighting the issues with Kitchen Tune-Up and Bath Tune-Up. It is highly unusual to have this many franchisees, especially in a smaller franchise, to have filed the number of complaints with @ftc. https://t.co/g8W37wG1lP

[David Dayen @ddayen]

You may have read my story on Home Franchise Concepts, a multilevel marketing-style play that impoverishes franchisees it lures in. We had the franchisees' top organizer, Kay Sharaf, & franchisee advocate Keith Miller on Organized Money to talk about it. https://t.co/SVXP33pEWF

[OrganizedMoneyPod @OrgMoneyPod]

@FranchiseeAdvoc @ddayen @matthewstoller https://t.co/TaL5FtsE0L

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@klb1987k @ddayen Thank you for the info. This is very helpful

[Keith R. Pillow | CMO | Tech Investor @keithrpillow]

Wow. This is a very sad story.

She Bought A Bathroom Renovation Franchise. It Almost Killed Her, reports @TheProspect executive editor @ddayen ➡️ https://t.co/iEUhUZP263

[David Dayen @ddayen]

Last week I wrote about a franchise operator that was causing mass bankruptcies & distress among franchisees. Today the president of the franchisor was asked about the article in a town hall. I got the audio.

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@patrickdichter This article mentions your episode with Jeff Toren
https://t.co/OYtMoCccbD

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We Paid for a Dream, Got This Instead https://t.co/9kzMIrTaTF

[The American Prospect @TheProspect]

“These people gaslighted me, they told me I was a winner, and I am. But this model was a lie … what they told me was a lie.” https://t.co/DUqTQsAS8N

[INSIDE THE FRANCHISE EXPERIENCE @InsideFranExp]

@TheProspect You approached this story with professionalism, fairness & compassion. For many franchisees, this is the first time our experiences have been documented in such depth. We hope this article helps bring greater transparency & accountability to the franchise industry. @jmfamilynews

[INSIDE THE FRANCHISE EXPERIENCE @InsideFranExp]

@ddayen Thank you, David. You approached this story with professionalism, fairness, & compassion. For many franchisees, this is the first time our experiences have been documented in depth. We hope this article helps bring greater transparency & accountability to the franchise industry.

[David Dayen @ddayen]

NEW: 54 franchise owners of Kitchen Tune-Up & Bath Tune-Up have submitted FTC complaints over $26.4 million in losses, undisclosed fees, forced payments to useless vendors.
Franchisees lost homes, marriages. One considered killing herself.
https://t.co/9VXPu668dd

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Why did JM Family Enterprises sell AdvantaClean? #franchise #JMFamilyEnterprises #homefranchiseconsept #ftc #transparency

https://t.co/PkdNzoeRdU

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Episode 4 — After the Call — Emails, The Exit Offer, and Who Really Makes the Decision? #kitchentuneup #homefranchiseconcept #JMFamilyEnterprises

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Episode 3 — The Exit Call — What We Reported, and How It Was Handled #kitchentuneup #bathtuneup

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@ServeNoJonathan https://t.co/O5i34RzA3J

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Episode 1: why we invested
#kitchentuneup #bathtuneup #JMFamilyEnterprises

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EP2 — A Pattern We Started Noticing #kitchentuneup #bathtuneup #JMFamilyEnterprises