Franchise Founder Loses Twitter Food Fight

Cuppy’s Coffee founder Robert “Morg” Morgan had been laying low. 

While the unhappy victims of the Cuppy’s Coffee were commiserating online, Morgan had quietly reinvented himself as new age celibate vegan raw food guru Bobby The Rawman Walking.  He had launched two self-promotional blogs called Living Raw & Free and The Sanctuary (his raw food retreat).

By posting 5000+ touchy-feely inspirational messages and links to raw food recipes, Rawman Walking had built up an adoring following on Twitter.  He was just starting to pitch his ardent followers – most of whom were middle-aged women unaware of his controversial past – on attending his raw food retreat at a cost ranging from $1500 – $14,000.

He and partner Ben Doyle (also an infamous Cuppy’s Coffee partner) were beginning to mention investment opportunities for expansion of his so-called “retreat,” which he calls The Sanctuary.

Morg Morgan’s Carnivorous Karma Bites Back

Morg’s new life went swimmingly until an anonymous poster left a message on UnhappyFranchisee.com alerting the unhappy franchisees and depositers, who had been abandoned Cuppy’s Coffee, about his new identity.

UnhappyFranchisee.com posted CUPPY’S: Robert Morgan is Now “Bobby The Rawman Walking”

A Facebook group called Beware of Rawman appeared.

At least three Tweeters (FoodDiva2, BewareofRawman & Rawman_Rawdeal) began posting warnings to alert the fans of Rawman Walking that their new guru had a controversial past.

The Tweeters posted links to expose-type blog posts on UF (Beware of Rawman Walking aka Morg Morgan) and on Michael Webster’s Misleading Advertising Law blog (Rawman or Raw deal?).

Rawman Walking & Friends Fight Back

Rawman_Rawdeal (MJ) aggressively gathered 1100 followers of his own and posted Rawman-warning tweets:

Rawman Morg Morgan fired a series of DMs (Direct Messages) to Rawman-Rawdeal claiming he was a fellow victim of his own company, and innocent of claims he misappropriated funds from an estimated 200+ franchisees and franchise applicants:

Hi, MJ. RawmanWalking: I just saw your posts. My private DM’s Twisted. u are not interested n anything but making money on your blog. Good bye.

Hi, MJ. RawmanWalking: I have never wished evil on anyone. Even when you continue to try to hurt me and my family. I will not hate u Stop this craziness.

Hi, MJ. RawmanWalking: What you are doing is so sick. All to make money on your blog. You could care less about ALL of us who were hurt. Stop spreading lies!

Hi, MJ. RawmanWalking: I wouldn’t give u anything! You twist what I say spread lies slandering me. I never intentionally hurt 1 person yet U seek 2 destroy me.

Hi, MJ. RawmanWalking: Get the facts. I have never stolen 1 penny from anyone! Stop the harrassment .What is your point? I have given evey agency the records.

Rawman Walking’s new friends and followers were upset with the revelations.  A handful angrily defended him, turning on the messengers:

Scary Tweeter Ariaa Jaeger, who describes herself as a “Spiritual/Executive Life Coach, Vocalist, Humanitarian, Activist, People Magnet, Author-Ariaaisms~Spiritual Food for the Soul,” even predicted cancer for those who criticized Rawman:

In the End, Rawman Was Detweeted.

7 days after the first negative Tweet, Rawman left a flurry of quotes from Mother Teresa & Gandhi and then, presumably, deleted his page.  His thousands of tweets disappeared instantly.  Rawman was detweeted.

Some, including 16-year old Cam Peterson (above).  took the news hard.

However, Rawman Walking’s two blogs are still live and he is still, as far as we know, soliciting guests for his women-only raw food retreat.  Perhaps he’s even accepting investors for his new raw deal, The Sanctuary.

Meanwhile, angry Cuppy’s Coffee franchisees are fighting off home repossessions, fending off creditors, and begging Federal investigators to send Rawman packing.

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CURVES: Recent Comments

Comments continue to come in from struggling and distressed Curves franchise owners.

On a Curves franchise post on UnhappyFranchisee, Another Curver wrote 2009/08/16 at 5:40pm:

I hope someone will buy my Curves franchise. Not because it is such a great thing to deal with CurvesInternational (CI) but because the Curves concept is fabulous, and the clubs themselves do a huge service in the community. I have to sell mine because of going thru bankruptcy because of closing my second club. Otherwise, I was trying to hold onto my club. I wasn’t making alot of money (about $1500/month for 50-60 hrs/week of work) but working the floor is the best job I’ve ever had, and I find the workout itself the most successful way to keep my health problems managed.
Also, I pray we’ll see an improvement in the economy soon, and I think we’re starting to see more women come back to Curves. In my market, the boycott by Planned Parenthood in 2004 (to when?) hurt us badly. I think we’re getting far enough away from it that things are starting to improve. I wish I could wait another year, because I think I will see over 500 people in my club again. But I can’t wait. I’m hoping to find someone else who can.
As far as the purposes of this website, I agree that CI (and Heavin) have been cagey at best, and selfishly have made choices that hurt many franchisees: I agree that they shouldn’t have allowed me to split my territory and open a second club in my market when I was delirious with the height of my success (about 700 members and on a fast growth curve). I also believe that his self indulgent publicity stunts, that resulted in the boycott by Planned Parenthood, were truly harmful to many of us and shouldn’t have happened or been tolerated, regardless of any of our political beliefs.
But that situation seems to be under control now, and I am putting faith into the believe that if:
we are aware of -and make allowances for- CI and Heavin’s self-interested motivations, and
we can attract more women to the benefits of our system, then we can be successful again with our businesses.
I know that may seem too optimistic to those who have been most harmed by CI/Heavin’s selfish choices, but I am one of the many women who really truly rely on the Curves Club to provide me with a successful way to manage my health issues and I don’t know what I could do if they all went up in smoke.
Best Wishes to all of you.

On How to Buy a Curves Franchise for $1.00… or Less!   LINDALEE wrote:

I AM A CURVES OWNER AND THAT RIGHT WHERE AM AT !!! THEY WANT $10,000, I TOLD THEM IF I HAD MADE MONEY IN THE YEAR AND HALF, I WOULDN’T BE TRYING TO CLOSED…I HAVN’T MADE A PENNY!!!!AND HAVE NO $$$$… SO HOW AM I TO SALE THE PLACE… IT SAVE MY LIFE 5 YEARS OLD 75# AND I KEEP IT OFF 4 YEARS IT DOES WORK… AM A NEW PERSON AND I THOUGHT I COULD SAVE CURVES… BUT NOT NOW THE WORLD IS FALLING APART…AND HOW LONG BEFORE IT WILL GET BETTER, NOBODY KNOWS!!!! AM IN A SMALL TOWN AND LOT OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ARE CLOESING. I GOT CURVES THINKING ANOTHER BUSINESS WOULDN’T GO UNDER….WHAT OUR WE TO DO???? I USE TO SAY “CURVES FOR LIFE” I GUESS I WON’T BE ANY MORE..THIS IS SO HARD I LOVE ALL 75 MEMBERS I HAVE LEFT..HOW AM I TO TELL THEM????IS THERE ANY HOPE!!!!!!!! LINDALEE

Linda is responding to Curves for Women’s policy of charging failed franchisees $10,000 to close their clubs.

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IT’S JUST LUNCH: And He’s Just Married

Franchise dating service It’s Just Lunch is getting less than stellar reviews from unhappy customers.

ijltoldmehewasdivorced writes:

It’s Just Lunch (IJL) in Atlanta proposed a match for me in June 2008. The described him and told me he was divorced. He told me he was divorced, as well. Our first date was June 27, 2008. Long story short, I just obtained a copy of his divorce decree from Cobb County, GA Superior Court (issued last week, by the way!) . It shows that he was NOT divorced at all the entire time we dated. He was separated on or about January 22, 2008. Again, his first date with me — at which he and IJL represented him to me as a divorced man — was June 27, 2008. The divorce decree shows that he filed for divorce July 21, 2008, and that his divorce was final ABOUT A WEEK AGO: August 14, 2009. He told me that he had dated other women IJL set him up with before he met me, too. For more details visit http://dontdatehimgirl.com/posts/231349/ .

The good thing about this whole, sordid situation is that I learned that checking the court files and background of a person you’ve met is pretty easy, fast and inexpensive. So why use IJL?

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Also read:

IT’S JUST LUNCH Complaints

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AMWAY: An MLM Scam? Recent Comments

Is multilevel marketing giant Amway a scam?

Brad doesn’t think so.  on 2009/08/22 at 9:24am Brad wrote:

So many times have we all read posts from those who claim to be CEOs, heads of corporations, multi-millionaires, billionaires, etc. yet can’t get a simple point across or insist on bashing and finger-pointing.

The bottom line is that it is not something for nothing, or pie in the sky, as L-Dub calls it, but the success can be very real if you are willing to put in the work. If you do not like doing some of the things that will help your business grow, such as attending meetings, attending team callings, functions, reading books, listening to the CD’s and things of that nature, I would implore you to ask yourself whether you would prefer to wake up at 6 A.M. every day, sit in bumper to bumper traffic, have to ask your boss for a raise vs. creating one for yourself, work 5 days a week to have 2 off, get 2 weeks of vacation a year…I think you can see where this is going.

It’s a matter of priorities. At first I didn’t see the value in reading books, attending meetings or listening to CD’s, but as I did those things I found myself learning, and growing as a person and developing the skill set I need to lead a large team. As time went on, I found that my upline/crossline beleived in my wife and I even at the times that we didn’t beleive in ourselves…and we are pretty motivated.

However everybody has moments of weakness at times. I look forward to doing the things that the PROVEN team teaches me so that I may look forward to a lifetime of success. Also, for those that are on here to find answers to questions and gain some clarity…meetings, books, CD’s, functions….they are all optional.

Amway distributors are self-employed and may operate their business how they see fit. If you do find benefit in such things, the cost is negligible. The books are common books that you can buy at any bookstore for $10-15 a piece. The CD’s are $7.50 a piece. The weekly meetings are $4 for admission, and that is simply to cover the cost of renting the building, not to turn a profit. We aren’t talking about high dollar acquisitions here, and the value of the knowledge that you gain from that $10 book will far surpass what you paid for it.

Does it cost money to start up your business? Yes…my initial investment was appx. $175, and there is a $50 annual renewal fee. You may liken that to annual dues that warehouse club-type stores charge for the “privelige” of shopping with them.

Are the products overpriced? Not hardly. Popular energy drinks that stores sell cost around $2.25 per can. Amway’s brand costs $1.85. Amway’s laundry soap costs less on a cost-per-use basis than the major brand most people use, and outperforms it to boot.

In closing, I would like to say that I paid $300 for an Xbox 360 and I’m pretty sure that when I beat the final boss on Rainbow Six Vegas that the console won’t spit out $75,000. My $175 initial investment for an Amway IBOship however? Well, not yet, but the potential is there at least. And that’s more than most people can say for what they are doing.

Jeffrey Feldman has a different take on the Amway MLM opportunity. At 2009/08/25 at 1:19am,  Jeffrey wrote:

Amway was a mixed bag for me. I lost money buying lots of overpriced products and marketing materials. I do believe some products they have are exceptional – like SA-8. Problems is that it is WAY more expensive. I cant see spending 7 dollars on toothpaste when I get get one that will do a satisfactory job at Walgreens for one dollar.

I beleive many in my former upline were making their money buy selling books, tapes, and seminars. And thats ok to a point because it really did help me – but really made me go broke too fast.

I am glad I found something else. Best wishes for those that stay with it.

Jeff

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CUPPY’S Founder Morg Morgan Fires Back

After three years under fire on FranchisePick.com, BlueMauMau.org, UnhappyFranchisee.com and other blogs, the much-maligned Morg is speaking out and telling his side of the story for the first time.

Links to the many posts on Cuppy’s Coffee and interviews with Cuppy’s Coffee victims are posted here:  Cuppy’s Coffee

Morg’s unedited post telling his side of the story is here:  CUPPY’S: Robert Morgan’s “My Thoughts About The American Dream”

Robert “Morg” Morgan, the founder and previous owner of the controversial Cuppy’s Coffee and related controversial entities (Medina Enterprises, Elite Manufacturing, etc.)  recently resurfaced as raw food guru “Bobby” Morgan, the “Rawman Walking.”  Rawman Walking publishes two blogs in connection with his raw food seminar business and retreat:  Living Raw & Free and The Sanctuary.  He also publishes on Twitter as @RawmanWalking and has built up 5000+ followers in 2 months.

Upon learning this, UnhappyFranchisee.com published two posts.  The first was to alert victims of Cuppy’s Coffee about the current activities of Robert “Morg” Morgan (CUPPY’S: Robert Morgan is Now “Bobby The Rawman Walking”). The other was to inform potential investors of Rawman Walking about his previous investment opportunities (Beware of Rawman Walking aka Morg Morgan).

Within hours of the last post being published, Rawman Walking Morg Morgan posted “My Thoughts About The American Dream” on his Living Raw and Free Blog. 

After blaming this author and the UnhappyFranchisee.com blog for the demise of Cuppy’s Coffee , Rawman Walking Morg Morgan deleted the post the following day.

However, Morg’s blog post is reprinted on UnhappyFranchisee.com, verbatim and in its entirety, here:

CUPPY’S: Robert Morgan’s “My Thoughts About The American Dream”

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Rawman Walking

Rawman Walking aka “Bobby” describes himself as “a 4 year Cancer Survivor, a Raw Vegan Athlete, A Holistic Health Counselor, Raw Foods Nutritional Consultant, Herbalist and Mentor at The Sanctuary, a raw food retreat.” 

Bobby the Rawman Walking is offering a women-only diet and lifestyle counseling for fees ranging from $1500 – $14,000 and claims he can cure Type 2 Diabetes in only 28 days.

Who is this new age guru and celibate raw food messiah?  And who is his trusty vegan superhero sidekick Rawman Living?

UnhappyFranchisee.com has discovered that the supervegan duo of Rawman Walking and Rawman Living is none other than the infamous duo of Java Jo’z & Cuppy’s Coffee fame:  Robert “Morg” Morgan and Ben Doyle.

Be sure to read the amazing story of rebirth, personal rebranding and, perhaps, effective snake oil retailing here:

CUPPY’S: Robert Morgan is Now “Bobby The Rawman Walking”

Beware of Rawman Walking aka Morg Morgan

Outraged franchisees and investors have started a Beware of Rawman twitter profile and a Beware of Rawman Facebook group.

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LIBERTY TAX Pulls Deceptive Franchise Ads

Last Thursday I published a post regarding 433 franchisee recruitmant ads placed on the employment website CareerBuilder.com. (Read LIBERTY TAX: Deceptive Franchise Ads?)

Within 48 hours (or so), all of the ads were either pulled or revised to be legitimate job ads.

It’s nice to know someone’s reading FranchisePick.com.

There were two major issues with the ads, and I questioned the ethics and even legality of some of Liberty Tax Services franchisee recruitment advertising.

The first issue is that the FTC prohibits running franchise ads masquerading as job ads

On January 30, 2006, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued Informal Staff Advisory Opinion 06-1, which addressed whether a franchisor “may seek leads by posting an offer for employment on an employment website, such as Monster.com or Careerbuilder.com.”  The advisory prohibits running employment ads that are truly franchise ads.

The ads were clearly designed to pitch the Liberty Tax Service franchise opportunity to  jobseekers.

The second objection may be more serious:  the use of illegal earning’s claims.  I pointed out it seems inconceivable that a large and experienced franchisor (#3 in the nation?) with a cadre of lawyers somehow missed the section of Franchise Marketing 101 regarding the prohibition against earnings claims outside of the required format of Item 19 of the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).

Yet the ads promised financial performance not once, but 433 times:

Job type: Full-Time / Pay: $56K – $69,900/year

The Liberty Tax Service Franchise Disclosure Document does, in fact, include Item 19 Financial Performance Representations, but it does not even vaguely resemble the promise of a “$56K – $69,900/year” franchise owner profit contained in the CareerBuilder ads. In fact, it contains no profit information whatsoever, just the average number of tax returns prepared by 1st, 2nd and 3rd year and older storefront office locations, and an average price per return of $164.20.

It’s nice to feel important, but…

It’s gratifying to see the immediate effect of my post and to play a role in cleaning up deceptive franchise advertising.  It wasn’t that hard to spot nor to call attention to.

Perhaps the FTC should hire a franchise blogger to police the Internet and drive the bad guys out of town.

Hint… Hint…

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Also read: LIBERTY TAX: Deceptive Franchise Ads?)

Are LIBERTY TAX SERVICE Franchise Owners Happy?

LIBERTY TAX SERVICE Franchise Success Story

LIBERTY TAX SERVICE Franchise Complaints

Is LIBERTY TAX SERVICE a Great Franchise?

LIBERTY TAX FRANCHISE: “Bankrupt by Liberty”?

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LIBERTY TAX: Deceptive Franchise Ads?

The Liberty Tax Service franchise program is known for its aggressive and creative marketing – but has their franchise marketing gotten too creative? Has it crossed the legal line set by the FTC prohibiting deceptive advertising?

(above: screen shot from CareerBuilder.Com August 19, 2009)

Liberty Tax Service has been ranked the #3 franchise in Entrepreneur magazine’s  Franchise 500 for 2009, trailing only McDonald’s & Subway.

However, recent comments on a popular franchise website suggest that franchisee satisfaction with the huge tax prep chain may not live up to the hype (see Are LIBERTY TAX SERVICE Franchise Owners Happy?).

One such comment led me to take a closer look at the Liberty Tax Services franchise advertisements on employment website CareerBuilder.com.  What I found casts some doubt on the ethics and even legality of some of  Liberty Tax Services franchisee recruitment advertising, which may be in violation of FTC regulations.

The FTC Prohibits Franchise Ads Masquerading as Job Ads

On January 30, 2006, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued Informal Staff Advisory Opinion 06-1, which addressed whether a franchisor “may seek leads by posting an offer for employment on an employment website, such as Monster.com or Careerbuilder.com.”

The FTC Advisory Opinion was issued in response to a franchisor’s complaint that a competitor was placing recurring franchise sales ads designed to entice job seekers into purchasing their franchise opportunity. In the Advisory Opinion, the FTC states:

…Section 5 of the FTC Act prohibits franchisors – and other business opportunity sellers – from engaging in deceptive practices in obtaining leads. Accordingly, a false offer of employment where no bona fide job exists that is made for the purpose of luring consumers into purchasing a franchise or other opportunity is a deceptive practice in violation of Section 5.

The FTC Prohibits Unsubstantiated Earnings Claims

The advisory opinion reiterates the fact that franchisors are prohibited from making unsubstantiated “earnings claims” without providing very specific details and back-up data:

Pursuant to section 436.1(e), a franchisor making earnings claims in advertisements, such as in newspapers or trade journals, must have a reasonable basis for the representation at the time it is made and disclose in immediate conjunction with the earnings claim the number and percentage of purchasers known by the franchisor to have achieved the same or better results in the same time period.

Franchise Ads Dressed in Job Ad Clothing?

A search for Liberty Tax Service on CareerBuilder.com revealed no less than 433  Liberty Tax Service franchise opportunity promotional listings mixed in with the employment ads.

While one of the fields was tagged “Franchise” and the title for most was “Liberty Tax Service – Franchise Ownership,” the franchise ads were steeped in employment lingo including  “Job type:  Full Time,” “View Full Job Description” & “View Similar Jobs.”

Is Liberty Tax Service crossing the line set by the FTC by trolling for franchise prospects among desperate job seekers?

[Right: Detail of Liberty Tax Service franchise listings on CareerBuilder.com 8/19/09.  Red circles added to highlight earnings claims]

Inclusion of Prohibited Earnings Claims

It could be argued that the Liberty Tax franchise ads were clearly labeled as such and any confusion with job ads was accidental.

However, its  inconceivable that a large and experienced franchisor (#3 in the nation?) with a cadre of lawyers somehow missed the section of Franchise Marketing 101 regarding the prohibition against earnings claims outside of the required format of Item 19 of the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).

But there it is, plain as day, repeated (one must assume), 433 times:

Job type: Full-Time / Pay: $56K – $69,900/year

The Liberty Tax Service Franchise Disclosure Document does, in fact, include Item 19 Financial Performance Representations, but it does not even vaguely resemble the promise of a “$56K – $69,900/year” franchise owner profit contained in the CareerBuilder ads.  In fact, it contains no profit information whatsoever, just the average number of tax returns prepared by 1st, 2nd and 3rd year and older storefront office locations, and an average price per return of $164.20.

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Also read: Are LIBERTY TAX SERVICE Franchise Owners Happy?

LIBERTY TAX SERVICE Franchise Success Story

LIBERTY TAX SERVICE Franchise Complaints

Is LIBERTY TAX SERVICE a Great Franchise?

LIBERTY TAX FRANCHISE: “Bankrupt by Liberty”?

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Geeks On Call (GOCHE) Troubles Deepen

The Unhappy Franchisee post GEEKS ON CALL: System Crashing? Can They Reboot? reports more bad news for the once-promising now-troubled computer support franchise Geeks on Call.

Geeks on Call Board Member Douglas Glenn Resigned

Unhappy Franchisee reports that According to an 8K Report filed by Geeks on Call Holdings, Inc.(GOCHE) “On August 4, 2009 The Company received from Douglas Glenn his formal resignation from the Geeks On Call Holdings, Inc. Board of Directors.”  Glenn also served as General Counsel and Secretary of Geeks on Call America, Inc., which he helped form in 1999.

Geeks on Call Holdings, Inc. (GOCHE) Could be Delisted

On July 15, 2009, CEO Richard T. Cole filed a Notification of Late Filing for Geeks on Call Holdings, Inc. (GOCHE), stating that “The Company has experienced delays in completing its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended May 31, 2009 due to reductions in staff in connection with cost-cutting measures… The Company intends to file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as soon as practicable but no later than the expiration of the prescribed 5 calendar day period after July 15, 2009.”

According to the Unhappy Franchisee story, it appears that Geeks on Call Holdings, Inc. (GOCHE) has not yet filed the Quarterly Report as required and is in danger of being delisted.  GOCHE stock is currently valued at .028 cents per share.

Another Lawsuit for Geeks on Call Holdings, Inc.

Yesterday on Franchise Pick, commenter GOCHE Stockholder wrote:

After a couple members of the board for Geeks on Call Holdings (GOCH) resigned we checked to find that GOCH (stock symbol GOCHE) has not filed their quarterly reports with the SEC and could be delisted any day as more than 30 days has past since what appears to be the required filing date.

When we looked a bit deeper we found that it appears that Geeks on Call America is being sued my their landlord in Norfolk, VA who is asking for immediate possession of the full floor of office space. The case has been continued to its 3rd and possibly last date.

How will Geeks on Call America run a national call center without offices? Will they file reports in time or be removed from the stock exchange and will millions be wasted going public? Stockholders of Geeks on Call Holdings want to know.

Weekly Blog Updates Have Ceased

The Geeks on Call blog’s weekly updates haven’t been updated since July 16, 2009:  Geeks on Call blog.

Also read:

GEEKS ON CALL Franchise Owner Phelps Terminated

Geeks On Call Franchisees Allege Their Franchisor is Breaking Law

GEEKS ON CALL: Franchisee Geeks Squeal on Papa Geek

Geeks on Call Franchisees Sue Struggling Franchisor

GEEKS ON CALL: A Geek Tragedy in the Making

GEEKS ON CALL: Beware of Geeks Baring Rifts

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Fast Food Mafia (Artwork)

Fast Food Mafia poster artwork posted on Flickr:

While searching around on Flickr I ran across this engaging artwork depicting franchise fast food icons as mafioso:  Ron “The Don” McDonald with hitman Grimace, “The Colonel” Sanders, “Little Caesar,” Wendy “Gwendolyn,” and B.K. “The King.”

I have no idea what the context, meaning or purpose is and can’t quite make out the artist’s last name (Andrew Shirey? Jhirey?), but thought it was nicely done and interesting.  Think of the product placement possibilities for this film franchise.

The image was uploaded on August 13, 2009 by TheRealEdwin and is licensed via Creative Commons.

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