What are the qualifications that a Principal Owner for a Card My Yard franchise must meet?
Card_My_Yard Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
) You agree to maintain at all times during the term of this Agreement sufficient working capital to fulfill your obligations under this Agreement.
E. Your Management.
- (1) You agree to designate upon the execution of this Agreement, and to retain at all times during the term of this Agreement, an individual to serve as your Principal Owner. The Principal Owner must meet our qualifications and must be approved by us. Unless a separate General Manager is approved by us as described in Section VII.E(2), your Principal Owner must devote full time and best efforts to the supervision of the Card My Yard business(s) operated by you and your Affiliates. Without our written consent, your Principal Owner shall not engage in any business other 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 Principal Owner must meet qualifications set by Card My Yard and must be approved by them. Unless a separate General Manager is approved, the Principal Owner must devote full time and their best efforts to supervising the Card My Yard business. Without written consent from Card My Yard, the Principal Owner cannot engage in any other business besides the Card My Yard business. The Principal Owner must also be empowered with full authority to act for the franchisee.
Before the Opening Date, the Principal Owner must successfully complete Card My Yard's initial online training program. Any successor or replacement Principal Owner must also successfully complete the initial online training program within a reasonable time after being designated, but no more than 60 days after their predecessor ceased to be employed or serve as Principal Owner. The Principal Owner must complete any additional training that Card My Yard may require from time to time.
Card My Yard may conduct periodic franchisee conventions, which the Principal Owner must attend. At Card My Yard's option, the Principal Owner may be certified as a "Certified Trainer" to provide training programs for new or replacement employees, provided that Card My Yard reserves the right to test any employees trained by a Certified Trainer and to require additional training programs. If any Principal Owner fails to satisfactorily complete the initial training program, and the franchisee fails to cure such default within 90 days following written notice from Card My Yard, the Franchise Agreement may be terminated.