What does the 360 Painting Brand Standards Manual include?
360_Painting Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
provide to you, on loan, one copy of the Brand Standards Manual, which includes (among other things) employment applications, interview questions, job descriptions, and suggested pay scales. Our current Brand Standards Manual is 58 pages long in hard copy format and includes links to approximately 80 hours of video content and a dynamic amount of print copy that changes as necessary to support franchisees. The Table of Contents of our Brand Standards Manual is attached to this Disclosure Document as Exhibit D. (FA Section 7). Note that our System does not include any personnel policies or procedures or security-related policies or procedures that we (at our option) may make available to you in the Brand Standards Manual or otherwise for your optional use. You will determine to what extent, if any, these policies and procedures might apply to your operations of your Business. We neither dictate nor control labor or employment matters for franchisees and their employees and we are not responsible for the safety and security of your Business employees or customers.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 27–38)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 FDD, 360 Painting provides franchisees with a Brand Standards Manual that includes employment applications, interview questions, job descriptions, and suggested pay scales. The manual is loaned to the franchisee. The current Brand Standards Manual is 58 pages long in hard copy format and includes links to approximately 80 hours of video content and a dynamic amount of print copy that changes as necessary to support franchisees. The Table of Contents of the Brand Standards Manual is attached to the Disclosure Document as Exhibit D.
The manual also includes sections on pre-opening programs, human resources, marketing and advertising, sales procedures, and standard operating procedures. These sections contain detailed information such as responsibilities to employees, required advertising expenditures, estimating best practices, and finance management. The Brand Standards Manual also covers technology and provides helpful documents and links.
Prospective franchisees should note that 360 Painting's system does not include any personnel policies or procedures or security-related policies or procedures that 360 Painting may make available in the Brand Standards Manual or otherwise for optional use. Franchisees determine to what extent, if any, these policies and procedures might apply to their operations. 360 Painting does not dictate nor control labor or employment matters for franchisees and their employees and is not responsible for the safety and security of the franchisee's Business employees or customers.