What aspects of a 7 Brew store's operation can Brand Standards direct?

or safety Law or standard, or (iv) any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or an assignment for the benefit of creditors is commenced by or against you, your owners, or the Store.

C. Compliance with Brand Standards

You agree to comply with all Brand Standards, as we may periodically modify them, as if they were part of this Agreement. You may not offer, sell, or provide at or from the Store any products or services that are not authorized in the Operations Manual. You must offer, sell, and provide all products and services we prescribe from time to time. We may change such products and services from time to time and from market to market based on numerous considerations. Brand Standards may direct any aspect of the Store's operation and maintenance that is material to the goodwill associated with the Marks, the Franchise System, and 7 BREW Stores. While we maintain the right to issue and modify Brand Standards, you alone exercise day-to-day control over the Store's operation and remain solely responsible for compliance with Brand Standards, which may include any one or more of the following:

• (1) required and/or authorized beverages and food products; ingredients and recipes; food-handling and preparation procedures; required and/or authorized services; and unauthorized and prohibited food products, beverages, and services (which the Store is not allowed to offer and sell under any circumstances). We always have the right to approve or disapprove in advance all products and services to be used at or sold by the Store, and the Store must comply with our directions. We may withdraw our approval of previously-authorized products and services upon notice to you based on what we think is best for 7 BREW Stores;
• (2) storage and packaging procedures and techniques;
• (3) inventory requirements so the Store may operate at full capacity;
• (4) sales, marketing, advertising, and promotional programs and the materials and media used in those programs, including participating in and complying with the requirements of any special advertising, marketing, and promotional programs we periodically specify;
• (5) adequate staffing levels to operate the Store in compliance with Brand Standards, appearance of Store personnel, and courteous service to customers. However, you have sole responsibility and authority for your labor relations and employment practices, including, among other things, employee selection, promotion, termination, hours worked, rates of pay, benefits, work assigned, discipline, adjustment of grievances and complaints, and working conditions. Store employees are exclusively under your control at the Store. You must communicate clearly with Store employees in your employment agreements, human resources manuals, written and electronic correspondence, paychecks, and other materials that you (and only you) are their employer and that we, as the franchisor of 7 BREW Stores, and our affiliates are not their employer and do not engage in any employer-type activities (including those described above) for which only franchisees are responsible. You must obtain an acknowledgment from all Store employees that you (and not we or our affiliates) are their employer;
• (6) standards, procedures, and requirements for responding to customer complaints;

• (7) price advertising policies and maximum, minimum, or other pricing requirements for products and services the Store sells, including requirements for national, regional, and local promotions, special offers, and discounts in which some or all 7 BREW Stores must participate, in each case to the maximum extent the Law allows;

Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 82–83)