What does the Beef O Bradys agreement require regarding System Standards?
Beef_O_Bradys Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
or recommended participation in any ecommerce, Intranet, Internet or Website communities, systems or processes, Website and compliance with any Internet, Intranet or e-commerce policies or procedures which may establish from time to time; and
- (r) Start-Up Obligations. Your obligation, if designated by us, to provide the Beef's Operator Training Program, Opening On-Site Assistance, or additional or refresher training to Family Sports Pubs franchisees at your Family Sports Pub or at another location and at such times that we may designate from time to time. If we require you to provide Beef's Operator Training Program, Opening On-Site Assistance or additional or refresher training to new franchisees, we will compensate you the amount we determine to be the cost incurred by you for providing such Beef's Operator Training Program, Opening On-Site Assistance or additional or refresher training and a reasonable fee to you for your providing the training.
You agree that System Standards prescribed from time to time in the Manuals, or otherwise communicated to you in writing or other tangible form, constitute provisions of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein. All references to this Agreement include all System Standards as periodically modified.
- 11.3 Modification of System Standards. We may periodically modify System Standards, which may accommodate regional or local variations as we determine. Such modifications may obligate you to invest additional capital into your Family Sports Pub ("Capital Modifications") and/or cause you to incur higher operating costs. However, such modifications will not alter your fundamental status and rights under this Agreement. We will not obligate you to make any Capital Modifications when such investment cannot in our reasonable judgment be amortized during the remaining term of this Agreement**,** plus all eligible successor periods, unless we agree to extend the term of your franchise so that such additional investment, in our reasonable judgment, may be amortized; unless such investment is necessary in order to comply with applicable laws. We agree to give you up to 90 days to comply with Capital Modifications we require. However, if a Capital Modification requires an expenditure of more than $20,000 we agree to give you up to 180 days from the date such request is made to comply with such Capital Modification. You are obligated to comply with all modifications to System Standards, including Capital Modifications, within the time period we specify. In no event will we require you to spend in any 12-month period in excess of 25% of the total high-end Item 7 expenditure estimates set forth in this Disclosure Document for "Equipment," "Furniture, Fixtures & Millwork," "
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS. (FDD pages 66–330)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Beef O Bradys's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchise agreement stipulates that franchisees must adhere to the System Standards as outlined in the manuals or communicated in writing or other tangible forms. These standards are considered part of the agreement and are subject to periodic modifications by Beef O Bradys to accommodate regional or local variations.
The modifications to System Standards may require franchisees to invest additional capital into their Family Sports Pubs, potentially leading to higher operating costs. However, these modifications will not alter the franchisee's fundamental status and rights under the agreement. Beef O Bradys will provide franchisees with a compliance period of up to 90 days for general Capital Modifications and up to 180 days for modifications exceeding $20,000.
Franchisees are obligated to comply with all modifications to System Standards within the specified time frame. However, Beef O Bradys will not require franchisees to spend more than 25% of the total high-end Item 7 expenditure estimates for specific categories like Equipment, Furniture, Fixtures & Millwork, Audio and Video Equipment, Leasehold Improvements, and Signage, combined, in any 12-month period for Capital Modifications. Beef O Bradys retains the right to mandate Capital Modifications for re-imaging purposes when at least 75% of the Beef 'O' Brady's system has adopted the new image.
In addition to modifications, franchisees must maintain the Family Sports Pub's interior and exterior, including the surrounding area, to the highest standards of cleanliness, orderliness, and sanitation, in accordance with the requirements established in the manuals and by federal, state, and local laws. Unless otherwise approved in writing, franchisees must operate the Family Sports Pub between 11:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., Monday through Sunday.