Will Azal Coffee provide franchisees with access to the Brand Standards Manual?

s licensed to operate under the Franchise Agreement will be referred to in this Agreement as the "Franchise Business."

2) Definitions.

• a) The term "Brand Standards Manual" shall mean all manuals or other written materials relating to the Systems or containing the Company's specifications.
• b) The term "Competing Business" shall mean any business that competes with a Store and/or is the same or similar to an Azal Coffee Store, including but not limited to a business that sells the same or similar coffee beverages, cold drinks, teas, baked goods, pastries, food products, coffee beans, or coffee accessories for dine-in, carry-out, catering, or delivery or other products that may be offered by Azal Coffee Stores now or in the future.
• c) The term "Confidential Information" shall include, but shall not be limited to:
  • i) Brand Standards Manuals, training methods and materials, operations methods, menus, recipes, food preparation techniques and other techniques, processes, policies, procedures, systems and data;
  • ii) Knowledge and experience relating to Stores;
  • iii) Advertising, marketing techniques and strategies, and advertising programs used in developing and operating Stores;

Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 51)