Can Burneys Sweets More or its affiliates be approved or designated suppliers for franchisees?
Burneys_Sweets_More Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Neither we, nor any affiliate, nor our owners are currently approved suppliers or own an interest in an approved supplier or receive any benefit from required purchases. However, we reserve the right to become, or approve our affiliates to become, approved suppliers in the future or receive benefits from required purchases that we do not currently receive.
Authorized Distributors. You must purchase and use only goods, services, supplies, fixtures, equipment, inventory, and computer systems that meet our standards and specifications. We have developed and may develop additional standards and specifications for these items that we make available to you through the Brand Standards Manual, pre-opening materials, and other communications. You must comply with the changes after receiving notice from us. Your supplier of all the goods, services, supplies, fixtures, equipment, inventory, and computer systems must be a supplier that we approve or designate. We or our affiliate may be an approved or designated supplier. We reserve the right to revoke approval for any item or supplier for any reason, and you must cease to use the item or supplier upon 30 days' notice from us. Even with approved suppliers,
Method of Approving Suppliers. To use a supplier, product, service, or vendor that we have not already approved, you must first submit to us certain information including product specifications, costs, product components, performance history, product samples, supplier information or photographs, and any other relevant information. We will evaluate the proposed good, service, or supplier based upon certain criteria and determine if you are approved to use the alternate good, service, or supplier. We do not make the criteria available to you. If the good, service, or supplier meets our criteria, you may use it. We do inform you that we generally evaluate technical and performance properties of the good, service, or supplier, including design, appearance, product reliability, durability, the manufacturer's warranties, quality control methods, taste, ingredients, financial ability of the product's producers and distributors, supplier history and reputation, and supplier capacity. Our review is generally completed in 90 days. If we do not approve of the supplier, good, or service within 120 days, then that good, service, or supplier is deemed not approved and you must not use that supplier, good, or service. We will advise you in writing of our decision. We impose these restrictions to safeguard the integrity of both the System and our Marks. We reserve the right to revoke approval for any good, service, or supplier for any reason, and you must cease to use the good, service, or supplier upon 30 days' notice from us. If you request that we evaluate a good, service, or supplier, you will pay all fees and costs incurred by us to obtain the necessary information and to conduct the evaluation. Additionally, if the supply or equipment source is approved you will pay us at the time the alternate supplier is approved and prior to ordering from the alternate supplier, an administrative fee equal to 15% of the value of the item(s) purchased. We reserve the right to revoke approval for any item or supplier for any reason and you must cease to use the item or supplier upon 30 days' notice from us.
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 20–23)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Burneys Sweets More's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Burneys Sweets More, its affiliates, or owners are not currently approved suppliers, do not own interest in an approved supplier, and do not receive any benefit from required purchases. However, Burneys Sweets More retains the right to become or approve its affiliates to become approved suppliers in the future or receive benefits from required purchases that they do not currently receive.
Burneys Sweets More franchisees are obligated to purchase and use only goods, services, supplies, fixtures, equipment, inventory, and computer systems that meet Burneys Sweets More's standards and specifications from suppliers that Burneys Sweets More approves or designates. Burneys Sweets More reserves the right to revoke approval for any item or supplier for any reason, and franchisees must cease using the item or supplier upon 30 days' notice. Franchisees must purchase or lease the required point-of-sale system as designated by Burneys Sweets More and from an approved supplier and use the credit card processing service Burneys Sweets More approves.
To use a supplier, product, service, or vendor that Burneys Sweets More has not already approved, franchisees must submit certain information, including product specifications, costs, product components, performance history, product samples, and supplier information. Burneys Sweets More will evaluate the proposed good, service, or supplier based upon certain criteria and determine if the franchisee is approved to use the alternate good, service, or supplier. If Burneys Sweets More does not approve of the supplier, good, or service within 120 days, then that good, service, or supplier is deemed not approved, and the franchisee must not use that supplier, good, or service. If a franchisee requests that Burneys Sweets More evaluate a good, service, or supplier, the franchisee will pay all fees and costs incurred by Burneys Sweets More to obtain the necessary information and conduct the evaluation. Additionally, if the supply or equipment source is approved, the franchisee will pay Burneys Sweets More an administrative fee equal to 15% of the value of the item(s) purchased.