If operating a Remote Kitchen Restaurant, what additional obligations might Bonchon prescribe through supplements to the manuals?
Bonchon Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
lletins; notices; videos; CD-ROMS and/or other electronic media; online postings; e-mail and/or electronic communications; facsimiles; or, any other now or hereafter developed medium capable of conveying the Manuals' contents.
The Manuals will, among other things, set forth our operating systems, procedures, policies, methods, standards, specifications and requirements for operating your franchised Bonchon Business. If you are operating a Remote Kitchen Restaurant, we may prescribe (through Supplements to the Manuals) additional operating standards that you must comply with and
implement in the operation of your Remote Kitchen Restaurant. You agree to operate your Business in strict compliance with the Manuals and any Supplements to the Manuals (as that term is defined below).
We have the right to prescribe additions to, deletions from or revisions of the Manuals (the "Supplements to the Manuals"), all of which will be considered a part of the Manuals. All references to the Manuals in this Agreement will include the Supplements to the Manuals. Supplements to the Manuals will become binding on you as if originally set forth in the Manuals, upon being delivered to you. The Manuals and any Supplements to the Manuals are material in that they will affect the operation of the franchised Business, but they will not conflict with or materially alter your rights and obligations under this Agreement.
You acknowledge that we are the owner of all proprietary rights in the Manuals and all intellectual property rights connected therewith (including common law copyright) and that you are acquiring no property or other right to the Manuals other than a license to use it and comply with it during the term of this Agreement. You agree to ensure at all times that your copy of the Manuals is current and upto-date. If there is any dispute as to your compliance with the provisions of the Manuals and any Supplements to the Manuals, the master copy of the Manuals and any Supplements to the Manuals maintained at our principal office will control.
In addition to the Manuals, we may issue policy statements designed to provide you with information and/or insight as to our current thinking about various business issues or strategies. Policy statements are not part of the Manuals, are not contracts and do not create any contractual or other binding obligation on either you or us.
7.02 Initial Training Program/Partner Training Program
After entering into this Agreement and before the opening of the franchised Restaurant (although in no case earlier than two months before the opening of the Restaurant), your General Manager and Manager must attend and successfully complete an initial training program (the "Initial Training Program") which we will provide at no additional expense to you. If you (if franchisee is an individual) or your Operating Principal (if franchisee is an entity) will engage in the on-site management of the Restaurant's day-to-day operations on a full-time basis, then you or your Operating Principal will be considered the General Manager and must attend and successfully complete our Initial Training Program.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 92–536)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bonchon's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if a franchisee operates a Remote Kitchen Restaurant, Bonchon may prescribe additional operating standards through supplements to the manuals. These standards are mandatory and must be implemented in the operation of the Remote Kitchen Restaurant.
Bonchon has the right to add, delete, or revise the manuals through supplements, which are considered part of the manuals. These supplements become binding upon delivery to the franchisee and can affect the operation of the franchised business without conflicting with the franchisee's rights and obligations under the agreement.
Bonchon may modify components of the Bonchon system, including altering products, services, standards, and procedures. For Remote Kitchen Restaurants, Bonchon may require compliance with operating standards different from those for Dine-In, Fast Casual, and Delivery and Carryout Only Restaurants. These differences can include implementing different hours of operation and using specific vendors or technologies not standard for other restaurant types. However, these modifications are subject to any restrictions imposed by lease or occupancy agreements at the Remote Kitchen location.