Don’t do it. You will have NO support and will blow through your savings

I love the idea of the brand - there is deep loyalty and if you have the right customers they make the experience worth it.

Where should I start? You have an uninformed, dismissive, non communicative leadership team. It is clear the business model is declining given the amount of franchisees that are leaving or closing their business and the leadership team continues to silence current owners. The “designs” are merely just legal enough replications of other work out there.

Fire your current team, take a communication course and let your owners collaborate without fear of retribution.