The original post is silly. Remember no existing, successful business NEEDS to buy or merge with this can of worms. Let's also remember that the CEOs and their executive team are delusional. They're legends in their own minds. No one else really "gets it." Wall Street investors, TMs, competitors? We're all just lesser beings who can't understand their ways. They refuse to take responsibility for their disorganization, poor execution and lack of management ability. I mean, really, to think they are still rapidly expanding under the old technology and the same bolloxed-up regional structure? And on the eve of launching a new copycat concept they fire the most knowledgeable TMs? How crazy is that? And they blame investors for not understanding that they are changing the world. This is actually how they think, people! I know, again, HOW CRAZY IS THAT? Here's my prediction: The CEOs are like homeowners who have done all these crappy additions and renovations on a bad foundation and tried to cover up the mess with new walls and fresh paint, but any buyer can see it's a mess. Still they want top dollar for their house. We all know how that usually works out when homeowners refuse to accept reality and the same goes for businesses, especially those where the founders still run things. Just because they are getting older and want to cash out doesn't mean that someone will step up and help them do it.