What governs all accepted product orders for Afuri Ramen Dumpling?
Afuri_Ramen_Dumpling Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
- 1.7 Rights We Reserve.
We retain all rights not specifically granted to you under this Agreement.
We retain the right, in our sole discretion and without granting any right to you:
A. to use or license the use of the Marks or any other trademarks, service marks, logos or commercial symbols to anyone, and for any purpose, and at any location (except that we will not place an Afuri restaurant with your Franchise Territory).
B. to sell products or services anywhere, including within the Franchise Territory, using the Marks or different marks, through channels of distribution other than the Afuri restaurant franchise granted to you by this Agreement.
We will have no obligation to compensate you for any such sales made within your Franchise Territory.
For example, we may place Afuri establishments in airport and mall food courts, stadiums, and similar limited access environments in your Franchise Territory and regardless of the location of other Afuri operations.
We may place present and future Afuri products for sale in grocery stores and food markets at any location, whether or not within the Franchise Territory or within close proximity to an Afuri franchise.
Other distribution methods may also include internet sales, telephone sales, catalogue sales, sales via online marketplaces (such as Goldbelly.com, for example), and sales by other means.
- C. to reserve the exclusive right to use the Internet to promote the Marks and to offer and sell Afuri-related products and services.
You may not independently market on the Internet, conduct e-commerce, or make sales via online marketplaces except as otherwise allowed by us in the Operations Manual.
D. to locate Afuri company-owned and franchised restaurant locations anywhere outside of your Franchise Territory.
1.8 Pricing.
We will be permitted, to the extent permitted by relevant law, to establish price ceilings or minimum or maximum allowable prices on the products and services you offer and sell.
You may be required go through us to update menu pricing on our end as we will maintain control over the menu and related customer-facing information via our custom or proprietary software.
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 50–189)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
I am unable to provide information on what governs all accepted product orders for Afuri Ramen Dumpling, according to the 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document. This document does not provide information on what governs all accepted product orders. The FDD does mention that Afuri Franchise, Inc. retains rights not specifically granted to the franchisee, including the right to sell products or services anywhere through various channels of distribution and the right to use the internet to promote the brand and offer products.
Item 1.8 discusses pricing, stating that Afuri Ramen Dumpling will be permitted to establish price ceilings or minimum or maximum allowable prices on the products and services franchisees offer and sell, to the extent permitted by relevant law. It also states that franchisees may be required to go through Afuri Ramen Dumpling to update menu pricing, as they will maintain control over the menu and related customer-facing information via their custom or proprietary software.
To fully understand the specifics of product orders, a prospective franchisee should ask the franchisor for details regarding the process for ordering products, the criteria for order acceptance, and any related policies or guidelines.