Can Burneys Sweets More modify the Brand Standards Manual?
Burneys_Sweets_More Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
The Brand Standards Manual contains mandatory and suggested specifications, standards, and procedures, which are confidential and remain our property. Your employees are to see them only on a need to know basis, subject to confidentiality agreements. Anyone who attends any training session will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement in the form we designate. We may modify this material from time to time and its modified terms are binding on you. The Brand Standards Manual currently contains a total of 58 pages. (Franchise Agreement Section 11(i).)
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 25–33)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Burneys Sweets More's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Burneys Sweets More retains the right to modify the Brand Standards Manual. The manual includes mandatory and suggested specifications, standards, and procedures that are considered confidential and remain the property of Burneys Sweets More.
Burneys Sweets More franchisees and their employees are only allowed to view the Brand Standards Manual on a need-to-know basis and are subject to confidentiality agreements. Anyone attending a training session must also sign a confidentiality agreement.
Since Burneys Sweets More can modify the Brand Standards Manual at any time, franchisees must stay up-to-date with the latest version of the manual, as they are bound by any modified terms. The 2025 FDD states that the Brand Standards Manual contains 58 pages.