Does Burros Fries provide a web page for franchise operations, and what might this web page include?
Burros_Fries Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
- (13) Deliver to you a web page for your Franchise operations that may include portals online for additional training templates for advertising materials to support your Business and our Communications (Franchise Agreement, Sections 9.A and 20.B).
- (6) Review and approve advertising and promotional materials in addition to any promotions, edits, changes or updates to your web page that you submit to us (Franchise Agreement, Sections 12.L, 12.H and 20.J).
Unless we approve otherwise in writing, you may not establish a separate Website and will only have one web page, as we designate and approve, within our Website. The term "Website" includes: Internet pages, as well as other electronic sites (such as social networking sites like Yelp, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, blogs and other applications). You must comply with our requirements regarding selling, advertising, discussing or disseminating any information, or otherwise having a presence on a Website, regarding the Business. If we approve a separate Website for you (which we are not obligated to do), we will provide you with guidelines for establishing and maintaining such Websites and each of the following provisions will apply: (i) you may neither establish nor use any Website without our prior written approval; (ii) before establishing any Website, you must submit to us, for our prior written approval, a sample of the proposed Website, including its domain name, format, visible content (including, without limitation, proposed screen shots), and non-visible content (including meta-tags), in the form and manner we may require and all such work (except for social networking sites) must be performed by us, our affiliates or approved vendors (as described in Item 8); (iii) you must not use or modify a Website (except for social networking sites) without our prior written approval; (iv) you must comply with the standards and specifications for Websites that we may periodically prescribe in the Operations Manual or otherwise in writing; and (v) if we require, you must establish hyperlinks to our website and other Websites; (vi) you must not engage in any link building activities unless approved by us; and (v) we may revoke our approval at any time by providing written or email notice to you of such revocation.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 27–38)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Burros Fries's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, Burros Fries will deliver a web page for franchise operations. This web page may include online portals for additional training and templates for advertising materials to support the franchisee's business and communications.
However, franchisees are generally not allowed to establish a separate website without written approval from Burros Fries. If a franchisee gets approval for a separate website, Burros Fries will provide guidelines for establishing and maintaining it. The franchisee must submit a sample of the proposed website, including its domain name and content, for prior written approval. All work on the website, except for social networking sites, must be performed by Burros Fries, its affiliates, or approved vendors.
The franchisee must comply with Burros Fries's standards and specifications for websites, which may be periodically prescribed in the Operations Manual or in writing. Burros Fries may also require the franchisee to establish hyperlinks to its website and other websites. Burros Fries reserves the right to revoke its approval of a franchisee's website at any time by providing written or email notice.
Burros Fries also retains the right to review and approve any promotions, edits, changes, or updates to the franchisee's web page that are submitted to them. This ensures that all online content aligns with the brand's standards and marketing strategies.