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Originally Posted by Suzy  I don't know if this will help at all...but our local Three Dog Bakeries are locally owned and operated, and it's a "license" as opposed to a franchise. Our locations in town sponsor all kinds of events, in their store and throughout the community, they partner with other local businesses to put on things like "Dine With your Dog" night at a fondue restaurant, and they have booths at pet fairs, farmers' markets, and other community events. You might try calling and asking for the owner's contact info-maybe the person that you talked to first was a newer employee and didn't know? I know the owner of our locations, so if you would like, I can call her and get her to chat with the owner of the KC location to try and get them lined up for our meetup! |
I stopped in Three Dog Bakery while I was on the Plaza on Thursday, and I spoke to them about our meet-up and why we have to go through the corporate office. Three Dog Bakery began in KC, and the corporate office is located in Kansas City. Apparently the Plaza location is the ONLY Three Dog Bakery location that is owned and operated by corporate and is NOT a license/franchise like the other locations. Therefore, they are not able to do anything (vending, promotional activities, etc.) without going through corporate for permission. She mentioned that other locations can decide what to participate in on their own (such as Suzy mentioned above), but that the Plaza location is not allowed to do the same
. She recommended we call corporate again, as she said our meet-up sounded like something they'd be interested in. She did say she was not aware of them ever doing a breed specific function before, but that we could be their first
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