Has Burneys Sweets More ever offered franchises of any other kind besides Burneys Sweets More franchises?
Burneys_Sweets_More Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We are a North Carolina corporation, incorporated under the name "DMG BURNEY INC.," on August 13, 2014. Our principal business address is 1107-C West Broad St., Elizabethtown, North Carolina 28337. We own all of the trademarks you will use in the operation of your BURNEY'S SWEETS & MORE business. Our sole business since inception has been selling BURNEY'S SWEETS & MORE licenses and franchises. Prior to November 2017, we licensed to third parties the right to operate BURNEY'S SWEETS & MORE businesses through a legacy license program no longer being offered. We no longer offer licenses to third-parties, and we offer only BURNEY'S SWEETS & MORE franchises. We operate no business of the type being franchised and have never offered for sale any franchises of any other kind.
PARENTS, PREDECESSORS, AND AFFILIATES
We have no parents or predecessors which are required to be disclosed in this Item. Our affiliate, BURNEY SWEETS & MORE INC. is a North Carolina corporation that was incorporated on July 21, 2011 and has a principal place of business at 106 B Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Elizabethtown, North Carolina 28337. Since its inception, BURNEY SWEETS & MORE INC. has operated one business of the type being franchised at its principal place of business in Elizabethtown, North Carolina. BURNEY'S SWEETS & MORE INC. previously operated one business of the type being franchised in Southport, North Carolina, but sold the location to us, which we then sold to an unaffiliated third-party in 2016. BURNEY SWEETS & MORE INC. operates no other businesses and has never offered for sale any franchises of any kind.
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Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 8–9)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Burneys Sweets More's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, DMG BURNEY INC., the franchisor, has not offered franchises of any kind other than Burneys Sweets More franchises. The document states that the company's sole business since its inception on August 13, 2014, has been selling Burneys Sweets More licenses and franchises.
Prior to November 2017, Burneys Sweets More did offer licenses to third parties through a legacy license program, but this program is no longer available. Currently, the company exclusively offers Burneys Sweets More franchises. The FDD explicitly states that Burneys Sweets More has never offered for sale any franchises of any other kind.
Burneys Sweets More's affiliate, BURNEY SWEETS & MORE INC., has also never offered franchises of any kind. This information is relevant for prospective franchisees as it clarifies the scope of franchise opportunities available through Burneys Sweets More and its related entities, indicating a focused approach on a single franchise model.