What products must a Bhc franchisee advertise, sell, and serve?
Bhc Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You must, and ensure that your Affiliate Franchisee and your Subfranchisees: (i) advertise, sell, and serve all and only the products we authorize; (ii) purchase, and maintain inventory as needed to meet reasonably anticipated consumer demand of the BHC Products; and purchase and sell ancillary products, which may include books, specialty foods, packaged foods, books, hats, t-shirts, and novelty items, as we periodically specify, for sale at a Master Franchised BHC Restaurant ("Ancillary Products"). To ensure highest degree of consistency, service, and quality, you must practice and conform to, and ensure that your Affiliate Franchisee and your Subfranchisees maintain and comply with, the standards, operating procedures, specifications, and rules we have established for the operation of a Master Franchised BHC Restaurant, as modified by us from time to time including specifications as to ingredients, brand names, preparation, and presentation ("Standards"). You and your Affiliate Franchise must purchase, and must ensure that your Subfranchisees only purchase, all products that your Affiliate Franchise and your Subfranchisee offer from a Master Franchised BHC Restaurant, including products which bear any of our trademarks, solely and exclusively from BHC, or our designated supplier.
Source: Item 8 — Restrictions on Sources of Products and Services (FDD pages 25–28)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bhc's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must advertise, sell, and serve only the products that Bhc authorizes. Additionally, franchisees must purchase and maintain sufficient inventory of these authorized Bhc products to meet consumer demand. Franchisees are also required to purchase and sell ancillary products, such as books, specialty foods, packaged foods, hats, t-shirts, and novelty items, as specified by Bhc periodically for sale at the restaurant.
To maintain consistency and quality, franchisees must adhere to Bhc's established standards, operating procedures, specifications, and rules for operating a franchised restaurant. These standards include specifications for ingredients, brand names, preparation, and presentation. Franchisees are required to purchase all products, including those bearing Bhc's trademarks, exclusively from Bhc or its designated suppliers.
Bhc may revise the lists of approved suppliers and approved supplies, and franchisees will be notified of any changes to prices, delivery terms, or other terms related to the sale of approved supplies with 30 days' notice. Bhc also reserves the right to discontinue the sale of any approved supplies if it deems the continued sale unfeasible, unprofitable, or undesirable. If a franchisee wants to use alternative supplies, they must notify Bhc in writing and submit information for approval, which typically takes 30 days.