Raising Cane's is alleging the landlord tricked it into signing a long-term lease after failing to disclose the previous owner already granted McDonald's the exclusive right to sell chicken products

Someone duped a fast food restaurant that only sells chicken into buying a 15 year lease on a property where they're legally banned from selling chicken. :data-laughing:

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    "Defendants even went so far as to purport to sell Raising Cane’s the exclusive right to sell deboned chicken products at the Shopping Center—all while knowing McDonald’s had already been sold that right."

    McDonald's had an "exclusive right to sell rotisserie chicken and other prepared chicken and chicken products for on or off-premises consumption” from a lease negotiated between BC Chicago and Jubilee Limited Partnership back in 1994. Crossings of Hobart is the successor to Jubilee in that deal after ownership of the shopping center changed hands.

    The restrictive covenant specifically prohibited Crossings of Hobart from leasing or selling property to any rival “fast good or quick service restaurant which prepares, serves, or sells de-boned chicken products," Raising Cane's stated in its lawsuit.

    The exclusivity issue came up earlier this year when Crossings of Hobart asked McDonald's for a waiver to let a Chipotle Mexican Grill move in. McDonald's declined and then also noted in its correspondence that a Raising Cane's would violate the terms of its lease, demanding that no one else be allowed to sell chicken to-go at the shopping center.

    Crossings of Hobart attempted to negotiate a new deal with McDonald's to allow waivers but it was adamant about the existing agreement being enforced.

    the creamiest crap always floats to the top! what a country.