What is the purpose of the Brand Standards Manual for Burneys Sweets More?
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, the Brand Standards Manual contains the brand's specifications, standards, and procedures. These guidelines are mandatory and suggested for franchisees to follow.
The manual's contents are confidential and remain the property of Burneys Sweets More. Franchisees are only allowed to show the manual to employees on a need-to-know basis, and those employees must sign confidentiality agreements. Anyone attending a training session will also be required to sign a confidentiality agreement.
Burneys Sweets More retains the right to modify the Brand Standards Manual, and any changes are binding on the franchisee. As of the FDD's publication, the Brand Standards Manual contains 58 pages. Franchisees should be aware that adherence to these standards is a requirement of their franchise agreement.