Does Beyond Juicery Eatery require franchisees to follow operating procedures specified by their affiliates?
Beyond_Juicery_Eatery Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Operations Manuals – our confidential operating manuals, as amended from time to time in our sole discretion, which contain the instructions, requirements, standards, specifications, methods
and procedures for the operation of the Restaurant including without limitation, (i) those relating to the selection, purchase, service and sale of all products and services sold at the Restaurant; (ii) those relating to the maintenance and repair of the Restaurant, buildings, grounds, equipment, signs, interior and exterior décor items, fixtures and furnishings; (iii) those relating to employee apparel and dress, accounting, bookkeeping, record retention and other business systems, procedures and operations, and other brand protection standards; and (iv) the purchase, storage, and preparation of all Menu Items. The Operations Manuals may be revised from time to time by us in our sole discretion through the use of supplements to the Operations Manuals, all of which will be considered a part of the Operations Manuals. All references to the Operations Manuals in this Agreement shall include all supplements to the Operations Manuals. Supplements to the Operations Manuals will become binding upon you as if originally set forth in the Operations Manuals, upon being delivered to you. The Operations Manuals may take the form of one or more of the following: one or more loose-leaf or bound volumes; bulletins; notices; videos; CD-ROMS and/or other electronic media; on-line postings; e-mail and/or other electronic communications; facsimiles; intra-net or secure internet posting; or any other medium capable of conveying the Operations Manuals contents.
Our Indemnitees – us, our directors, officers, employees, agents, members, affiliates, successors and assigns, affiliates, subsidiaries, and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents, shareholders, members, affiliates, and successors and assigns of each.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 60–337)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Beyond Juicery Eatery's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must adhere to the operating procedures outlined in the Operations Manuals. These manuals contain instructions, requirements, standards, specifications, methods, and procedures for running the Restaurant.
The Operations Manuals cover a wide range of aspects, including the selection, purchase, service, and sale of products and services; maintenance and repair of the Restaurant; employee apparel and dress; accounting, bookkeeping, record retention; and the purchase, storage, and preparation of menu items. Beyond Juicery Eatery can revise these manuals at its sole discretion, and supplements to the manuals become binding upon delivery to the franchisee.
The Operations Manuals can be delivered in various formats, including loose-leaf or bound volumes, bulletins, notices, videos, CD-ROMs, electronic media, online postings, e-mail, facsimiles, intranet, or any other medium capable of conveying the contents. The FDD also defines "Our Indemnitees" which includes Beyond Juicery Eatery's affiliates, but it does not explicitly state that franchisees must follow operating procedures specified by the affiliates themselves, only that they must follow the Operations Manuals which Beyond Juicery Eatery controls and updates.