What does 'COUNTRY VISIONS' refer to in the Apricot Lane FDD?
Apricot_Lane Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
To simplify the language in this Disclosure Document, we will use certain shorthand terms to identify parties. The terms "COUNTRY VISIONS", "we", "us", or "our" means COUNTRY VISIONS, INC., the franchisor. "You" means the person (or owners), individually and collectively, who buy the franchise, or if you are a corporation or partnership, it means the owners who are responsible, under their guarantee, for performance by the franchisee of all its obligations. We do business under the name "APRICOT LANE". All of our franchises operate under the name "APRICOT LANE". Our agents for service of process are listed in Exhibit D to this Disclosure Document.
On January 2, 1996, the franchisor was incorporated as COUNTRY VISIONS, Inc., a California corporation. Since August 2022, our principal business address is 1339 Oliver Road, Suite A, Fairfield, California 94534. Before August 2022, our principal business address was 3333 Vaca Valley Parkway, Suite 700, Vacaville, California 95688. We have no predecessors or parent companies.
COUNTRY VISIONS offers franchises for the establishment, development and operation of retail facilities called APRICOT LANE Stores (the "Stores") that sell fashion apparel and accessories, bath and body products, decor, gifts, candles, and jewelry.
Franchisees use our formats, procedures, methods and techniques collectively called the "System" which we may change, improve and further develop in our discretion. The System includes various manuals, collectively referred to herein as the "Confidential Operations Manual". Franchises operate under the mark "APRICOT LANE" and other trademarks, service marks, logos and commercial symbols authorized by COUNTRY VISIONS, (collectively the "Marks"). The business of operating the Store is sometimes called the "Franchised Business" in this Disclosure Document.
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 8–9)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Apricot Lane FDD, the terms 'COUNTRY VISIONS', 'we', 'us', or 'our' refers to COUNTRY VISIONS, INC., which is the franchisor of Apricot Lane. The FDD clarifies that 'you' refers to the person or owners who are buying the franchise. Apricot Lane franchises operate under the name 'APRICOT LANE'.
COUNTRY VISIONS, Inc. was incorporated on January 2, 1996, as a California corporation. The principal business address for Apricot Lane is 1339 Oliver Road, Suite A, Fairfield, California 94534, since August 2022. Before August 2022, the principal address was 3333 Vaca Valley Parkway, Suite 700, Vacaville, California 95688. The document emphasizes that COUNTRY VISIONS has no predecessors or parent companies.
COUNTRY VISIONS offers franchises for retail facilities known as APRICOT LANE Stores, which sell fashion apparel and accessories, bath and body products, decor, gifts, candles, and jewelry. Franchisees are required to use the franchisor's formats, procedures, methods, and techniques, referred to as the 'System,' which may be updated or changed at the franchisor's discretion. The stores operate under the 'APRICOT LANE' mark and other trademarks authorized by COUNTRY VISIONS.