What qualifications must the General Manager of a Card My Yard franchise meet?
Card_My_Yard Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ther than the operation of your Card My Yard business(s). Your Principal Owner and any General Manager whom we approve must be empowered with full authority to act for you.
- (2) Before the Opening Date you must designate, and all times thereafter retain, a General Manager who meets our qualifications to supervise the operation of your Card My Yard business. Your Principal Owner may serve as the General Manager of your Card My Yard business, provided that he or she may not serve as the General Manager for more than one Card My Yard business at the same time. Subject to our written consent, you may elect to designate an individual other than your Principal Owner for the position of General Manager. Your General Manager must devote full time and best efforts to the supervision of the Card My Yard business operated by you and your Affiliates and, without our written consent, shall not engage in any other business. You acknowledge and agree that the appointment of a General Manager will not relieve your Principal Owner of his or her supervisory responsibilities for the operation of your Card My Yard business. You and your Principal Owner shall remain fully responsible for your General Manager's performance. Each Card My Yard business must have a different General Manager.
- (3) The names of your Principal Owner and General Manager shall be listed in Exhibit D to this Agreement and you agree to keep such information current at all times during the term of this Agreement. You must promptly notify us in writing if your Principal Owner or General Manager cannot continue or no longer qualifies to serve in that capacity and must take corrective action within thirty (30) days after any such notice. During such thirty (30) day period, you must provide for interim management of your operations in accordance with this Agreement. Any failure to comply with this Section VII.E. will be a material breach of this Agreement.
- F. Legal Compliance. In addition to complying with your obligations under this Agreement, you agree to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, ordinances and orders. Such laws, rules, regulations, ordinances and orders vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and may be amended or implemented or interpreted in a different manner from time to time. It is your sole responsibility to apprise yourself of the existence and requirements of all such laws, rules, regulations, ordinances and orders, and to adhere to them at all times during the term of this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, you certify that neither you nor any of your Owners, employees or anyone associated with you is listed in connection with any Anti-Terrorism Law and you agree not to
hire or have any dealings with a person so listed. You further certify that you have no knowledge or information that, if generally known, would result in you, your Owners, employees, or anyone associated with you being so listed. You agree to comply with and/or assist us to the fullest extent possible in our efforts to comply with the Anti-Terrorism Laws and, in connection with such compliance, you represent and warrant that none of your property or interests are subject to being "blocked" under any of the Anti-Terrorism Laws and that you and your Owners are not otherwise in violation of any of the Anti-Terrorism Laws. You also agree to comply with all payment card infrastructure ("PCI") industry and government security standards and requirements designed to protect cardholder data.PCIstandards apply to both technical and operational aspects of credit card and other payment card transactions and apply to all organizations which store, process or transmit cardholder data. You acknowledge and agree that you shall be solely responsible for any costs, expenses, damages or other liabilities incurred by you or us as a result of, or in connection with, your failure to comply with any PCI standards.
- G. Powers of Attorney. You hereby appoint us as your true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority (i) to assign to us upon the termination or expiration of this Agreement (a) all rights to the telephone numbers of the Card My Yard business, any related business listings, and all rights to any website listings or services, search engines or systems, and any other business listings related to the Card My Yard business and (b) at our option, your interest in any lease for the Franchise Location and any equipment used in the operation of the Card My Yard business;
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 84–259)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Card My Yard's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the General Manager must meet qualifications set by Card My Yard. Before the Opening Date, the franchisee must designate a General Manager who meets these qualifications to supervise the Card My Yard business. The Principal Owner may serve as the General Manager but cannot manage more than one Card My Yard business simultaneously. If someone other than the Principal Owner is selected, Card My Yard's written consent is required.
The General Manager must commit full-time and best efforts to supervising the Card My Yard business and cannot engage in any other business without Card My Yard's written consent. The appointment of a General Manager does not relieve the Principal Owner of their supervisory responsibilities, and both remain responsible for the General Manager's performance. Each Card My Yard business must have a different General Manager.
Furthermore, the General Manager must successfully complete Card My Yard's initial online training program before the Opening Date. Any successor or replacement General Manager must also complete this training within a reasonable time, not exceeding sixty days after their predecessor's departure. Card My Yard may also require the General Manager to complete additional training programs from time to time. If the General Manager fails to satisfactorily complete the initial training program, and the franchisee does not correct this within ninety days of written notice from Card My Yard, the franchise agreement may be terminated.