This is really heartening. You know there's a local grocery chain up here in New England that was started by 2 brothers, years later was owned by 2 cousins. One cousin, was really the one running it, knew all the store managers personally, many of the department managers, numerous staff in general & treated them like family (70+ stores) The other cousin was much less involved, just wanted to milk the chain for what it was worth, wanted to raise prices some & be less generous to the staff. At some point he got together with the board & fired his cousin, the one who was really running the place.

Then the store went on strike for the beloved former owner! They refused to unload the trucks & encouraged customers to shop elsewhere! After 6 weeks the cousin & board had no choice but to sell the chain to the fired cousin! The employees were all very happy. It's very encouraging.

The chain is always packed. It's got to be worth a billion dollars. I wondered why none of these business magazines ever wrote about it. It just shows the benefits of being a dedicated owner who really cares. I'm sure JOK is similar. I do hope this ends in a similar way <3