Under what conditions can a Brueggers Bagels franchisee reveal confidential information to employees?

You must maintain strict secrecy of the recipes and manufacturing processes, the Manuals, our training materials, our approved suppliers and supply arrangements, advertising and promotional plans, sales performance, financial records, and other information and materials that we designate as confidential. You may not reproduce any portion of the confidential information or make it available to any unauthorized person. You may reveal confidential information only to those of your employees who must have access to it in order to operate the Bakery, and to your contractors and landlord with our prior written approval. The Manuals and all other confidential materials remain our and our affiliates' property. You must keep the Manuals in a secure place on the Premises of the Bakery or if held electronically, in a secure and protected system. You must promptly tell us when you learn about unauthorized copying or use of any confidential information or the Works. We have no obligation to take any action, but we will respond to this information as we think appropriate.

At our request, you must require your employees, landlord, contractors, and any other person to whom you wish to disclose any of our confidential information to agree in writing not to disclose that information to others or to use it for their own benefit. We must approve these agreements.

Source: Item 14 — PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION (FDD pages 47–48)