I-AriZona Iced yabanini bee Tea iintloko ngaphezulu kwemali nekofu. (Ifoto: Mike Mozart / Flickr Creative Commons)
Xa uDon Vultaggio efuna ukuba i-AriZona Iced Tea ihlawulise abasebenzi bayo iisenti ezingama-50 kwikomityi yekofu, uJohn Ferolito, uSr wenziwa. Yena kunye nomsunguli wakhe we-AriZona babengabagidigidi. Banokukwazi ukufumana iijug ezimbalwa zeJoe. Kodwa uMnu Vultaggio wanyanzelisa-uyayazi ukuba basela abasebenzi kangakanani ikofu?
Banomehluko omkhulu kunye nomncinci ngendlela inkampani ekufuneka iqhutywe ngayo, UNicholas Gravante , Ugqwetha lika Mnu Ferolito we Boies, Schiller & Flexer LLP, utshilo.
Kwi Ngo-1998 , Umnumzana Ferolito ushiye ikratshi kunye novuyo ezandleni zeqabane lakhe lexesha elide lishishini, ebesenza naye iziselo ukusukela ngaphambi kokuba i-Starbucks ibeyindawo. Ekuqaleni, uMnu Ferolito wayebaleke iAriZona ngelixa uMnu Vultaggio elawula yonke imihla kwindawo yokugcina izinto. Kodwa xa owokugqibela wagqiba kwelokuba ufuna i-ofisi enembono endaweni yelori yokuhambisa, watshintsha waba yinkampani kwaye iintlantsi zabhabha. Kungekudala, aba bahlobo babini bangaphambili babesilwa yonke into, ukusuka kwikofu ngeesenti ezingama-50 ukujongana neCoca-Cola nge- $ 4 yezigidigidi.
Nangona uMnu Ferolito wakhetha ukushiya ikomkhulu ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane, wayesenesiqingatha sezabelo zeAriZona. Njengoko iimfumba zamaphepha zilindele ukutyikitywa kwakhe, wakroba iphepha ngalinye ngokukhawuleza. Kwimbambano yokutyikitya, ukutywina, nokuhambisa, wavuma isithintelo sokuthengisa isitokhwe sikaMnu Vultaggio ngaphandle kokwazi intsingiselo yaso. Ukusukela ngo-2005, uMnu. Ferolito ebezama ukufaka imali kwiqhekeza lakhe, kwaye amagama amakhulu afana no-Nestlé no-Tata bebethandana naye iminyaka. Kodwa ngenxa yesithintelo, abanakuthenga.
Isikhundla sakhe sihlala sikukuba waqhathwa ngabantu awayebathembile ukuba batyikitye eso sivumelwano, utshilo uMnu Gravante.
Ekugqibeleni, nge-14 ka-Okthobha, uMnu Vultaggio wafumana incasa yeyeza lakhe. Ubulungisa uTimothy S. Driscoll weNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseNew York wagweba ukuba uMnu.Ferolito kunye nonyana wakhe inxenye yeAriZona ixabisa ubuncinci i-1 yezigidigidi zeerandi, kwaye ukuba uMnu Vultaggio ukhathalele ukuthatha yonke inkampani njengenkwenkwana enkulu, kuya kufuneka hlawula. Phambi kwetyala, wayebale isabelo sika Mnu Ferolito ngaphantsi kwesiqingatha sesigidi. Ufike njani kwelo nani, akukho namnye owaziyo, njengothelekelelo oluthobekileyo lwexabiso le-Tea ye-AriZona Iced nguMnu Driscoll's $ 2 billion.
Ngenxa yokuba babethe umntu ohlekisayo, baphulukana nokuthembeka kwinkundla, uMnu Gravante uthe ngeqela lika Mnu Vultaggio.
Ekugqibeleni, uMnu. Ferolito wayephoxekile nge-1 yezigidigidi zeedola. Amanani akhe ayephezulu kakhulu, kunye nonyana wakhe Ubunzima kwirhafu kunye nokutya kwakhe kokunethezeka, ezinye itshizi ezingaphezulu azizukulimaza ngoku. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ingaba utata kaWarbucks uza kuyifumana njani i-jet yesibini?
Kodwa kukho iindaba ezimnandi: ixabiso lakhe le-1 yezigidigidi liya kunyuka. Ngayo yonke imihla elinye icala elikhetha ukulibazisa intengiselwano, inzala engaphezu kweedola ezili-185,000 iya kutyhutyhwa kwisigwebo de ibe ingenisiwe. Ke, ukuba uMnu Vultaggio uzama isandla sakhe kwinto uMnu Gravante asithathela ingqalelo isibheno esingenamsebenzi ngokuchasene nesigqibo esathathelwa ingqalelo ngobulungisa nguJustice Driscoll, iindleko ezingaphezulu kwe- $ 250,000 ngemini zinokwenza nje ukuba uMnu Warehouse anqwenele ukuba akazange adlale ngomlilo.
Awu-ukuba nje wayenike ikofu yasimahla kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo.
