Does Byrider Franchising Partners provide material benefits to franchisees based on their use of approved suppliers?
Byrider Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We provide no material benefits to franchisees based on their use of approved suppliers.
Byrider Franchising Partners and its affiliates may negotiate purchase arrangements including prices and terms, with designated approved suppliers for Byrider Businesses. Byrider Franchising Partners and its affiliates may receive rebates or other payments from distributors, suppliers and other service providers based (directly or indirectly) on sales to franchisees.
For your benefit, Byrider Franchising Partners negotiates purchase terms, including favorable price terms, with the approved suppliers. You must purchase certain supplies from sources approved by Byrider Franchising Partners.
Your purchases from designated or approved suppliers (including us and our affiliates) or in accordance with our standards and specifications are estimated to be 95% to 100% of your total purchases in establishing the Business, and approximately 95% to 100% of your on-going purchases in operating the Business.
If you want to purchase products or services from sources not recommended or approved by Byrider Franchising Partners, you must submit samples and specifications to Byrider Franchising Partners for testing to determine whether the products or services comply with Byrider Franchising Partners' standards and specifications, which Byrider Franchising Partners may periodically modify. Byrider Franchising Partners maintains a list of criteria for reviewing and approving products, services, and suppliers; however, Byrider Franchising Partners does not issue this criteria to you and such criteria for approving suppliers is not available to franchisees.
Source: Item 8 — Restrictions on Sources of Products and Services (FDD pages 36–40)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Byrider's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Byrider Franchising Partners does not provide material benefits to franchisees based on their use of approved suppliers. However, Byrider Franchising Partners and its affiliates may negotiate purchase arrangements, including prices and terms, with designated approved suppliers for Byrider businesses. Byrider Franchising Partners and its affiliates may receive rebates or other payments from distributors, suppliers, and other service providers based (directly or indirectly) on sales to franchisees.
For the benefit of franchisees, Byrider negotiates purchase terms, including favorable price terms, with approved suppliers. Franchisees are required to purchase certain supplies from sources approved by Byrider. Purchases from designated or approved suppliers are estimated to be 95% to 100% of the total purchases in establishing the business, and approximately 95% to 100% of ongoing purchases in operating the business.
If a franchisee wants to purchase products or services from sources not recommended or approved by Byrider, they must submit samples and specifications to Byrider for testing to determine whether the products or services comply with Byrider's standards and specifications, which Byrider may periodically modify. Byrider maintains a list of criteria for reviewing and approving products, services, and suppliers; however, this criteria is not issued to franchisees.