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title: "Franchise Weekly Sizzle"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/c3244b63-4c4b-4c70-ac74-8bf00e7df710
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/1851-franchise-weekly-sizzle-4772
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
topics: ["Regulation & legal"]
published: 2016-05-27T17:12:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:19:28.448Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/b484b9ff7db4214fa1275a776c391dde6074.jpg
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# Franchise Weekly Sizzle

**TL;DR:** New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit against Domino's for allegedly underpaying workers at least $565,000 at 10 New York-based restaurants. Arby's Restaurant Group Inc. announced an international franchise development agreement for 25 locations in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-05-27. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/1851-franchise-weekly-sizzle-4772).*

## Story

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit against Domino’s for allegedly underpaying workers at least $565,000 at 10 New York-based restaurants.

The lawsuit claims that Domino’s should be considered a joint employer of the workers at the 10 franchise locations because the company played an active role in employee performance and hiring practices. In the claim, it states that Domino’s urged franchisees to use the company’s “PULSE” computer system even though executives knew the system under-calculated gross wages.

According to Domino’s the company is disappointed that the lawsuit targets the franchisor and not the franchisees that are small business owners to find a solution.

Arby’s Restaurant Group Inc. announced an international franchise development agreement for 25 locations in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

This is the brand’s first international push since 2010. This comes after the brand has seen strong sales in the U.S. in recent years. Arby’s currently has 3,300 locations with the majority in the U.S. and Turkey—where it has 50 locations—and Canada.

Cosi Inc. has until Nov. 14, 2016, to comply with NASDAQ’s minimum bid price requirement or face delisting.

Cosi has received an additional 180 days to comply with The Listings Qualifications Department of the NASDAQ Stock Market’s requirements of the company stock maintaining a bid closing price of at least $1 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days. If the company doesn’t meet compliance, Cosi can ask for a hearing to show how they will achieve compliance.

TITLE Boxing Club has added a new star-studded ownership team including NFL star Drew Brees and International Franchise Association (IFA) stars David Barr, Shelly and JD Sun, and Doc Cohen.

The new owners are joining existing owners including John Rotche, TITLE Boxing Club CEO, Tom Lyons, Rick Washburn, Danny Campbell and the president Susan Boresow. In addition to the new ownership team, TITLE Boxing Club announced a partnership this year with Everlast, which specializes in boxing, mixed martial arts and fitness products.

Pizza Hut has launched the new Hershey’s Toasted S’mores Cookie. The new cookie features Ultimate Hershey’s Chocolate Chip Cookie topped with toasted mini marshmallows, Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar chunks, and graham cracker pieces.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise development (topic)
- menu pricing (topic)
- Domino's (company)
- Pizza Hut (company)
- International Franchise Association (company)
- Arby's (company)
- regulation (topic)
- Hershey (company)
- Drew Brees (person)
- NASDAQ (regulator)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/1851-franchise-weekly-sizzle-4772). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/c3244b63-4c4b-4c70-ac74-8bf00e7df710).