Thursday, January 5, 2012

Their Way 2nd chunk part 1

"In recent years conflicts between franchises and franchisors have become much more common .As the American market for fast food grows more saturated".Pg 99 

As Then all fast food restaurants had began to climb up to success they began to spread and get even more richer that some people would try and oppose them.Though some people would try and make a franchise like Burger King, McDonalds, and Carls Jr though what they would do is buy a smaller business like Gumby Pizza, Hot Dog On A Stick, Chicken Shack, and Buddys Bar B-Q.Though most of the time these Fast Food chains would be sued for by other franchises who are upset by encroachment about inflated prices charged by suppliers.Also in 1998 a man named Dean sager said that Subway was one of the worst franchises in America and was the biggest problem in franchising and that other franchises were a success. Another franchise that was good is  the Little Caesars that was known to be the 4th best pizza franchise but it went on a downfall in 1992 when hundreds of restaurants began to close down, reasons because the employers were upset about the company's management. Another thing on where McDonalds, Burger King, and other restaurants would get their potatoes would be from a man named J.R Simplot Who produced potatoes in Idaho where the would be frozen, cut and assembled in a factory and shipped out to restaurants.First to start a potato business he rebelled against his domineering father, dropped out of school , found a job at a potato warehouse in Declo, Idaho were he sorted potatoes with a shaker sorter where he worked 9 to 10 hours a day and earned 30 cents.with his earnings he bought a rifle , a truck and 600 hogs, then at the age of 16 became a potato farmer. Then succeeded to be the largest shipper in potatoes in the west. They had become so popular because they were shipped to restaurants being the most consumed item on the menu.Then he met with Ray Kroc in 1965 and Simplot had the idea of switching to frozen fries than fresh instead of having crew members peeling potatoes for a bigger deal, Kroc had agreed to idea to try his fries and agreed with a handshake.

Questions
  1. Why were Franchises often sued?
  2. What was the relation with Ray Kroc and J.R Simplot?
  3. What restaurants were frozen Simplot potatoes shipped to?

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