What is the deadline for Bb.Q Chicken to notify a franchisee of the approval or disapproval of a proposed supplier?
Bb_Q_Chicken Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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If you wish to purchase, lease or use any products that we have not previously approved, or purchase or lease from a supplier we have not previously approved, you must submit a written request for approval or you must request the supplier to do so. You must reimburse our travel charges and costs related to our testing and inspection (not to exceed $1,500). We must approve any supplier in writing before you make any purchases from that supplier. We can require that our representatives be permitted to inspect the supplier's facilities and that samples from the supplier be delivered, either to us or to an independent laboratory, for testing. We have the right to re-inspect the facilities and products of any approved supplier and to revoke our approval if the supplier fails to continue to meet any of our then-current standards. Our supplier approval procedure does not obligate us to approve any particular supplier. We will notify you in writing within 30 days after we complete the inspection and evaluation process of our approval or disapproval of any proposed supplier. We are not required to make available to you or to any supplier our criteria for product or supplier approval. We are not obligated to approve any specific product or supplier if we believe that approval of that product or supplier is not in the best interests of the System. We may revoke our prior approval of any product or supplier at any time, and after your receipt of written notice from us regarding our revocation you must stop using tha
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 27–31)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bb.Q Chicken's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if a franchisee wishes to purchase or lease products from a supplier not previously approved, they must submit a written request for approval. Bb.Q Chicken will then notify the franchisee in writing of the approval or disapproval of the proposed supplier within 30 days after completing the inspection and evaluation process.
Bb.Q Chicken can require its representatives be permitted to inspect the supplier's facilities and that samples from the supplier be delivered for testing. The franchisee may need to reimburse Bb.Q Chicken for travel charges and costs related to testing and inspection, but these costs will not exceed $1,500.
It is important to note that Bb.Q Chicken's supplier approval procedure does not obligate them to approve any particular supplier. Bb.Q Chicken is also not required to make available to franchisees or any supplier its criteria for product or supplier approval. Bb.Q Chicken may also revoke prior approval of any product or supplier at any time, and the franchisee must stop using that product or purchasing from that supplier after receiving written notice of the revocation.