From whom are Amorino franchisees permitted to purchase ingredients and supplies?
Amorino Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You shall purchase your requirements of Amorino Goods and Services from Amorino or its designated sources.
Such goods and services shall be made available for purchase at such prices as determined from time to time, and according to the supplier's then-current purchase terms and conditions.
You shall purchase all other products, equipment (including refrigerators, freezers and blenders), supplies and materials used or sold by the Franchised Business, including the Proprietary Products, solely from suppliers (including Amorino, or its Affiliates, and manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors) who demonstrate, to Amorino's continuing reasonable satisfaction, the ability to meet Amorino's reasonable standards and specifications for such items, who possess adequate quality controls and capacity to supply your needs promptly and reliably, and who have been approved by Amorino in the Manual or otherwise in writing and not thereafter disapproved.
You are required to purchase the majority of the Amorino Goods and Services from our Affiliate -18° and our Affiliate Amorino Trading, LLC.
You may purchase Amorino Goods and Services only from suppliers designated by Amorino and who may be Affiliates of Amorino.
You acknowledge and agree that Amorino and its Affiliates may negotiate purchase arrangements with suppliers for your benefit and may derive revenue or obtain rebates, bulk pricing discounts or allowances for their own account from approved or designated suppliers if rebates or other considerations become available because of your purchases of products or services.
Amorino may from time to time re-inspect and re-evaluate the facilities and products of any approved supplier and revoke its general approval of particular products or suppliers when
Amorino determines, in its sole discretion, that such products or suppliers no longer meet Amorino's standards or for other business reasons. Upon receipt of written notice of such revocation, you shall cease to sell any disapproved products and cease to purchase from any disapproved supplier.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 80–81)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Amorino FDD, franchisees must purchase Amorino Goods and Services from Amorino or its designated sources. These goods and services will be available at prices determined by the supplier and according to their current purchase terms and conditions. Amorino may designate themselves as the sole suppliers of any Amorino Goods and Services.
Franchisees are required to buy the majority of Amorino Goods and Services from Amorino's Affiliates, specifically -18° and Amorino Trading, LLC. Other products, equipment, supplies, and materials, including Proprietary Products, must be purchased from suppliers who meet Amorino's standards and specifications. These suppliers must have adequate quality controls and the capacity to supply the franchisee's needs promptly and reliably, and they must be approved by Amorino in the Manual or in writing.
Amorino retains the right to re-inspect and re-evaluate approved suppliers and can revoke approval if they no longer meet Amorino's standards or for other business reasons. Franchisees must cease purchasing from any disapproved supplier upon written notice of revocation. Amorino and its Affiliates may negotiate purchase arrangements with suppliers for the franchisee's benefit and may receive revenue, rebates, or discounts from approved suppliers based on the franchisee's purchases.