With whom must the 7 Brew Managing Owner communicate regarding store-related matters?

We periodically will advise you or make recommendations regarding the Store's operation with respect to:

• (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)