Dear Mr. Cancro, I am writing you this because one of your franchise owners is trying to steal money from a non-profit which I run. Here is the backstory. Last March Pavel Schroeder (Jersey Mikes at 6531 S. 27th Street, Franklin WI) reached out to me regarding a fundraising opportunity/partnership between Jersey Mikes and ROC Foundation. He explained to me the process which basically resulted in me distributing coupons throughout our community and fanbase. The coupon was for a free regular sub for a $3 donation in which all proceeds would go to ROC Foundation. The timeframe was May 18-22. Pavel also communicated that the redemption rate is around 75% plus all tips. ROC Foundation was established in 2019 and is the philanthropic arm of ROC Ventures. ROC Ventures owns many business entities including the Milwaukee Milkmen, Milwaukee Wave, Rock League Baseball, Umbrella Bar, Rock Sports Complex, Milky Way Drive, Hill Haye Eyes, just to name a few. Pavel dropped off 4,000 coupons. I gave 1,000 to the executive director of our school districts foundation. She had one placed in each of our 600 plus teachers mailboxes at all our schools throughout the district. She also had the remaining coupons placed at the high school office for students to pick up during the day. They were promoted during the daily public address announcement. A board member and I handed out the remaining coupons at our Milwaukee Milkmen games on May 13-18. In total I distributed nearly 4,000 coupons. Pavel told me that he handed out 1,000 to the surrounding businesses. Here is where everything goes south. I sent Pavel an email on June 30th inquiring about the status of the fundraiser. He never responded. I sent a follow up on July 19th which he finally responded and said he would talk with his accountant. Weeks went by and I never heard from him. I bumped into him at our grand opening of Luxe Golf on August 19th and that is where he told me that only 300 were redeemed and they had a very poor opening week. I told him that could not be the case and that I personally went in 4 times to get a sub and the place was packed. Each time I paid cash and put a couple dollars into the tip jar which always had a decent amount of money in it. The following week I engaged our senior corporate account manager Andrew Carr who in turn reached out to Pavel. I wanted to see a spreadsheet of all transactions for those 5 days. It took until October 10th for Pavel to provide a one-line response stating there were 250 coupons turned in. Here is how I see it. I believe Pavel and Jersey Mikes stole money from a non-profit. Lets say that only 4,500 coupons were distributed. A 75% redemption rate that would result in 3,375 coupons @ $3 and a donation to ROC Foundation for $10,125 plus tips. Pavel changed the total from 300 to 250 and no tips. That is a redemption rate of 5.5%. There is no way this is accurate, and I will not let this unethical business practice go unexposed. Besides being the Executive Director of ROC Foundation I am also a longtime elected official. I was an alderman in Franklin for 12 years and I am currently a Milwaukee County Supervisor who represents over 53,000 residents in Franklin and neighboring Oak Creek. I have a very good social media presence and following, and I will post what I am writing to you all over the many social media groups I am a member of. I have seen all the good non-profit work that you do in the community. Lately, not a day goes by when I dont see you on tv promoting your partnership with Feeding America. I am reaching out to you because I want to believe Jersey Mikes is a well-run organization. Unfortunately, you have a franchise owner who is a crook and willing to take advantage of non-profit organizations. A year has now passed. I hope that you will take the time to involve yourself in this situation. All My Best, Steve F. Taylor, Executive Director 414-759-**** User's recommendation: Trust But Verify