What specific items require the application of All Team's specifications for purchase?
All_Team Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
To protect and maintain the goodwill and public acceptance and recognition of the Marks and System, you must apply our specifications to your purchases of signs, stationery, business cards and office supplies with Marks imprinted on them. We furnish the names and available sources for computer equipment, signs, stationery, business cards and office supplies. The specifications for all of the above products are available in the Confidential Operations Manual which may be changed from time to time. If we do so, we will inform you of any changes by updates or supplements to the Confidential Operations Manual. The use of approved suppliers of goods and services will represent approximately 5% of your overall purchases and leases in opening the Agency and 5% of your overall purchases and leases in operating the Agency.
If you wish to purchase or lease any goods, products, equipment or supplies not approved by us as meeting our specifications, you must first notify us. We may require you to submit sufficient photographs, drawings and/or other information and samples to determine whether these goods, products, equipment, or supplies meet our specifications. Our standards and specifications may impose minimum requirements for delivery, performance, design and appearance. We will advise you within a 45 day period whether these goods, products, equipment or supplies meet our specifications. We may require samples from alternate suppliers to be delivered to us or to a designated independent testing laboratory (or other place we determine) for testing before approval and use. We may also require you to pay a charge not to exceed the actual cost of the test made by us or by an independent testing laboratory designated by us. We may revoke our approval of particular items or suppliers in our discretion upon notice to you.
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 15–16)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to All Team's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must adhere to specific standards when purchasing certain items. To maintain brand consistency and public recognition of All Team's trademarks and system, franchisees are required to apply the company's specifications to purchases of signs, stationery, business cards, and office supplies that feature All Team's marks.
All Team furnishes the names and available sources for computer equipment, signs, stationery, business cards, and office supplies. The specific requirements for these products are detailed in the Confidential Operations Manual, which All Team may update periodically. Franchisees will be informed of any changes through updates or supplements to this manual.
The use of approved suppliers for goods and services represents approximately 5% of a franchisee's overall purchases and leases both when opening and operating the All Team agency. If a franchisee wishes to purchase or lease any goods, products, equipment, or supplies not already approved by All Team, they must first notify the company and provide sufficient information or samples for All Team to determine if the items meet their specifications. All Team will then advise the franchisee within 45 days whether the items meet the required standards.