Here's how several migrant and Australian families lose hundreds of thousands of $$$ to Baskin Robbins and franchisor Allied Brands. End up sleeping rough. And how the scam is self-perpetuating, bringing in new suckers and new money to replace the old.2005 - Korean migrants contact Baskin Robbins Australia because of advertising in Korea. They are sold a shop at Westfield Bondi Junction with a huge rent in a deadend area of the centre. Shop is barely profitable but family working 60 hours a week with no letup.
2006 - Baskin Robbins Australia management offers owners a "great deal" on a new, additional shop in growing upscale area of Rouse Hill, Sydney. The "great deal" is a shop filled with used and abused equipment previous sold to another failed franchisee and reclaimed by Baskin Robbins. This shop on second floor of new but busy little shopping area starts to get a good group of local customers with hard work by family and good local advertising. Profits from this shop used to offset massive losses at Bondi Junction shop so family leaving in squalor. Migrant support groups and extended family help out with food, expenses.
2008 - Despite the protest by this wonderful hardworking family, ABQ opens new Baskin Robbins - Cookieman shop at newly built Rouse Hill Town Centre - LESS THAN 1 KILOMETER FROM THE EXISTING ROUSE HILL SHOP! Company defence is "we don't have any duty to provide any protected area around any shop".
New Rouse Hill Town Centre Baskin Robbins / Cookieman sold to NEW family of suckers. Location is unsuitable for either daytime Cookieman customers or nighttime Baskin Robbins customers. Blind Freddie could see a place with eight branded coffee shops wouldn't be a good location.
Late 2008 - Migrant family loses both Rouse Hill and Bondi Junction Baskin Robbins shops. Allied Brands takes shop back (which has been resold as "almost new" to new suckers). Migrant family loses upwards of $400K thanks to the skill and success of Baskin Robbins Australia. Skill and success only at lying to potential new franchisees.
2010 - Rouse Hill Towne Centre now listed with Seek Commercial/Scan Business Brokers as "for sale" after current owners losing a thousands on this dud location. Seek Commercial is the agency, with the franchise division Scan Business Brokers headed up by someone named Paul Tiller, used to find new suckers for the failing shops that plague Allied Brands. This allows Baskin Robbins management to disavow anything that Seek Commercial tells prospective new suckers. In the Rouse Hill advert, Seek says "Looks and performs beautifully with huge potential to grow with a dedicated owner operator." Doubletalk that makes it seem like the first owners are lazy arseholes and all that's necessary is some REAL work. It's likely that this is just a dud location and will never perform despite who the franchisees are. Shop is listed for HALF of its new cost, losing the franchisees a cool $150K in two years.
AND DESPITE KNOWING THIS IS A DUD, OVERPRICED, AND UNABLE TO PERFORM LOCATION THEY'VE STILL ALLOWED SEEK COMMERCIAL TO FIND NEW FAMILIES TO RAPE AND PILLAGE!
So far, two families down $600K or more. Baskin Robbins and Cookieman make hundreds of thousands. And Allied Brands is hoping that Rouse Hill doesn't get sold again by Seek - because when they take it back, they can sell it for $300K again!
And keep in mind, this kind of damage has been inflicted on at least a 14 families that have contacted us already. It isn't a mistake, or a one-off. It's organised racketeering. And once families have been stripped of all their cash, they've got nothing left for legal action. A sweet racket, really.
And all of the criminals involved are still working for Allied Brands. . .or maybe on their way back to Wendy's. Unconscionable Conduct without question.
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