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...suit against Tricon in a New York court, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for breach of contract and unfair competition, among other charges. The trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 10. Among the issues is a new global noncompetition clause in Tricon's international franchise agreement, which stipulates that franchisees need Tricon's permission to operate any other food business, even ones that don't compete with pizza, chicken or Mexican cuisine, anywhere in the world. Heinecke's previous contracts with the firm barred him only from opening rival pizza outlets. "How can the U.S., which advocates free trade...
Mention Thailand, and images of coconut curries and spicy shrimp soup percolate in the mind. The country would seem an unlikely setting for a pizza war. But one of the bitterest battles in the global fast-food industry is shaping up in Thailand, and its outcome could determine not merely...
...part of the Tricon family, Heinecke has access to information about KFC, and that presents some issues for us," Hearl says. "We welcome competition but not unfair competition." KFC controls more than 65% of the $110 million fast-food chicken market in Thailand. Heinecke counters that Tricon's franchisees in the U.S. and the European Union are not bound by the same clause, and are free to compete with him in Thailand if they so choose...
That fight was on Heinecke's turf. Because New York State law governs his contract with Tricon, he will have to win his next fight in his opponent's backyard. If Heinecke wins, he will take whatever damages-award money he gets and rebrand his stores into another pizza franchise...
This brings us to another issue: the nicknames. New York/New Jersey's franchise will indeed be named after people who are hired to kill other people. As fitting a tribute to Jersey as it may seem to some, I find it at least a bit more troubling than the Chicago...