So Long, and Thanks for all the Burgers

[Theben]

I can now officially say: it's over. Our father (mine & che's) will be selling off his Burger King stores. Corporate has decided that the ADI-midwest region will be a corporate one and he sold them to corporate. Chances are I will be unemployed at the end of the month. My assistants told me today that they don't want me to go (one said she'd get everyone to go 'on strike' if I left ), but I don't see corp BK wanting to keep around the franchise owner's son. I can't say I'll miss the stress, the thieves, and the whining & complaining but I will miss working with some of those characters and some of our regular customers.

Maybe I'll get decent unemployment.

That is all.

[chequita guevara]

You'll get roughly 2/3rds your former paycheck or $275 (give or take) a week, whichever's less.

BTW, if you move out of state, they can't make you go to any appointments *hint* *hint.*

I want some Whoppers.

[JohnT]

but I don't see corp BK wanting to keep around the franchise owner's son.

Why not? I'm not too sure what you did, but you have experience, contacts, and a certain familial investment in the stores (even if BK bought you out.)

[JohnT]

BTW, how much did your pop realize?

Is he going to stay in the industry, or is he going to retire?

Don't forget - he can donate $11,000 to each of his children yearly and deduct that from his income come tax time.

[chequita guevara]

All of his children are grown.

[Theben]

Originally posted by JohnT

Why not? I'm not too sure what you did, but you have experience, contacts, and a certain familial investment in the stores (even if BK bought you out.)

Let's just say pop didn't hold his tongue about various BK practices in the past and made a few enemies.

[Shi Huangdi]

Good luck in finding new employment Theben!

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by JohnT
BTW, how much did your pop realize?

Not as much as he put back into the business. BK Corp know they have him over the barrel, since he's in bankruptcy. He'll pay off his debts, but he's plowed his salary back into the business for about a decade. I don't think he's recouping his loans to his company, let alone any capital gains. He'll have something to live comfortbly on for a while, but retirement is out.

[Spiffor]

Couldn't BK employ you in another store? Hadn't you proved your worth as maanger?

[JohnT]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
All of his children are grown.

Which has nothing to do with it.

[mrmitchell]

Corporate has decided that the ADI-midwest region will be a corporate one

How does this kind of thing get decided?

If they've got money to buy out a whole region, why isn't there a store in Camden?

[snoopy369]

Or how about in near-north Chicago? Admittedly it's mostly a McD's town, but I work on the mag mile, and there's not a BK anywhere nearby that I know of. Closest one to 60611 zip code is south of the river and a bit west ...

If it's anything like McD's btw, they are choosing to focus on that region because they think it's an important one to the company's image, and corporate tends to feel they can do a better job maintaining image than franchises do (sometimes true, sometimes not).

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
How does this kind of thing get decided?

If they've got money to buy out a whole region, why isn't there a store in Camden?

Because it's a ****hole in the middle of Arkansas?

[mrmitchell]

Because it's a ****hole in the middle of Arkansas?

You don't have to be arrogant just because you have a Burger King right off your driveway and a McDonald's next to the kitchen.

13,000 people in the immediate area and a county population of 30,000 can easily support a Burger King. We used to. And to be honest, the service on every visit was awful. But we still went. And it's not like they've even changed the Burger King since it closed! I think the playplace is still up even. It's just sitting around.

The new KFC is just down the road and it is booming. Ouachita County gained 600 jobs last year. We're a growing place! Come open a restaurant!

[Verto]

Originally posted by mrmitchell

You don't have to be arrogant just because you have a Burger King right off your driveway and a McDonald's next to the kitchen.

omfg kucipwnage !!!!