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I did not intend to in any way advocate the franchise. This problem can be solved if more contributors are willing to expand the article. -- Gray Porpoise Your wish is my command! 03:03, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
If I have done anything wrong whatever please ameliorate. I reread what I had written and there is a seeming slant, as I used to work there. I would appreciate it if an outsider could winnow the bias out and leave a nice neutral article. I will be paying this article more attention in days to come. Thank you. Heureka! 06:53, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
This is a pretty bad article. It sounds like advertising and the main claims--that these smoothies are "health food" and that the chain's founder invented the category--are completely unsourced (and the second is contradicted by the text at smoothie. The first reference is also the companies website, which I understand shouldn't be used as a reputable source. I had never heard of the chain until I saw it made the CPSI's 2013 "Extreme Eating" report ( http://cspinet.org/new/201301161.html), so I'm hardly knowledgeable to make edits; but I might try if no one else is going to. squibix (talk) 16:50, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
We still don't know their menu, whether or not they have responded to vegan concerns (for nondairy ingredients, as with plantmilks [1], range of US locations (I see that they are in Clark, New Jersey) and now headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and how successful their Clean Blends initiative has been to date. Is there no 3rd party media to address any of this? My quick online search found plenty to make a more robust, interesting article about a seemingly low-cost franchise opportunity in an era when small businesses are responsible for a very large portion of jobs in industrialized nations. The first version of the article mentioned Steve Kuhnau's lactose intolerance and that the franchise company had more than 870 units worldwide (very interesting article, lost in supposed 'wikification'). The expanse seems to be to 32 US states.[ [2] Except for mention of leadership changes, this Wikipedia article covers 2012-2014, but last year it was awarded "#1 Juice Bar Franchise on Entrepreneur Magazine's Annual Franchise 500 list, marking the 27th year the brand has occupied the top spot. "(2019) [3] Is there no way to make articles interesting to read, not merely succinct and encyclopedic? MaynardClark ( talk) 14:59, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
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"Republican state legislators particularly relish passing legislation to exploit child labor. The Louisiana bill, now before the state Senate, is sponsored by Roger Wilder III, a Republican freshman who owns 19 Smoothie King franchises scattered throughout Louisiana and the Deep South."
What from that doesn't translate into what I wrote...? 92.21.86.180 ( talk) 13:49, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
Smoothie King franchises have been promoting child labor and removal of children's lunch breaks at work.This suggests that company franchises are, across the board, supporting these legislative efforts. According to The New Republic article however, it's merely Roger Wilder III—owner of fewer than 1.41% of company franchises (not including those still-corporately-owned)—who is advocating therefor. According to the source, it's certainly accurate to say Wilder is promoting these things, and they may be salient to include at his article, but claiming that's the position of
Smoothie King franchiseswrit large is incorrect. Additionally, discussing the activity of one franchisee here, barring more sources tying the company to his personal efforts, is undue at this time. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 14:10, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
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I did not intend to in any way advocate the franchise. This problem can be solved if more contributors are willing to expand the article. -- Gray Porpoise Your wish is my command! 03:03, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
If I have done anything wrong whatever please ameliorate. I reread what I had written and there is a seeming slant, as I used to work there. I would appreciate it if an outsider could winnow the bias out and leave a nice neutral article. I will be paying this article more attention in days to come. Thank you. Heureka! 06:53, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
This is a pretty bad article. It sounds like advertising and the main claims--that these smoothies are "health food" and that the chain's founder invented the category--are completely unsourced (and the second is contradicted by the text at smoothie. The first reference is also the companies website, which I understand shouldn't be used as a reputable source. I had never heard of the chain until I saw it made the CPSI's 2013 "Extreme Eating" report ( http://cspinet.org/new/201301161.html), so I'm hardly knowledgeable to make edits; but I might try if no one else is going to. squibix (talk) 16:50, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
We still don't know their menu, whether or not they have responded to vegan concerns (for nondairy ingredients, as with plantmilks [1], range of US locations (I see that they are in Clark, New Jersey) and now headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and how successful their Clean Blends initiative has been to date. Is there no 3rd party media to address any of this? My quick online search found plenty to make a more robust, interesting article about a seemingly low-cost franchise opportunity in an era when small businesses are responsible for a very large portion of jobs in industrialized nations. The first version of the article mentioned Steve Kuhnau's lactose intolerance and that the franchise company had more than 870 units worldwide (very interesting article, lost in supposed 'wikification'). The expanse seems to be to 32 US states.[ [2] Except for mention of leadership changes, this Wikipedia article covers 2012-2014, but last year it was awarded "#1 Juice Bar Franchise on Entrepreneur Magazine's Annual Franchise 500 list, marking the 27th year the brand has occupied the top spot. "(2019) [3] Is there no way to make articles interesting to read, not merely succinct and encyclopedic? MaynardClark ( talk) 14:59, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
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"Republican state legislators particularly relish passing legislation to exploit child labor. The Louisiana bill, now before the state Senate, is sponsored by Roger Wilder III, a Republican freshman who owns 19 Smoothie King franchises scattered throughout Louisiana and the Deep South."
What from that doesn't translate into what I wrote...? 92.21.86.180 ( talk) 13:49, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
Smoothie King franchises have been promoting child labor and removal of children's lunch breaks at work.This suggests that company franchises are, across the board, supporting these legislative efforts. According to The New Republic article however, it's merely Roger Wilder III—owner of fewer than 1.41% of company franchises (not including those still-corporately-owned)—who is advocating therefor. According to the source, it's certainly accurate to say Wilder is promoting these things, and they may be salient to include at his article, but claiming that's the position of
Smoothie King franchiseswrit large is incorrect. Additionally, discussing the activity of one franchisee here, barring more sources tying the company to his personal efforts, is undue at this time. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 14:10, 19 May 2024 (UTC)