Supermarket letter – 8
SUPERMARKET NEWSLETTER NO. 8
Incorrect prognosis from Albert Heijn to ex-C1000 franchisee
On December 3, 2014, the District Court of the Northern Netherlands ruled on a dispute in which the attorneys of the Supermarkets section of Ludwig & Van Dam franchise attorneys (Jeroen Sterk and Alex Dolphijn) represented an ex-C1000 entrepreneur. Albert Heijn had issued a prognosis that did not come true.
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