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Attempted poaching!
P’Heights shop accuses Chick-fi l-A of luring employees
Photo by Aidan Graham
Brooklyn outpost two blocks
down Flatbush Avenue from
Franca’s juice shop next month,
and Monar suspects the recruiter
was looking to stock the
chicken chain’s hen house by
enticing the four juicers working
that day to fly the coop.
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By Aidan Graham
Brooklyn Paper
Why did the chicken cross
the road? To steal another
business’ employees!
The owner of a Prospect
Heights juice bar is blasting
management at southern fried
chicken chain Chick-fil-A for
a shameless attempt to poach
his employees.
“To have someone come in
and target the whole staff was
kind of ridiculous,” said Evan
Franca, owner of Flatbush Avenue’s
Brooklyn Crepe and
Juice. “It’s one of those things
that really rubs me the wrong
was as a business owner in
the community for the last
11 years.”
The Georgia-based fried
chicken chain dispatched a
saboteur to Franca’s juice shop
between Prospect Place and
St. Marks Avenue on Aug. 24,
according to a manager, who
said the secret agent engaged
in some casual chitchat with
a cashier — before suddenly
talking turkey.
“He seemed friendly,”
said Julian Monar. “Before
he leaves he hands the cashier
a few business cards and
says he’s from Chick-fil-A —
they’re opening a location by
the Barclays Center, and they
are hiring.”
Chick-fil-A is just weeks
away from opening its first
By Aidan Graham
Brooklyn Paper
A Brooklyn Nets player
was arrested on Tuesday
morning for allegedly assaulting
his girlfriend following
a bitter argument at
his Gowanus apartment on
June 27, according to court
documents.
Rodions Kurucs — a 6
foot, 9 inch NBA player —
grabbed the 32-year-old victim
by her throat and threw
her on a bed, before slapping
her in the face multiple
times following a heated
exchange in his Bond Street
apartment near First Street,
according to police.
Kurucs, 21, then bit her lip
and violently pushed her into
the bed frame, cops said.
The victim reported the
assault on Aug. 27 — two
months after the alleged incident
— leading to Kurucs’
Sept. 3 arrest, according to
police.
An attorney for Kurucs
flatly denied the allegations
on behalf of his client, claiming
the plaintiff’s claims were
motivated by a bad breakup
that occurred well after the
alleged assault.
“The former couple flew
away together arm-in arm in
the days that followed the alleged
incident, and only after
an unfortunate breakup
did these claims appear —
claims that the misdemeanor
hearing today revealed were
backed by no photographs or
objective medical facts.”
Kurucs was released without
bail Tuesday following
his arraignment on charges of
third-degree assault, criminal
obstruction of breathing,
third-degree menacing, and
other related charges, according
to District Attorney Eric
Gonzalez.
The Latvian-born hoops
player is due back in court
on Oct. 21.
Brooklyn Nets’ Rodions Kurucs was arrested Tuesday
for allegedly beating his girlfriend inside his
Gowanus apartment.
AP Photo/John Locher
Nets player arrested
“I was surprised someone
would do that,” said Monar.
“That’s a little disrespectful.”
Following the loony attempt
at industrial sabotage,
the juice bar manager informed
his employer about
the chicken chain’s shady
tactics, and Franca fired off
an angry email to Chick-fil-
A headquarters, but all he got
in reply was an automated,
cookie-cutter apology for the
“poor customer service.”
“They obviously didn’t even
read my email,” said Franca.
“They just gave me a copied
and pasted response.”
So far, none of Franca’s employees
have agreed to join
Chick-fil-A’s flock, but he’s
still mad as a wet hen!
“To have it come from a
big chain like that was very
surprising,” he said. “It’s one
thing that I really don’t like,
and to have it happen on a mass
scale is just concerning.”
Neither the Chick-fil-A employee
nor anyone from their
corporate offices responded
to request for comment.
The owner of a Flatbush Avenue juice bar is accusing
Chick-Fil-A management of a flagrant attempt
to recruit his entire staff to work at the new chicken
outpost in Brooklyn.
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