Where are the specifications and list of approved and designated suppliers for Beard Papas contained?
Beard_Papas Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
To ensure that our standards and specifications of quality, service and System development are maintained, you must operate your Shop in strict conformity with the Franchise Agreement and the methods, standards, specifications and sources of supply that we designate and prescribe in the Manuals or as we may otherwise designate and approve in writing.
Source Restricted Purchases and Leases – Generally
We require that you purchase or lease certain source restricted goods and services for the development and operation of your Shop. Source restricted goods and services are goods and services that must meet our specifications and/or that must be purchased from an approved or designated supplier that may include us or our affiliates. We may designate a supplier, including ourselves or our affiliates, as the exclusive supplier for the System. Our specifications and list of approved and designated suppliers is contained in our Manuals. We will notify you of any changes to our specifications or list of approved or designated suppliers. We may notify you of these changes in various ways, including written or electronic correspondence, amendments and updates to our Manuals, and other forms of communication. We formulate and modify our standards and specifications for products and services based on our industry experience and our management decisions as to the overall operation and expansion of the System. If we have previously approved a supplier, and their standards fall below our designated standards, we will revoke our approval. We will notify you in writing of us revoking our approval.
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 26–29)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Beard Papas's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the specifications and the list of approved and designated suppliers are contained in the Beard Papas Manuals. Franchisees are required to operate their shops in strict accordance with the Franchise Agreement and the methods, standards, specifications, and sources of supply that Beard Papas designates and prescribes in the Manuals or as otherwise designated and approved in writing.
Beard Papas requires franchisees to purchase or lease certain source-restricted goods and services for the development and operation of their shops. These are goods and services that must meet Beard Papas's specifications and/or be purchased from an approved or designated supplier, which may include Beard Papas or its affiliates. Beard Papas retains the right to designate a supplier, including themselves or their affiliates, as the exclusive supplier for the system.
Beard Papas will notify franchisees of any changes to their specifications or list of approved or designated suppliers through various means, including written or electronic correspondence, amendments and updates to the Manuals, and other forms of communication. If a previously approved supplier's standards fall below Beard Papas's designated standards, Beard Papas will revoke their approval and notify the franchisee in writing.