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DRAMA SURROUNDS CLOSING OF CAFÉ DUPRI: Jermaine's health conscious eatery shutters; workers complained of non-payment.
*Jermaine Dupri closed the doors of his health conscious eatery Café Dupri indefinitely, according to a sign on the door.
The move comes three years after its grand opening in the Buckhead section of Atlanta, and within weeks of complaints from workers that paychecks were bouncing left and right. The music mogul blames the country's ailing economy for a downturn in revenue over the years.
“The economy has changed dramatically and people just aren’t eating out as much anymore,” Dupri told AllHipHop.com. “People are cutting back everywhere and a lot of companies, including Café Dupri, are feeling the affect. For the past two months business at the Café has been down and if the business isn’t making money, I feel its a smart move to shut it down. Bottom line: if it doesn't make money, it doesn't make sense."
Meanwhile, café workers are claiming that their paychecks have been rubbery for weeks, and rejected at local check cashing businesses. According to WSB-TV, employees arriving to work last week found a sign on the door that read "thanks for patronizing Café Dupri. We have closed indefinitely."
According to the workers, Dupri’s mother, Cecelia Mauldin, served as CEO of Café Dupri. She issued notices several times to employees stating that payroll funds were not available.
According to Allhiphop.com, a notice dated Aug. 11 instructed the workers to go to "a Sun Trust bank and cash your check. The cash flow will not be in the bank until Tuesday after 12. Sorry for the inconvenience."
Mauldin denies that the workers were stiffed out of their paychecks, and said it was a business decision to shut down Café Dupri, the Web site reports.
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