Denny's CEO not happy about franchisee's Obamacare surcharge threats.

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Denny's corporate management and many Denny's franchise owners are not happy with John Metz, the owner of 40 Denny's restaurants who said he'd be adding a 5 percent surcharge to meals at his restaurants to pay for employee health insurance requirements under Obamacare. The CEO of Denny's has shut Metz up but good:

Denny's chief executive John Miller privately reached out to Metz to express his "disappointment" with the Florida franchisee's controversial statements about Obamacare, which sparked a wave of backlash for the national restaurant chain over the past few days. Metz released a statement Monday night expressing "regret" over his statements. [...]
Metz, whose RREMC Restaurants owns more than 30 Denny's locations, said in a statement, "We regret that the statements we made may have been interpreted as representative of the Denny’s brand or of other franchisees, which they are not. Our stores do not have a 5 percent surcharge. Despite recent media coverage, RREMC Restaurants is committed to exploring viable and effective ways to deal with the changing economic climate, including the implementation of The Affordable Care Act. We have always been and will continue to be 100 percent dedicated to our employees and customers and will work tirelessly to find solutions that are in their best interests. It is our intention is to fully comply with the law."
Much of that statement is, of course, obviously false. But the fact that Metz has flipped from insisting that he'd make workers and customers alike pay costs it's unlikely he'd even face for health coverage (remember, Metz also said he'd cut workers' hours so they didn't qualify for employer-provided insurance under Obamacare, as well as adding the surcharge for the health care they weren't getting) to disavowing his previous statements so unequivocally is a measure of how bad he was for the Denny's brand.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/20/1163417/-Denny-s-CEO-not-happy-about-franchisee-s-Obamacare-surcharge-threats

[annabanana]

1. Every once in awhile the implacable hand of the marketplace

gets it right.

[orpupilofnature57]

2. Imagine if he had to contribute to pay for the diabetes he contributed to .

[Incitatus]

3. The CEO probably threatened to cancel his franchise

Surely there's something in the contract about damaging their reputation.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

4. Amazing what a squeaky wheel can accomplish....

If we had had the internet and the social media networks 30 years ago, America and Americans would be in much better shape economically. We need to keep up the pressure whenever and wherever we find injustice.