The final solution is coming? The final solution for this Pig is send her back where she came from. It was in the Jewish general hospital 
Mai Abdulhadi
We can't tolerate that': Second Cup boss fires Montreal franchisee over Nazi remarks
Two Second Cup café locations at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital have been shut down after the reported franchise owner was filmed making Nazi references at a pro-Palestinian protest on Thursday.
The CEO of Foodtastic, which owns the Second Cup coffee chain, confirmed the news in an interview with The Gazette on Sunday.
The franchisee, identified by Foodtastic employees as Mai Abdulhadi, was recorded outside Concordia University giving the Nazi salute and appearing to tell pro-Israel counter-protesters: “The final solution is coming your way — the final solution. You know what the final solution is?”
The phrase, infamous for its association with Nazi Germany’s plan to exterminate Jews, sparked immediate outrage on social media.
Foodtastic CEO Peter Mammas said Sunday morning that the company acted swiftly to address the incident.
“We found out at around 2 o’clock on Saturday afternoon,” Mammas said, adding he was watching Gladiator II in the theatre with his kids at the time. Given the magnitude of the incident, he said, the company moved quickly to then review video evidence and speak to employees and people on the ground to verify the allegations.
“We actually talked to her as well. We basically said: ‘Listen, we cannot allow this to happen.’ We spoke to our lawyers, and we prepared a press release. We could not send out the press release for a few hours, until the lawyers actually sent her a termination letter,” Mammas explained.
He said Abdulhadi did not explicitly confirm the allegations during their discussions, but “didn’t deny it, either.” She is now seeking legal counsel, Mammas added.
Abdulhadi and her family members are listed as business owners in Quebec’s registry, with the business’s primary sector of activity listed as takeaway services and coffee counters. One of her family members was featured in Second Cup’s 2015 annual report.
Attempts to reach Abdulhadi for comment were unsuccessful by the time of publication.
Second Cup first announced the termination of the franchisee via a social media statement on Saturday, emphasizing its “zero tolerance for hate speech” and its commitment to inclusion and community values.
montrealgazette.com
Mai AbdulhadiWe can't tolerate that': Second Cup boss fires Montreal franchisee over Nazi remarks
Two Second Cup café locations at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital have been shut down after the reported franchise owner was filmed making Nazi references at a pro-Palestinian protest on Thursday.
The CEO of Foodtastic, which owns the Second Cup coffee chain, confirmed the news in an interview with The Gazette on Sunday.
The franchisee, identified by Foodtastic employees as Mai Abdulhadi, was recorded outside Concordia University giving the Nazi salute and appearing to tell pro-Israel counter-protesters: “The final solution is coming your way — the final solution. You know what the final solution is?”
The phrase, infamous for its association with Nazi Germany’s plan to exterminate Jews, sparked immediate outrage on social media.
Foodtastic CEO Peter Mammas said Sunday morning that the company acted swiftly to address the incident.
“We found out at around 2 o’clock on Saturday afternoon,” Mammas said, adding he was watching Gladiator II in the theatre with his kids at the time. Given the magnitude of the incident, he said, the company moved quickly to then review video evidence and speak to employees and people on the ground to verify the allegations.
“We actually talked to her as well. We basically said: ‘Listen, we cannot allow this to happen.’ We spoke to our lawyers, and we prepared a press release. We could not send out the press release for a few hours, until the lawyers actually sent her a termination letter,” Mammas explained.
He said Abdulhadi did not explicitly confirm the allegations during their discussions, but “didn’t deny it, either.” She is now seeking legal counsel, Mammas added.
Abdulhadi and her family members are listed as business owners in Quebec’s registry, with the business’s primary sector of activity listed as takeaway services and coffee counters. One of her family members was featured in Second Cup’s 2015 annual report.
Attempts to reach Abdulhadi for comment were unsuccessful by the time of publication.
Second Cup first announced the termination of the franchisee via a social media statement on Saturday, emphasizing its “zero tolerance for hate speech” and its commitment to inclusion and community values.
'We can't tolerate that': Second Cup boss fires Montreal franchisee over Nazi remarks
The franchisee was filmed telling pro-Israel protesters: “The final solution is coming your way — the final solution. You know what the final solution is?”
montrealgazette.com
