Under what conditions is Bambu permitted to provide information about the actual or potential financial performance of its franchised and/or franchisor-owned outlets?
Bambu Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Franchisee shall submit to Bambu current financial statements and other reports as Bambu may request to evaluate or compile research and performance data on any operational aspect of its Bambū shoppe.
Bambu may also pull this data from other reports and information provided by Franchisee hereunder.
Franchisee authorizes Bambu to utilize this information to prepare a financial performance representation, to release this information as necessary to substantiate any financial performance representation made by Bambu, to share such information in summary form as Bambu deems necessary or desirable to share with other franchisees at any annual convention or other franchise business meetings, or in any other manner and with any other parties that Bambu deems appropriate without obtaining any further written consent of Franchisee.
All financial information transmitted by Franchisee to Bambu pursuant to this Agreement shall be owned by Bambu as part of the
Source: Item 19 — Financial Performance Representations (FDD page 47)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bambu's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Bambu franchisees are required to submit current financial statements and other reports as requested by Bambu to evaluate or compile research and performance data on any operational aspect of their Bambū shoppe. Bambu may also obtain this data from other reports and information provided by the franchisee.
Bambu is authorized to use this information to prepare a financial performance representation. This means Bambu can create projections or reports about how well a franchise location might perform financially. Bambu can release this information to support any financial performance representation it makes, ensuring transparency and justification for its claims.
Furthermore, Bambu can share this information in summary form with other franchisees at annual conventions or other business meetings, or in any other manner and with any other parties that Bambu deems appropriate, without needing further written consent from the franchisee. All financial information transmitted by the franchisee to Bambu becomes the property of Bambu as part of the Business Records, without any obligation to account to the franchisee for its use and exploitation.