Can a Beyond Juicery Eatery franchisee maintain their own website?
Beyond_Juicery_Eatery Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
[Item 23: RECEIPTS]
You may not maintain a world wide web site or otherwise maintain a presence on the internet other than as we provide through our website.
You may not separately register any domain name or social media accounts containing any of the Trademarks nor participate in any web site that markets goods and services similar to a Restaurant.
We alone may establish, maintain, modify or discontinue all internet, social media accounts, world wide web and electronic commerce activities pertaining to the System.
We may establish one or more websites accessible through one or more uniform resource locators ("URLs") and if we do, we may design and provide for the benefit of your Restaurant a "click through" sub-page at each such website for the promotion of your Restaurant.
If we establish one or more such website or other modes of electronic commerce and if we provide a "click through" sub-page at each such website for the promotion of your Restaurant, you agree to routinely provide us with updated copy, photographs and news stories about your Restaurant suitable for posting on our website and your Restaurant's "click through" sub-page, the content, frequency and procedure of which will be specified in our Operations Manuals.
You agree that any pictures, photographs, or videos taken of you may be posted to our website and social media accounts in our discretion and all copyrights and other rights belong exclusively to us.
You have no right to request or demand that we remove any picture, photograph, or video of you.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 60–337)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Beyond Juicery Eatery Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are not allowed to maintain their own websites. The FDD states that franchisees cannot have their own presence on the internet outside of what the franchisor provides through their website. Franchisees are also prohibited from registering domain names or social media accounts that contain Beyond Juicery Eatery's trademarks. They also cannot participate in any website that markets goods and services similar to a Beyond Juicery Eatery restaurant.
Beyond Juicery Eatery retains the exclusive right to establish, maintain, modify, or discontinue all internet, social media, website, and electronic commerce activities related to the Beyond Juicery Eatery system. However, Beyond Juicery Eatery may establish one or more websites and provide a "click through" sub-page for each restaurant to promote the franchisee's specific location.
If Beyond Juicery Eatery provides a sub-page for the franchisee's restaurant, the franchisee must routinely provide updated content, photographs, and news stories suitable for posting on the website. Beyond Juicery Eatery also has the right to post pictures, photographs, or videos of the franchisee on their website and social media accounts, and the franchisee has no right to demand their removal. This policy ensures that all online presence and marketing efforts are controlled by Beyond Juicery Eatery to maintain brand consistency and quality.