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Warriors 19th man mate.all the best 18th man
Yep none of them are candidates for heart issues...the pre requisite is actually having heart.If he was one of our players I'd be concerned, but the Butch has more ticker than all of them combined.
Speedy recovery good sir.
So sad that the name on the shops is the MB.No need to comment...but a sad ending really.
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Liquidators take legal action over Mad Butcher Pukekohe demise
The Mad Butcher saga takes another turn.www.nzherald.co.nz
New liquidators for Green Family Butchers Ltd to pursue legal action against Mad Butcher Holdings
The new liquidators of the company behind Mad Butcher Pukekohe intend pursuing legal action against franchise holder Mad Butcher Holdings as creditors' claims surpass $220,000.
Green Family Butchers, trading as Mad Butcher Pukekohe, was placed into liquidation in May 2020 with Victoria Toon of Corporate Restructuring appointed at the time. However, she has since resigned and Catherine and Peter Jollands of Jollands Calendar have replaced her.
Peter Jollands, who has been liquidator for a large number of dissolved companies formerly trading under the Mad Butcher brand, would not disclose exactly why his firm had taken over the liquidation case, other than "there were further issues that may be relating to Green Family Butchers".
The focus was on investigating matters that the previous liquidator found, Jollands told the Herald.
He would not disclose what these matters were. However, Toon's most recent report released late last month stated the new liquidators "will be pursuing legal action against the franchisor as part of a group action".
The legal action against franchisor Mad Butcher Holdings stems from a number of issues, including concerns over the operating model being unsustainable, Jollands said.
Last year liquidators took separate legal action against Mad Butcher Holdings in another case and were successful in their application to the High Court. Mad Butcher counter-sued the liquidators for $750,000, but lost on both counts and Catherine and Peter Jollands were ultimately awarded costs, Jollands said. He did not disclose specifics.
"We're reviewing those matters and we're also reviewing other matters," Jollands said.
Green Family Butchers Ltd was run by Roy and Amanda Green. Roy Green passed away last year shortly after the company was first placed into liquidation.
Mad Butcher Pukekohe is still trading, now run by a separate party that took over the store lease from the Green Family.
ollands said the "flawed" Mad Butcher operating model was having devastating effects on franchise operators and their families.
"I said right at the outset in 2017 to the media that the Mad Butcher business model was flawed and as such is unsustainable. I also said that back in 2016, and I can say it again now.
"I am the liquidator of six Mad Butchers and I am aware of the Whangarei case and other litigation [cases], including our own, and I am more than convinced of what the damage has been to families to marriage break-ups to suicides, and I refer you to Roy Green as one of note which is a very, very sad thing when people are so stressed that they take their life into their own hands."
Prior to resignation, Toon's first liquidator's report found Green Family Butchers Ltd had "increasing costs and a lack of cash flow resulting in the company being unable to pay their debts". Its revenue further declined due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Following her investigation, Toon found that it owed creditors a combined total of $751,543.
Her second report concluded by saying that "the liquidator will now resign in favour of Peter Jollands and Catherine Jollands. The new liquidators will be pursuing legal action against the Franchisor as part of a group action."
More than 20 Mad Butcher franchises have folded in the past few years, with Jollands on several occasions citing that the business model as no longer viable.
The Mad Butcher business, which was previously owned by NZX-listed Veritas, is now co-owned by Michael Morton and partner Julie Leitch, the daughter of original founder Sir Peter Leitch.
The first franchised Mad Butcher outlet opened in 1998. The company was majority owned by Sir Peter Leitch until 2007. Morton, and Leitch bought back the business in July 2018.
Mad Butcher store numbers have decreased dramatically over the past few years. The butcher chain once had 40 stores throughout the country. Today, about 20 remain.
Yes a controversial guy.So sad that the name on the shops is the MB.
Michael Morton = trouble
From what I have heard about the Mad Butcher model it is very much unsustainable and the franchisees get very little for it apart from the name on the store.Yes a controversial guy.
Franchises are difficult to manage so that things are equally fair to both parties.
So usually one party is losing on the deal. If the franchisor has the power over the contract they usually make sure they are on the winning side.
Usually the guy or gal that develops the franchise works very hard to attract franchisees and therefore develops a type of loyalty to them to grow the business.
That is really how a good franchise should work and I remember one of the first Mad Butcher franchisees speaking quite fondly of Peter Leitch. That was a long time ago and he was very successful.
Sure he was paying a lot to Peter, but he was getting it back in sales. It was a win, win, situation.
That franchisee eventually got sick of the problems, mainly involving Morton and wanted out, so Morton took him to Court. I think it is still before the Court.
One problem as I see it is when the original franchisor decides to cash in and sell out. The new owner is more interested in money than any loyalty to the franchisees.
Once that happens the culture of the business starts to fail and everybody is in it for the money, forget the customer, forget the franchisee.
IME corporate management are brain dead and are just part of a cult to screw anybody in sight. In fact screwing people is a badge of honour to these leaches.
Peter Jollands, who I know to be a very honest and straightforward accountant has gone on the record as saying the Mad Butcher business model is unsustainable.
If that is the case then the benefits of joining that franchise are non existent and arguably fraudulent.
I heard from a mate the other day.
A friend of his had paid for an expensive franchise that was supposed to earn him a very good income. I knew of that franchise and that the owners were just liars in what they claimed. However that was because of my knowledge of that industry.
The newbies have no idea of what they are in for. That guy ended up losing a lot of money and in a court case with the franchise.
He was not to know, as I did , that that franchise had been in many court actions over the years, some made the press, most didn't.
Very sad all round.
Unsustainable does not equal fraudulent so not sure what legal argument the liquidators would base their case on.From what I have heard about the Mad Butcher model it is very much unsustainable and the franchisees get very little for it apart from the name on the store.
Also getting harder and harder to.operate these kinds of stores with the number of supermarkets around offering sharper deals usually and getting picked up with the main shopping run.