Speaker 1: That's right.
Speaker 2: We've got exactly what you need here as we get
Speaker 2: these seven o'clock hours started. Thank you very much, John
Speaker 2: Chan And it is Coffee and Company here on News
Speaker 2: Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee.
Speaker 1: That's me. We've got the full crew here.
Speaker 2: Two more hours for me and then I'm out of
Speaker 2: here vacation time, which really looking forward to it. But
Speaker 2: I'm going to make the most of these next two
Speaker 2: hours because I'll miss you guys, trust me, and I
Speaker 2: am somebody that will in fact miss doing this because
Speaker 2: I'm not lucky. I get to do something every day
Speaker 2: that I genuinely enjoy doing, which you know is a
Speaker 2: dream come true.
Speaker 1: But back to business.
Speaker 2: This is a story that is, you know, I try
Speaker 2: to find myself in the situation that some of these
Speaker 2: people are in when it comes to the stories that
Speaker 2: we share here on this show, and this one is
Speaker 2: one that I can't quite imagine the feeling of.
Speaker 1: What this did to this individual.
Speaker 2: So there is a woman who was able to survive
Speaker 2: an allergy attack that almost killed her, but the attack
Speaker 2: was intentional. This woman, Deborah Williams. She claims that her
Speaker 2: ex daughter in law, Tiffany Gregory, used her severe food
Speaker 2: allergies as a weapon and of course probably trying to
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know how severe they are, but
Speaker 2: food allergies are very serious for most people, very severe.
Speaker 2: And she claims that her daughter in law in a
Speaker 2: birthday gift bag put a bunch of crushed bell peppers
Speaker 2: and what they were delivered to this woman by her granddaughter,
Speaker 2: the daughter of Tiffany Gregory, and they left him in
Speaker 2: a car. And of course, I mean, that's that's something
Speaker 2: that was intentionally put there to hurt her.
Speaker 1: Maybe kill her.
Speaker 2: So it says a Father's Day, on Father's Day of
Speaker 2: pink liquid allegedly laced with penicillin was smeared on her
Speaker 2: door handle. Williams touched and then went into and went
Speaker 2: into what is it anaphila anaphyletic shock. I'm sure I'm
Speaker 2: not saying that correctly, but that leads to seizure's hospitalization again,
Speaker 2: a very dangerous, very dangerous situation. So this is a scorned,
Speaker 2: bitter daughter in law that was wanting to hurt and
Speaker 2: again potentially kill her ex mother in law, which I mean,
Speaker 2: I can't imagine. I mean, it's one thing in the
Speaker 2: heat of the moment with somebody that you already or
Speaker 2: maybe at odds with, let emotions get the best of
Speaker 2: both of you, and you end up you know, in
Speaker 2: its physical I mean, that's not a good thing by
Speaker 2: any means, but that's sort of like where things just
Speaker 2: got there right, wasn't good and then it went down
Speaker 2: a path of uh oh, this is clear intent to
Speaker 2: secret of you know, in a secret way like harm
Speaker 2: you and again maybe kill you. So the woman was
Speaker 2: faced with multiple charges to count of unlawful transaction with
Speaker 2: the miner again because she had her daughter leave this
Speaker 2: bag of crushed bell peppers. And also so yeah, there
Speaker 2: were two different incidents that that that happened here. One
Speaker 2: was the pink liquid that had penicillin, which she's allergic to,
Speaker 2: and then the other was the crush bell peppers in
Speaker 2: a bag that the granddaughter, Gregory's daughter left in the car.
Speaker 2: So two counts of unlawful transaction with a minor and
Speaker 2: again just awful and the motive I mean again just
Speaker 2: probably at odds with her ex mother in law. But
Speaker 2: a text obtained by police show that this woman referencing
Speaker 2: the birthday gift, which police believe was meant to provoke
Speaker 2: her harm, which I don't haven't seen the text message,
Speaker 2: but anyways, shout out to this woman, Deborah Williams, because
Speaker 2: she's doing something that I would have a hard time doing,
Speaker 2: and that is forgiving somebody who tried to do this.
Speaker 2: I mean, she's she's had an emotional trauma. I mean,
Speaker 2: sounds like stalking as well, and it sounds like it
Speaker 2: really hasn't stopped, which again, eventually this woman's gonna end
Speaker 2: up in prison if she continues to I mean again,
Speaker 2: I guess the charge here is rather minor considering that
Speaker 2: if you know, I don't know, I don't know enough
Speaker 2: about what type of charges would come with certain actions.
Speaker 2: But if I intentionally and there was proof that it
Speaker 2: was an intentional thing exposed somebody deceitfully that to something
Speaker 2: that they're allergic to, that could potentially cause a real
Speaker 2: issue to their health.
Speaker 1: And maybe even kill them.
Speaker 2: I mean, I mean that's to me, that's a very
Speaker 2: serious situation where serious charges could have been filed here.
Speaker 2: But this woman is forgiving her. Quote is I want
Speaker 2: to help. I want her to get help. She needs
Speaker 2: some serious, intense psychological help. I want to go to
Speaker 2: heaven and if I judge her, God is going to
Speaker 2: judge me the same way. So shout out to this
Speaker 2: woman having that perspective on it when I know a
Speaker 2: lot of people, including myself, probably wouldn't. This isn't the
Speaker 2: best example to use, But there was a true crime
Speaker 2: show that I got hooked on and I can't think
Speaker 2: of what it was called, but john It highlighted people
Speaker 2: who found out, fortunately before it happened, that their significant
Speaker 2: other was plotting to have them killed, like murder for hire.
Speaker 2: And it's just I can't imagine, like if I found
Speaker 2: out that my wife was trying to have me killed,
Speaker 2: I mean, I wouldn't believe it. And then once you
Speaker 2: have the realization that you better believe it's true, she's
Speaker 2: she's in trouble.
Speaker 1: I mean that.
Speaker 2: I mean, I can't imagine how you would wrap your
Speaker 2: mind around that. In many of those cases, those stories,
Speaker 2: it was people who had no clue, They never saw
Speaker 2: it coming.
Speaker 1: They didn't, they don't, they didn't believe it.
Speaker 2: But then there were others that were like, oh, yeah,
Speaker 2: I knew that if I ended up dead, I.
Speaker 1: Told people she did it or he did it.
Speaker 2: You know, So this isn't quite that, But I don't know,
Speaker 2: I feel like doing it in that kind of way,
Speaker 2: hiring somebody or maybe using something that people are allergic
Speaker 2: to then they could die from. Like that's in a
Speaker 2: way that's like a I don't say it makes it worse,
Speaker 2: but like it's just I don't know, it's it's awful,
Speaker 2: but yeah, shout out to Debra Williams Soon.
Speaker 3: I think it makes it worse real quick, just because
Speaker 3: you don't really leave any evidence. Well, yes you can,
Speaker 3: you can see you unintentionally gave it to them.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but I mean I think it speaks more so
Speaker 2: to just that you are like you are such not
Speaker 2: the person they thought they were for the for the
Speaker 2: obvious reason, but going to the links of like hi,
Speaker 2: paying somebody to do it potentially or you know, it's cowardly. Yeah,
Speaker 2: like not even a dress, Like this person could lose
Speaker 2: their life and they never even knew that you had
Speaker 2: a problem with them, you know what. I mean that
Speaker 2: clearly this is a bitter ex daughter in law, which
Speaker 2: that explains it a little bit. But yeah, scary situation,
Speaker 2: all right. Have you ever wanted to be a franchise e,
Speaker 2: meaning you own a you know, part of a brand,
Speaker 2: and when it comes to restaurants, or have you ever
Speaker 2: just been interested in what it takes to put yourself
Speaker 2: in that situation with Hooters closing. I looked into it,
Speaker 2: and I was fascinated to see just sort of what
Speaker 2: you have to have up front to be able to
Speaker 2: open up and own your own restaurant. And there's there's
Speaker 2: some clear reasons why some succeed in some don't. But
Speaker 2: we'll talk about that next right here on who's ready
Speaker 2: to wait?
Speaker 1: Forty?
Speaker 2: Whas I lied to you, I'm going to save the
Speaker 2: conversation about what it takes to become a franchise owner
Speaker 2: of certain restaurants for a little bit later when we
Speaker 2: have a little bit more time, not a whole lot
Speaker 2: of time left here before we get to our next
Speaker 2: traffic weather update, and then of course we've got Scott
Speaker 2: fitzgil back with.
Speaker 1: Another update on sports.
Speaker 2: But earlier we discussed the LMPD officer who is not
Speaker 2: going to be charged with what appears to be an
Speaker 2: accident while on duty that unfortunately did cost someone their life.
Speaker 2: So this officer did not have her lights or sirens activated.
Speaker 2: It's Alyssa Bagel, who was I guess facing potentially some charges,
Speaker 2: in fact, secondary manslaughter charges but a grand jury declined
Speaker 2: to indict this officer, And it's just a tragic situation
Speaker 2: all the way around for everybody involved, because obviously somebody
Speaker 2: lost their life. Sixty one year old Tarreles Brisco was
Speaker 2: driving on Fern Valley Road while this officer was responding
Speaker 2: to help ems but did not have again sirens or
Speaker 2: lights active, which of course probably led to not as
Speaker 2: much awareness that, hey, there's a first responder in pursuit
Speaker 2: of some situation, so be advised and you know, get
Speaker 2: out of the way. And just just an awful situation
Speaker 2: all the way around. And I would assume maybe I'm wrong,
Speaker 2: maybe we'll find out that that's not the case, but
Speaker 2: probably just a clear accident. And you know, accidents sometimes
Speaker 2: lead to criminal charges because they do in fact, they
Speaker 2: do hurt people.
Speaker 1: And that happened here.
Speaker 2: But this is also somebody that was doing the job
Speaker 2: of a police officer and risking their life every day
Speaker 2: to go out and try to you know, do good
Speaker 2: for the community. So again, just a bad situation all
Speaker 2: the way around. But there's another situation about a former
Speaker 2: l MPD officer who found himself on the wrong side
Speaker 2: of the law, which we'll talk about that coming up
Speaker 2: a little bit later on, but again your next update
Speaker 2: coming your way right here right now. On the traffic
Speaker 2: out there, Bobby Ellis will get as caught up, We'll
Speaker 2: get the forecast from at Melosovich, and then Scott will
Speaker 2: be in for another update on sports right here on
Speaker 2: news Radio eight forty whas seven thirty five Here Kentucky,
Speaker 2: Anda's morning news on news Radio eight forty whas. Nick
Speaker 2: coffee with you. It is Coffee and Company. Thank you
Speaker 2: very much, John Shannon. So, if you ever wanted to own,
Speaker 2: or have you ever wondered what it would take to
Speaker 2: become an owner or an operator as some of them
Speaker 2: call it, of one of these national chain restaurants, rather
Speaker 2: it be fast food or sit down casual.
Speaker 1: I did.
Speaker 2: I was. I've always been curious about this to an extent,
Speaker 2: and the recent closure of the Hooters in Jeffersonville and
Speaker 2: then seeing that a lot of these locations that have
Speaker 2: struggled with Hooters it is it's really their corporate locations,
Speaker 2: which is which is kind of odd, but they're going
Speaker 2: to try to sell some of those to the successful
Speaker 2: franchisees who own many of them and are and are
Speaker 2: having success and you really never know where probably don't
Speaker 2: even think about it when you go to some of
Speaker 2: these chains that yes, there are billions of McDonald's and
Speaker 2: you know I'm exagger but clearly there's there's some of
Speaker 2: these fast food restaurants all over the world, and they're
Speaker 2: all they're all technically under the umbrella of the of
Speaker 2: the parent company like McDonald's and of Force Young when
Speaker 2: it comes to KFC, Taco Bell. But you can be
Speaker 2: you can own multiple multiple locations, and uh, how you
Speaker 2: operate and really lead those individual locations, uh is up
Speaker 2: to you. And you've got the standard to uphold when
Speaker 2: it comes to the brand that you clearly saw as
Speaker 2: a real valuable investment, which is why you bought in
Speaker 2: to become an owner. So have you ever heard about
Speaker 2: Chick fil a John As far as what it takes
Speaker 2: to be one of those one of those, I guess
Speaker 2: they're not actually not owners, but they're called operators.
Speaker 3: But it wouldn't surprise me if there's a lot of
Speaker 3: strict rules of being a franchisee.
Speaker 2: So they I mean, I would say, and I'm not
Speaker 2: getting paid to say this at all. So this is
Speaker 2: not any kind of plug by any means, but I
Speaker 2: don't think I have ever seen, and I don't even
Speaker 2: know what the comparison would be as far as a
Speaker 2: national chain with countless locations where there is a consistency
Speaker 2: within the brand and the standard like Chick fil A.
Speaker 2: I mean, it just is, and it's because of what
Speaker 2: they do as far as what goes into new locations opening,
Speaker 2: So you really can't have a traditional franchise. They call
Speaker 2: their store owners operators, not franchisees, and it's for good reason.
Speaker 2: The company Chick fil A, actually retains all of the
Speaker 2: ownership of the restaurant and they lease that to the operator,
Speaker 2: and this creates just a dynamic that has worked for them.
Speaker 2: Operators don't own the store, they run it on behalf
Speaker 2: of the company, and the initial investment is only ten
Speaker 2: thousand dollars, which has got to be the lowest in
Speaker 2: that industry. However, Chick fil A covers the cost of
Speaker 2: real estate, construction, equipment, and that value there is about
Speaker 2: two million dollars roughly, So operators do not build equity
Speaker 2: in the location of their own business. If they leave,
Speaker 2: the store stays with Chick fil A, which again that
Speaker 2: would lead to you thinking okay, well, Why would I
Speaker 2: invest in that if I'm never going to really get
Speaker 2: return on investment. Well, you're not really investing, right, You're
Speaker 2: investing ten thousand up front and all the money and
Speaker 2: just the U upstart costs is Chick fil A's. So
Speaker 2: what separates them is there is their selection process. So
Speaker 2: out of twenty thousand roughly that apply every year, only
Speaker 2: seventy five to one hundred are actually chosen. Which this
Speaker 2: is something that you do. This is a saying that
Speaker 2: I had heard without really knowing much about the process.
Speaker 2: But Chick fil A to become an operator, they have
Speaker 2: a lower acceptance rate than getting into Harvard.
Speaker 3: Wow.
Speaker 2: And again it's because they are selective about who they
Speaker 2: let run their business, and that has led to them
Speaker 2: being able.
Speaker 1: I mean, this is the perfect formula, it really is.
Speaker 3: And it surprises me that you don't see more restaurant
Speaker 3: companies going that direction.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you should model what they do if
Speaker 2: you're one of these companies. So Chick fil A, what
Speaker 2: they're looking for is you know somebody who they're interviewing you. Essentially,
Speaker 2: you've got to have a proven leadership background, an entrepreneurial spirit.
Speaker 2: That's one of the things they emphasize with a hands
Speaker 2: on mentality, willingness to deeply be involved in day to
Speaker 2: day operations, and of course just strong values that align
Speaker 2: with Chick fil A's mission and culture, which of course
Speaker 2: that that that that that aspect certainly has to come
Speaker 2: into just their their clear uh and and real direct
Speaker 2: stance on on on their faith. So here's the big
Speaker 2: here's the big kicker. You can't be a private operator,
Speaker 2: a silent operator. You you have to be a full
Speaker 2: time employee in the restaurant, So passive ownership's not allowed,
Speaker 2: and you must live in or relocate to the community
Speaker 2: that's in that area. And a lot of these operators,
Speaker 2: because of everything that comes with it, they end up
Speaker 2: being sort of local figures in their community, and you know,
Speaker 2: they sponsor events, they hire, they hire a lot of
Speaker 2: you know, they hire a lot of good people, and
Speaker 2: they get back to the community. So to me, this
Speaker 2: just this makes sense as to why they are able
Speaker 2: to have a very consistent and aligned brand across the board.
Speaker 2: And if you are one of these people that does
Speaker 2: get one of these opportunities and you invest that ten thousand,
Speaker 2: here's what you receive. Fifteen percent of the restaurant's profits
Speaker 2: plus fifty percent of net operating income, so total total performing. Yeah,
Speaker 2: in total the you know, the top performers in this space,
Speaker 2: they can make three hundred to five hundred thousand per year.
Speaker 2: It's not guaranteed, but that's what you can have as
Speaker 2: a salary if you are chosen and you run the
Speaker 2: business successfully. So you're not walking away with equity, but
Speaker 2: you could do that for a long time and make
Speaker 2: a great living. So what we'll do on the other
Speaker 2: side is I'll let you know how Chick fil A's
Speaker 2: process compares to others. And it may not surprise you
Speaker 2: that there's certain restaurants where you know, oh, this one's
Speaker 2: on this road, yeah, not going there, and the other one, oh,
Speaker 2: I like that one. It's because it's hard to maintain
Speaker 2: the brand and standard unless you do something like with
Speaker 2: Chick fil a DoD We'll get to that next. But first,
Speaker 2: another update for you on trafficking weather right here on
Speaker 2: news Radio Way forty whas Mayor Craig Greenberg said to
Speaker 2: join us coming up here at eight o'clock, so stick
Speaker 2: around for that. Looking forward to talking to the mayor.
Speaker 2: And there's some really cool things that I'm looking forward
Speaker 2: to discussing with him that really spotlight how awesome this
Speaker 2: city of Louisville is. And you know, I know people
Speaker 2: like to be frank, people like to bitch and complain
Speaker 2: about a lot of stuff, and I get it, and
Speaker 2: that doesn't really surprise me at all.
Speaker 1: But I also I.
Speaker 2: Love when people come to Louisville and they realize, wow,
Speaker 2: this place is actually pretty awesome. Like the soccer team
Speaker 2: that came in for that match over the weekend. To
Speaker 2: hear those players with really no expectation as far as
Speaker 2: what they're going to get from the city of Louisville,
Speaker 2: to hear them clearly, very genuine talk about how much
Speaker 2: they enjoyed every bit of what Louisville has to offer
Speaker 2: with the culture and some of our restaurants and whatnot.
Speaker 2: You know, I think if more people paid attention to
Speaker 2: those that come here and visit that really like it
Speaker 2: and enjoy it, it might make you appreciate living here.
Speaker 2: And I know there are clearly things that aren't great
Speaker 2: about this city, but that's everywhere in the world. So anyways,
Speaker 2: we'll talk to Maya Greenberg coming up here in the
Speaker 2: eight o'clock hour. I feel like every segment I've had
Speaker 2: today has been significantly shorter than usual, which I don't
Speaker 2: know if that's just me rambling on a Friday and
Speaker 2: not paying as close attention. So I don't have as
Speaker 2: much time here as I wanted to get to it.
Speaker 2: But let's just I'll pick up where I left off.
Speaker 2: We talked about Chick fil A, and really the explanation
Speaker 2: as to why they're able to maintain such a consistency
Speaker 2: within their brand and the standard is because they don't
Speaker 2: let anybody run it unless they have genuinely shown that
Speaker 2: they're going to be able to keep up what Chick
Speaker 2: fil A has built, which I believe is a pretty
Speaker 2: good reputation when it comes to just service, and you know,
Speaker 2: the food is pretty damn good too. But if you
Speaker 2: look at other franchises out there that have let other
Speaker 2: people buy in and run it, I mean, I think
Speaker 2: the biggest thing is that you can be passive elsewhere, right,
Speaker 2: Like you can be a passive owner, meaning you're not
Speaker 2: you're not directly involved, and you know that if you
Speaker 2: are not, if you're the one that has skin in
Speaker 2: the game, you've made set investment, but you're not there
Speaker 2: to oversee it. It's easy for somebody who doesn't have
Speaker 2: anything really to lose, I mean other than maybe potentially
Speaker 2: a job, which is something to lose. But you know,
Speaker 2: it's it's so people with a lot of money by in,
Speaker 2: but they don't they don't want to run it, you know, rarely.
Speaker 2: And I could be totally wrong here. I don't know
Speaker 2: how many people actually work full time at the McDonald's
Speaker 2: that they own. I would imagine that's rare, but I again,
Speaker 2: I could that could totally be wrong. But when it
Speaker 2: comes to McDonald's, you know, the initial investment, you need
Speaker 2: one point three to two point three million roughly, and
Speaker 2: you know that's that's that's a lot of money. At
Speaker 2: Chick fil A you only need ten thousand dollars. But
Speaker 2: you also don't own anything. You have no you have
Speaker 2: no equity when you leave. But you can make a
Speaker 2: really good living if you run those restaurants in a
Speaker 2: successful we like, in a successful way, like most of
Speaker 2: them are run. And Subway I haven't had Subway in
Speaker 2: a long time, and I'm not I'm not trying to
Speaker 2: insult them by any means, but they've really really struggled
Speaker 2: with many locations. I mean, they have no real consistency,
Speaker 2: and it's because they had a low barrier to entry
Speaker 2: when it comes to being a subway owner, and the
Speaker 2: brand control with Subway is believed to be declining worse
Speaker 2: than any as far as just you know, you don't
Speaker 2: really know what you're gonna get with any of these locations.
Speaker 1: I've got a good breakdown of the sit down restaurants
Speaker 1: when it comes to like BEEFO.
Speaker 2: Brady's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Applebee's, Hooters, and just fascinating to me.
Speaker 2: Maybe we'll get to that a little bit later on
Speaker 2: if we have time, but right now, we got to
Speaker 2: get to an update on the roadways. Bobby Ellis will
Speaker 2: tell us how traffic's looking this morning. We'll also hear
Speaker 2: about the forecast today from Matt Melosovich of WLKY, and
Speaker 2: then Scott's back for another update on sports, and again
Speaker 2: no forget. Mary Greenberg said to join us at the
Speaker 2: beginning of the eight o'clock hour right here on news
Speaker 2: radio Waight forty whas