What is a Partnership Vendor for Bath Tune Up?
Bath_Tune_Up Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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We have two types of third party designated suppliers: Partnership Vendors and Approved Vendors. Partnership Vendors are those who have proven, to our satisfaction, that their services and/or products are of a quality which will promote customer satisfaction with the Services and Products provided by the franchised business. Approved Vendors are those vendors, other than Partnership Vendors, from whom franchisees have approval in writing from us to purchase products for resale.
Most Partnership Vendors and Approved Vendors will provide us discounts and rebates based on purchases by our franchisees. Discounts generally are 10% of the purchase price. Rebates generally are 1% to 10% of the purchase price. We may use all discounts and rebates for any purpose that we and our affiliates deem appropriate. During 2024 we received discounts and rebates of $1,857,597, or about 13.3% of our total revenue of $13,929,258 from this source.
We endeavor to negotiate arrangements with Partnership Vendors and Approved Vendors to enable you to purchase at competitive prices.
We may, but are not required to, provide you with material benefits based on your purchases from Partnership Vendors and Approved Vendors.
Any purchases of products or services by you from any vendor other than us, a Partnership Vendor or an Approved Vendor will be considered a material breach of the franchise agreement and constitute grounds for immediate termination of the franchise agreement on written notice from us.
We estimate that about 95% of purchases for the establishment of the franchised business will be made from Partnership Vendors and Approved Vendors. After your franchised business is established and operating on a regular basis, we estimate that you will make up to 95% of your required purchases from Partnership Vendors or Approved Vendors. We estimate that your cost for consumable supplies will be 3% to 5% of your total Gross Revenue for restoration services. Of the sums spent by you for consumable supplies, about 5% will be for purchases of the private label products purchased from us.
We approve vendors on a case by case basis after careful review of the quality of the products they provide to us and our franchisees. If you believe that you have a product which equals or exceeds the performance characteristics of any product we sell, you may seek prior written approval for the substitute product. To seek prior written approval for a substitute product, you must submit a sample of the product for testing, along with any other information that we reasonably request. We will test the product, or have the product tested, to determine whether it equals or exceeds the performance characteristics of the present products. Our criteria for approving products and the suppliers of those products are not available to you. Our approval of substitute products will not be unreasonably withheld, and you will receive our reply within 30 days after our receipt of the product sample and any reasonably requested information. You are responsible for and will be billed for any reasonable costs we incur as part of this request for testing, not to exceed $500. We can revoke our approval at any time if we determine in our sole judgment that an Approved Vendor no longer meets or exceeds our standards. You will receive 30 days advance written notice of any revocation of our approval.
None of our officers owns an interest in any of our Partnership Vendors or Approved Vendors.
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 22–24)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bath Tune Up's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Partnership Vendors are third-party suppliers that have demonstrated to Bath Tune Up that their products or services are of a quality that will promote customer satisfaction with the services and products provided by the franchised business. Franchisees may only purchase products and services for bath improvements from Bath Tune Up, Partnership Vendors, or Approved Vendors.
Bath Tune Up endeavors to negotiate arrangements with Partnership Vendors and Approved Vendors to enable franchisees to purchase at competitive prices. Bath Tune Up may receive discounts and rebates from Partnership Vendors and Approved Vendors based on franchisee purchases. In 2024, Bath Tune Up received discounts and rebates of $1,857,597, which was about 13.3% of their total revenue of $13,929,258 from this source. Bath Tune Up may use all discounts and rebates for any purpose that they and their affiliates deem appropriate. Bath Tune Up may, but is not required to, provide franchisees with material benefits based on their purchases from Partnership Vendors and Approved Vendors.
Bath Tune Up estimates that about 95% of purchases for the establishment of the franchised business will be made from Partnership Vendors and Approved Vendors. After the franchised business is established and operating on a regular basis, Bath Tune Up estimates that franchisees will make up to 95% of their required purchases from Partnership Vendors or Approved Vendors. Purchasing from any vendor other than Bath Tune Up, a Partnership Vendor, or an Approved Vendor will be considered a material breach of the franchise agreement and constitute grounds for immediate termination of the franchise agreement on written notice from Bath Tune Up. None of Bath Tune Up's officers owns an interest in any of their Partnership Vendors or Approved Vendors.
If a franchisee believes that they have a product which equals or exceeds the performance characteristics of any product Bath Tune Up sells, they may seek prior written approval for the substitute product. To seek prior written approval for a substitute product, the franchisee must submit a sample of the product for testing, along with any other information that Bath Tune Up reasonably requests. Bath Tune Up will test the product, or have the product tested, to determine whether it equals or exceeds the performance characteristics of the present products. The franchisee is responsible for and will be billed for any reasonable costs Bath Tune Up incurs as part of this request for testing, not to exceed $500. Bath Tune Up can revoke their approval at any time if they determine in their sole judgment that an Approved Vendor no longer meets or exceeds their standards. The franchisee will receive 30 days advance written notice of any revocation of approval.