Does Card My Yard provide the Manuals in electronic format?
Card_My_Yard Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We agree to provide the following items and services or cause them to be provided to you:
- A. Manuals. Access to or the loan of one (1) set of the Manuals (at our option the Manuals may be provided in electronic format only), which we may amend from time to time upon written notice to you.
A. Manuals. The Manuals are our property and will be provided in an electronic format. You agree to return them to us at our request and in any event when this Agreement expires or is terminated for any reason. You and your Owners must at all times maintain the Manuals, and the information contained in them, as confidential in
compliance with this Article XI. You may make the Manuals available only to those of your Owners and employees who must have access to them in order to operate the Card My Yard business and may not at any time print, copy, duplicate, record or otherwise reproduce the Manuals, in whole or in part, or make them available to any unauthorized person. You agree to maintain the Manuals in a secure place at the Card My Yard business. We have the right to add to or modify the Manuals from time to time. You agree to comply with the terms of all additions and modifications to the Manuals and to keep your copy of the Manuals current. If there is a dispute about the contents of the Manuals, the terms of the master copy at our offices shall control. The entire contents of the Manuals, and our mandatory specifications, procedures and rules prescribed from time to time, shall constitute provisions of this Agreement as if they were set forth herein.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 84–259)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Card My Yard's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the manuals will be provided to the franchisee in electronic format. Card My Yard has the option of providing the manuals in electronic format only. The franchisee must return the manuals when the agreement expires or terminates.
The franchisee is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the manuals and can only make them available to owners and employees who need access to them to operate the Card My Yard business. The franchisee cannot print, copy, duplicate, record, or reproduce the manuals, or make them available to any unauthorized person. The franchisee must keep the manuals in a secure place at the Card My Yard business and comply with any additions or modifications to the manuals.
Card My Yard has the right to add to or modify the manuals from time to time, and the franchisee agrees to comply with the terms of all additions and modifications and to keep their copy of the manuals current. If there is a dispute about the contents of the manuals, the terms of the master copy at Card My Yard's offices will control. The entire contents of the manuals, and Card My Yard's mandatory specifications, procedures, and rules, constitute provisions of the Franchise Agreement.