on 2/28/02 9:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How about Ben & Jerry's instead of DQ? Both large corporations that > started somewhere else, but have local franchise...except Ben & Jerry's has > that social conscience and those crappy all natural ingredients.
I'm not sure where DQ started, but it could fairly be called a local company since the locally based Mootys, of Minneapolis-based Gray Plant Mooty (my wife's law firm) were major investors. Gray Plant's franchise expertise is pretty much because they got DQ off the ground. As for social conscience, there's probably a disadvantage there - though Gray Plant is a very family-friendly firm!! Although there may appear to be a huge conflict of interest for me here, I must disclose that I stopped going to DQ when they stopped selling the chocolate-dipped frozen banana, back when I was a kid. David Brauer King Field - Ward 10 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
