And?
I've never said it was impossible to be an Operator for more than one CFA, but QueJay himself said that he only operated ONE and that friends/family operated the other two. So I'm not hypothesizing on that, I'm simply repeating what QueJay claimed.
And, yes, I know very well that he "owns" the LLC, but the LLC itself does not own anything except contractual and royalty rights and obligations. The LLC neither rents nor owns the land, the building, or the fixed assets inside the building. I have set up multiple LLCs for a friend who has multiple franchises of two different restaurant concepts in Central Florida. While he leases his buildings, he owns all of the fixed assets and he has locational-radius rights (non-competition, the right of first refusal to open/acquire new stores, buyback right, etc.) as well that CFA operators are not simply given. And if he wanted to build free-standing/out-parcel stores, instead of in-line/shopping center stores, he would be free to buy the land and building instead of renting.
Again, people have to stop contorting themselves in order to try to prove that CFA Operators actually "own" anything of value. They do not. It is a relationship that is heavily weighted in the Cathy family's favor and which could be terminated and re-awarded to someone else.
OK, yeah, a guy owns QueJay LLC, which in turn doesn't own any assets. He still doesn't have anywhere near the same rights as a true "owner" of a restaurant FRANCHISE (notice, I didn't say land/building/fixed assets). QueJay is an OPERATOR. A well-paid Operator. But not an owner of a franchise.
