What is the timeframe Beverly Anns Cookie has to approve advertising and promotional materials before they are deemed disapproved?
Beverly_Anns_Cookie Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Whenever this Franchise Agreement requires our approval, you must make a timely written request for approval, and the approval must be in writing in order to bind us. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Franchise Agreement, if we fail to approve any request for approval within the required period of time, we shall be deemed to have denied your request. If we deny approval and you seek legal redress for the denial, the only relief to which you may be entitled is to acquire our approval. Except where this Franchise Agreement states that we may not unreasonably withhold our approval or consent, we may withhold such approval or consent, in our sole discretion. You are not entitled to any other relief or damages for our denial of approval.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 57–235)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Beverly Anns Cookie Franchise Disclosure Document, if a franchisee seeks approval from Beverly Anns Cookie and does not receive a response within the required timeframe, the request is considered denied.
The FDD states that any request requiring Beverly Anns Cookie's approval must be submitted in writing. To be binding, the approval from Beverly Anns Cookie must also be in writing.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Franchise Agreement, if Beverly Ann's Cookie fails to approve any request for approval within the required period of time, they shall be deemed to have denied your request. This means that the timeframe for approval depends on what is specified elsewhere in the Franchise Agreement. If a specific timeframe is not stated, the request is not automatically denied.