Poke Bowl NY is founder-owned and free of outside investors, but growth now runs almost entirely through paid franchisees rather than Hausner-funded stores. No labor violations turned up anywhere, yet wages sit at the city's fast-food floor and no fish supplier, certification, or sustainability commitment is named anywhere in the company's own materials. The people actually accountable for what's on the menu and the paycheck at any given location are the franchise operators who bought into the brand, not Hausner himself.