Huffington Post By Jillian Berman 7-Eleven Exploiting Franchisees, Lawsuit Claims Posted: 08/01/2013 4:08 pm EDT A group of five 7-Eleven franchisees claim in a new lawsuit that the corporation manages their stores so tightly that they’re more like employees than business owners, and therefore should be paid as such. In...
THE PRESS ENTERPRISE PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California BY LAURIE LUCAS February 07, 2014; 10:52 AM Dev Patel, wife Lisa and Aria, 2 months and Jeremiah, 2, in their Corona home.Dev is fighting to get back his parents' franchised store, the 7-Eleven...
May 16, 2014 By Brenda Flanagan Correspondent Karamjeet Sodhi bought his first 7-Eleven franchise in New Jersey 26 years ago, worked 80-hour weeks, even slept in the store. It paid off. He ended up owning a half-dozen franchises — a real 7-Eleven success story. Until last June. He says that’s...