Besides the Operating Partner and General Manager, who else might Alloy require to maintain the confidentiality of the Manual and other confidential information?

According to Alloy's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, in addition to the Operating Partner and General Manager, Alloy may require other personnel to sign confidentiality agreements. Specifically, Alloy can request confidentiality agreements from "any personnel having access to any of our confidential information".

This means that Alloy has the discretion to require non-disclosure agreements from a potentially broad range of employees beyond just the Operating Partner and General Manager. This includes any employees who, as part of their job, might come into contact with sensitive business information, such as the contents of the operations manual, client databases, or financial data. The agreements must be in a form satisfactory to Alloy, and Alloy is a third-party beneficiary of the covenants with the independent right to enforce them.

These agreements ensure that confidential information remains protected, preventing it from being used by competitors or disclosed to unauthorized parties. While Alloy does not encourage non-compete agreements for hourly employees, they maintain the right to enforce confidentiality for those in key managerial roles or with access to sensitive data. This is a fairly standard practice in franchising, as franchisors need to protect their proprietary information and systems.

Prospective franchisees should be aware of this requirement and factor in the administrative burden of securing these agreements when hiring personnel. It also highlights the importance of carefully managing access to confidential information within the Alloy franchise to limit the number of employees who need to sign such agreements.