Is a Burros Fries franchisee responsible for finding and hiring a professional laundry service?
Burros_Fries Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
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F. Laundry Service Fee
Franchisee is required to use a professional laundry service that is scheduled to clean Franchisee's towels, mats and aprons on a weekly basis. It is Franchisee's responsibility to find and hire a professional laundry service that meets our standards. We will provide Franchisee with a written list of cleaning standards and recommended procedures to follow when hiring a laundry service during the initial training program. The cost for such laundry services ranges from one thousand one hundred dollars ($1,000) to one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per month and is payable to our approved vendors or third parties. We may, at our sole discretion, change such professional laundry service requirements at any time and will provide Franchisee with ninety (90) days' written notice to implement such changes. Franchisee acknowledges that Franchisee must comply with such changes in laundry service requirements at its own expense. If Franchisee fails to comply with our new laundry service requirements within the timeframe stated above, such failure may be deemed a material breach of this Agreement subjecting Franchisee to all remedies at law and as set forth in this Agreement.
G. Inspection Fee
To maintain the highest degree of quality and service, we reserve the right to charge Franchisee a one-thousand-dollar ($1,000) inspection fee if we, or our affiliates, inspects the Business and it does not pass the inspection for a second time in any two (2) year period. We may, at our sole discretion, change such inspection fees at any time and will provide Franchisee with ninety (90) days' written notice to implement such changes. Franchisee acknowledges that Franchisee must comply with such changes in inspection fee requirements at its own expense. The foregoing shall be in addition to any other remedies we may have pursuant to this Agreement.
H. Product, Vendor and Equipment Assessment Fee
Franchisee will pay an assessment fee for our approval of any product (including menu item), vendor, supplier or any piece of equipment (to the extent not then on our list of approved products, vendors or kitchen equipment), which may also require third party testing. The assessment fee is three hundred dollars ($300) for a single product (including any menu or retail item) and/or vendor or supplier that Franchisee wishes to offer, use and/or substitute in its Business.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 53)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Burros Fries's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are responsible for finding and hiring a professional laundry service. This service must adhere to Burros Fries's standards, and the franchisee will receive a written list of cleaning standards and recommended procedures during the initial training program. The laundry service is scheduled to clean the franchisee's towels, mats, and aprons on a weekly basis.
The estimated cost for these laundry services ranges from $1,000 to $1,500 per month, payable to approved vendors or third parties. Burros Fries retains the right to change the professional laundry service requirements at any time, providing franchisees with 90 days' written notice to implement such changes. Franchisees are responsible for complying with these changes at their own expense.
Failure to comply with new laundry service requirements within the specified timeframe may be considered a material breach of the Franchise Agreement, potentially subjecting the franchisee to legal remedies. Additionally, Burros Fries includes 'professional laundry services' in its list of approved services that franchisees must use, reinforcing the requirement to utilize an approved laundry vendor.