Unhappy Franchisee

The Wallaby Windows franchise was founded by Scott Marr, husband of franchise attorney & Congressional hopeful Keith Gross (Keithly Gross). Scott Marr sold Wallaby Windows & Koala Insulation to Empower Brands for an undisclosed sum. Of the 18 Wallaby Windows franchises disclosed in the 2024 Wallaby Windows FDD, only four (22%) are listed as still active. What ...

Gross Law, the Panama City Beach, FL law firm owned by an attorney running for the open Congressional seat in Florida’s Second District, was unsuccessful in its attempt to get Temporary Restraining Orders (TRO), and injunctive relief (including a $25,000 penalty) against twelve small business owners including a Veteran couple with nearly four decades of military servi...

The DonutNV Franchise Report chronicles, in real time, one of the most public, documented and emblematic cautionary tales of the “mom & pop” sector of the modern franchise industry. Here’s what’s happening in summer 2026. by Sean Kelly, Publisher, UnhappyFranchisee.Com, founder, Truth for Veterans, Truth for All initiative.

On May 22 and May 23rd, 2026, Gross Law Firm, on behalf of controversial and embattled seller DonutNV Franchising Inc., filed lawsuits against twelve DonutNV franchisees, including three military Veterans. The lawsuit filings followed an unsuccessful attempt by a 20+ coalition of franchisees to engage with the franchisor through mediation. One of the franchisee entiti...

Upfront Clarification: Congressional candidate Keith Gross, who founded and heads Gross Law Group P.A., has stated that he does not personally represent controversial and embattled franchise seller DonutNV Franchising Inc., nor is he involved with DonutNV’s alleged silencing of military Veteran franchisees. He states that “other attorneys” at his 3-attorney law fi...