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July/August 2013 THE VO ICE OF 7-ELEVEN FRANCHISEES website Visit the National Coalition hotos www.NCASEF.com to see p ! from the 2013 convention Commitment To Community What A Convention! Remodeling The Store And Replacing Store Equipment The Importance Of I-9 Compliance Managing The Message Third Quarter President s’ Reports PAGE 58 Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program SEI’s Foodservice Goals Swipe Fees Again! Check Your Markdown Report Carefully! THE VO ICE OF 7 -ELEVEN FRANCHISEES July/August 2013 Contents FEATURING 37 What A Convention! Hire Heroes And The 22 Swipe Fees Again Front And Center By Jason Miko, NCASEF Urban Store Concept By Bruce Maples, Chairman, NCASEF 26 Check Your Markdown Report Carefully! 41 The Importance Of I-9 Compliance By Paul Lobana, By Jivtesh Gill, Executive Vice Vice President, Southern California FOA Chairman, NCASEF 45 7-Eleven, Inc.’s Duty To Act Third Quarter President s’ Reports | PAGE 58 Reasonably In Remodeling The Store And Repairing And Replacing Store Equipment D E By Craig P. Kennedy, Esq. General Counsel, NCASEF P A .............. R Member News 14 T M 49 Managing The Message When The Media Won’t E NCASEF Elections, 7-Eleven High-Tech Urban Store N T By Jas Dhillon, Vice Chairman, NCASEF Model, Immigration Reform, Franchisee Lawsuit, FOA S Raises $40,000 For MDA, Oregon Lottery 7-Eleven Scratch 53 Sharing The Cost Of SEI’s Foodservice Goals Ticket, Grab-And-Go Snacks, Retailers Sue Visa and Master - By Roger St. George, Vice Chairman, NCASEF Card, Swipe Fee Settlement, Seven&I Q1 Profit Up, Selling Large TVs, McDonald’s Franchisees Rebel, Gas And Cig Taxes, County 55 Don’t Miss Out On The Work Opportunity Tax Credit Requires Security Cameras, Baltimore Battleground, Hispanics Pur - Program chase at C -Stores, Increased Foodservice Sales, Wal-Mart Settles By Paige Burton, Director Of Public Relations, TaxBreak Labor Dispute, Class Action Rejected, Workers’ Comp, Drug Stores Legislative Update ................................. 24 bsite Visit the National Coalition web Judge Rejects Swipe Fee Rules, Affordable Care Act Delayed, .com to see photos Defining Full-Time Employees, Massachusetts and Illinois Ban www.NCASEF E-Cigs To Minors, NYC Targets E-Cigs, Big-Soda Ban Unconsti - from the 2013 convention! tutional, Polystyrene Foam Foodservice Ban, Changes To C- Store Rules, Gas Stations Change Nozzles, Michigan Online Lottery On Hold, Liquor Reform In PA, Texas Simplifies Sales Tax AVANTI is published by the National Coalition of ............................................................. 83 Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees for all inde - SEI News pendent franchisees, corporate store managers, 7-Eleven Charging Stations In NYC, Soda Shaq, Summer of area licensees and interested parties. 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AVANTI JUL Y | AUGUST 2013 13 Visit the National Coalition Website, www. ncas ef.c om NATIONAL COALITION OF ASSOCIATIONS OF 7-ELEVEN FRANCHISEES NATIONAL OFFICERS Bruce Maples NATIONAL CHAIRMAN Club at Pacific Palm Resorts on August 14. 520-577-8711 • [email protected] FOA Of Southern 7-Eleven vendors, FOASC members, cor - Jivtesh Gill California Donates To porate donors and individuals all partici - EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIRMAN pated in the golf outing by paying a fee to 209-481-7445 • [email protected] L.A. Children’s Hospital participate, proceeds of which went to - Craig P. Kennedy, Esq. The FOA of Southern California ward the donation. The formal presenta - GENERAL COUNSEL 714-557-3600 • [email protected] (FOASC) recently donated $20,711 to the tion of the check was made to Sara Los Angeles Children’s Hospital. The do - Hackett, Senior Associate Director, Cause Roger St. George VICE CHAIRMAN nation comes from proceeds raised during Partnerships and Cause Marketing at the 360-500-1248 • [email protected] the FOA’s 27th Annual Charity Golf Tour - Los Angeles Children’s Hospital. nament, held at the Industry Hills Golf Jatinder Singh “The 7-Eleven family of Franchise VICE CHAIRMAN Owners Associations has a 702-249-3301 • [email protected] long history of giving back Jas Dhillon to the communities in VICE CHAIRMAN which we live and work,” 818-571-1711 • [email protected] stated Nick Bhullar, Anas Abboud FOASC President. “So TREASURER 215-946-4608 • [email protected] many families, like mine, are grateful for the work of CONVENTION CHAIRPERSON the dedicated doctors, spe - 520-577-8711 [email protected] cialists, nurses and others who make Children’s Hos - John Riggio MEETING/TRADE SHOW COORDINATOR pital Los Angeles an excep - 262-275-3086 • [email protected] continued on page 16 Sheldon Smith From left to right: Byron Bennett; Sara Hackett, Senior Associate Director, Cause Partnerships and AVANTI PUBLISHER ADVERTISING MANAGER Cause Marketing at the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital; Jassi Randhawa; J. B. Sethi; Paul Lobana, VP 215-750-0178 • [email protected] FOASC; Bill Ball; Bruce Maples, National Chairman, National Coalition of Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees; Billu Samra; Nachhatar Bhullar, President FOASC; Narinder Dhillon; Rani Singh, Treasurer FOASC; Jawad Ursani, Secretary FOASC; and Raj Tehlan, Office Manager FOASC. Sheldon Smith PUBLISHE R&ADVERTISING SALES Join The National Coalition 215 750-0178 [email protected] The strength of an independent trade association lies in its ability to promote, protect and advance the best interests of its members, something no single member or advisory group John Santiago ASSISTANT EDITOR can achieve. The independent trade association can create a better understanding between 215 750-0 178 its members and those with whom it deals. National Coalition offices are located in [email protected] Tucson, Arizona. All queries and requests for information should be directed to: Tricia Kessler GRAPHIC DESIGN National Coalition of Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees KESSLER DIGITAL DESIGN 3561 East Sunrise Drive, Suite 135 Tucson, AZ 85718 The Voice of 7-Eleven Franchisees Office 520-577-8711 July/August 2013 ©2013 National Coalition of Fax 520-577-4688 Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees E-mail: [email protected] Avanti Magazine is the registered trademark of The National Coalition Of Associations Of 7-Eleven Franchisees. 14 AVANTI JUL Y | AUGUST 2013 Visit the National Coalition continued from page 14 Website, www. ncas ef.c om tionally important place in our commu - forcement agents raided and seized 14 7- nity. Giving back to the hospital and the Eleven stores in Virginia and Long Island dedicated men and women who perform SEI Keeping An Eye in June and charged the owners with em - miracles there every day is a privilege and On Immigration Reform ploying and supplying false U.S. citizen honor,” Bhullar concluded. “We are documents to more than 50 illegal immi - SEI recently hired Republican lobby - thrilled to accept this donation from the grants. Bruce Mehlman, David Castagnetti ing powerhouse Mehlman Vogel Castag - FOASC,” stated Sara Hackett, Senior As - and Alex Vogel are spearheading an 11- netti to monitor the Washington debate sociate Director, Cause Partnerships and member lobbying team for SEI. over immigration reform, according to Cause Marketing at the Los Angeles Chil - public relations firm O’Dwyer’s. The move dren’s Hospital. “This donation will be comes after Immigration and Customs En - used to provide for the NCASEF To Hold Elections life-saving and life-serving The National Coalition will hold elec - needs of the hospital and “NCASEF will hold elections for tions for chairman, executive vice chair allows us to continue pro - chairman, executive vice chairman and and treasurer during the association’s viding excellent care to treasurer at the Oct. 24-26 Board Meeting.” fourth quarter Board meeting October 24- those we serve,” she said. continued on page 20 than $3,200 for each unauthorized alien Form I-9 Compliance And Guidance —Second Offense: Not less than $3,200 and not During its third quarter Board meeting in Las Vegas, The NCASEF more than $6,500 for each unauthorized alien invited employment law expert Robert D. Haws from the law firm —Subsequent Offenses: Not less than $4,300 and Gust Rosenfeld, P.L.C. to educate franchisees on how best to handle not more than $16,000 for each unauthorized alien • Persons or entities who are convicted of having I-9 forms. Below are highlights from Mr. Haws’ presentation. engaged in a pattern or practice of knowingly hiring unauthorized aliens may face fines of up to $3,000 BEST PRACTICES long after termination the Form I-9 must be re - per employee and/or six months imprisonment. • To comply with Section 274A of the Immigra - tained, which is either three years after the date of tion and Nationality Act (INA) employers must hire, or one year after the date employment is ter - E-VERIFY verify the identity and employment authoriza - minated, whichever is later. • E-Verify provides an automated link to federal tion of each person they hire, and complete and • The Immigration and Nationality Act specifically databases to help employers confirm the em - retain a Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verifica - authorizes DHS, OSC, and DOL to in - ployment authorization of new hires. E-Verify is tion, for each employee. spect Forms I-9. DHS, OSC, and OLD free to employers and is available in all 50 states.