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40,000 entrepreneurs can focus on what they do best: serving their customers, not their lawyers.
PROFIT magazine
February 1, 2000
Wanted: new franchise laws
Les Stewart
Thank you for publishing “The new
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: power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
MoneySense magazine
October 1, 1999
Risky business
Les Stewart
Donna Green is right on when she characterizes franchising relationships
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and the franchise industry a bad name,” Stewart said.
News Release
December 16, 2001
Country Style Donut’s Sleight of Hand
Franchisor in driver’s seat; franchisees & landlords in trunk
Les Stewart, CAFO
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“It’s part of a business plan,” said the president of the Canadian Alliance of Franchise Operations, Les Stewart. According to Stewart, who represents and protects franchisees, Country Style
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a dog-eat-dog world, Les Stewart acknowledges, but when it comes to owning a franchise, it’s more like “dog-eat-goldfish.”
Stewart, a former Londoner and president of the Alliance of Franchise Operators
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Of the 40,000 franchisees in Ontario, 5,000 are presently battling it out in court with their franchisors. Les Stewart is one of them. He’s locked into a lawsuit with the lawn care franchisor
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those franchises.”
News Release
December 17, 2001
Country Style Donuts: Minister cancels meeting
Police may be used to evict franchisees
Les Stewart, CAFO
For Immediate Release
December 17, 2001
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For the moment, Tupperware Canada Inc. has put a lid on Internet-based criticism of how it deals with its sales force…Tupperware sought an injunction against CAFO and its president, Les Stewart
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FIGHTER: Former franchisee Les Stewart has taken up the cause of franchisees.
WHAT PROTECTS A SMALL FRANCHISEE IN ONTARIO AGAINST UNFAIR DEALING BY THE FRANCHISOR CONTROLLING THE SYSTEM?
We asked Les
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along with a brand name to boost business.
That idyllic view of the industry isn’t shared by everyone, including Les Stewart of Midhurst, who lost $130,000 in two years in a franchise and is still
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