Wrangle over Hell franchise hots up
A dispute between an Auckland advertising agency and Hell Pizza has splintered into a legal wrangle involving nearly $1 million and one frozen Hell store.
Hell Pizza franchisee Matthew Blomfield has served legal papers on the pizza company, claiming his $250,000 Glen Eden store had been refused a franchise because Hell had “got the pip” over demands for $544,000 in unpaid bills from his advertising company, Cinderella.
Hell general manager Colin Mellar said it had repaid $172,914 of the invoices and had no reason to pay the rest. “We have addressed every alleged disputed invoice. We believe we have paid everything we believe is payable.”
But Mr Blomfield, co-owner of Cinderella, is now suing the company for more than $300,000 in an attempt to recoup his investment in a Glen Eden store he says he outfitted on an agreement he would get a Hell franchise for it.
Cinderella had walked away from the Hell advertising account when Hell decided to re-tender it, despite being invited to re-bid for the business.
Mr Blomfield said that since then the “tiff” over 48 unpaid invoices from Cinderella, dating from March, had tainted the relationship and that was why he was not awarded the Glen Eden franchise. “There is no other reason for this other than them being petty and spiteful,” he said. “It is personal.
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