Who determines when the Apricot Lane representative will arrive to assist with the store opening?
Apricot_Lane Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You and COUNTRY VISIONS jointly determine when our representative will arrive to assist you with your store opening. If your Franchised Business is not ready when this representative arrives, we have the right to recall this person until we are satisfied that your Franchised Business is ready. If this happens, you must pay for the costs of sending this person back to your Franchised Business to help you open. This includes the costs involved in changing airline tickets if necessary. As an alternative to recalling the
Source: Item 5 — INITIAL FEES (FDD pages 10–11)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Apricot Lane FDD, the franchisee and Country Visions jointly decide when a representative will arrive to help with the store opening. However, if the store is not prepared when the representative arrives, Apricot Lane has the right to recall the representative until the store is ready.
If the representative is recalled, the franchisee is responsible for covering the costs of sending the representative back to the store to assist with the opening, including any necessary changes to airline tickets. As an alternative to recalling the representative, Apricot Lane can choose to have the representative remain on-site, in which case the franchisee must pay for additional lodging and living costs for each day the representative is unable to complete their tasks.
Apricot Lane also selects, schedules, and sends a store opener representative for staff training, visual merchandising, and opening support for a period of 4-6 days. The franchisee will be charged a fee of $1,500 plus expenses for this service.