Is Bb.Q Chicken obligated to approve any particular equipment supplier?
Bb_Q_Chicken Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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 that product or stop purchasing from that supplier.
You must purchase the required beverage machine from a designated supplier.
You are required to purchase, from us, all the equipment you are required to use and will need in the operation of your Franchised Business. We purchase all equipment on your behalf from the following designated suppliers:
Map Restaurant Supply 358-360 South Street Newark, New Jersey 07105
Phone: 973-578-4411
or
Action Sales 415 South Atlantic Boulevard Monterey Park, California 91754
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, we earned $2,872,548.72, or 5.4% of our total revenue, through equipment purchases with designated suppliers made on behalf of our franchisees.
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.
We estimate that your purchases from us or approved suppliers, or that must conform to our specifications, will represent approximately 80% to 90% of your total purchases in establishing the Franchised Business, and approximately 80% to 90% of your total purchases in the continuing operation of the Franchised Business.
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, Bb.Q Chicken's supplier approval procedure does not obligate them to approve any particular supplier. Bb.Q Chicken will notify franchisees in writing within 30 days after completing the inspection and evaluation process of their approval or disapproval of any proposed supplier. Bb.Q Chicken is not required to make available to franchisees or to any supplier their criteria for product or supplier approval. Bb.Q Chicken is not obligated to approve any specific product or supplier if they believe that approval of that product or supplier is not in the best interests of the Bb.Q Chicken System. Bb.Q Chicken may revoke their prior approval of any product or supplier at any time, and after a franchisee's receipt of written notice from Bb.Q Chicken regarding their revocation, the franchisee must stop using that product or stop purchasing from that supplier.
Prospective Bb.Q Chicken franchisees should note that they must purchase the required beverage machine from a designated supplier. Franchisees are required to purchase, from Bb.Q Chicken, all the equipment they are required to use and will need in the operation of their Franchised Business. Bb.Q Chicken purchases all equipment on the franchisee's behalf from designated suppliers, Map Restaurant Supply and Action Sales.
If a franchisee wishes to purchase, lease, or use any products that Bb.Q Chicken has not previously approved, or purchase or lease from a supplier Bb.Q Chicken has not previously approved, the franchisee must submit a written request for approval or must request the supplier to do so. The franchisee must reimburse Bb.Q Chicken's travel charges and costs related to their testing and inspection, not to exceed $1,500. Bb.Q Chicken must approve any supplier in writing before the franchisee makes any purchases from that supplier. Bb.Q Chicken can require that their representatives be permitted to inspect the supplier's facilities and that samples from the supplier be delivered, either to Bb.Q Chicken or to an independent laboratory, for testing. Bb.Q Chicken has the right to re-inspect the facilities and products of any approved supplier and to revoke their approval if the supplier fails to continue to meet any of their then-current standards.
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, Bb.Q Chicken earned $2,872,548.72, or 5.4% of their total revenue, through equipment purchases with designated suppliers made on behalf of their franchisees. Bb.Q Chicken estimates that a franchisee's purchases from Bb.Q Chicken or approved suppliers, or that must conform to Bb.Q Chicken's specifications, will represent approximately 80% to 90% of their total purchases in establishing the Franchised Business, and approximately 80% to 90% of their total purchases in the continuing operation of the Franchised Business.