In providing assistance, does Cd One Price Cleaners have a relationship to other Franchisor businesses?
Cd_One_Price_Cleaners Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
5.4 Relationship to Other Franchisor Businesses. In fulfilling its obligations to Franchisee, and in conducting any activities or exercising any rights pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the CD Store franchise network, Franchisor (and its affiliates) shall have the right (i) to take into account, as it sees fit, the effect on, and the interests of, other stores or businesses in which Franchisor (or its affiliate) has an interest, and on Franchisor's (and its affiliates') own activities; (ii) to share market and product research, and other proprietary and non-proprietary business information, with other stores or businesses in which Franchisor has an interest, and with its affiliates; and/or (iii) to introduce services, products or operational equipment, and to allocate new products and/or developments between and among franchisees, stores that Franchisor or its affiliates own, and other concepts which may be developed, and/or Franchisor's affiliates, as Franchisor sees fit. Franchisee understands and agrees that all obligations of Franchisor under this Agreement are subject to this Section, and that nothing in this Section shall affect in any way Franchisee's obligations under this Agreement.
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 72–263)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 FDD, Cd One Price Cleaners (and its affiliates) has the right to consider the interests of other stores or businesses in which it or its affiliates have an interest when fulfilling its obligations to the franchisee. This includes the effect on Cd One Price Cleaners' own activities. Cd One Price Cleaners can share market and product research, along with other proprietary and non-proprietary business information, with other stores or businesses in which Cd One Price Cleaners has an interest, as well as with its affiliates.
Cd One Price Cleaners has the right to introduce services, products, or operational equipment and allocate new products and/or developments between and among franchisees, stores that Cd One Price Cleaners or its affiliates own, and other concepts which may be developed, and/or Cd One Price Cleaners' affiliates, as Cd One Price Cleaners sees fit.
The franchisee acknowledges that all obligations of Cd One Price Cleaners under the Franchise Agreement are subject to this condition, and that this condition does not affect the franchisee's obligations under the agreement. This means that Cd One Price Cleaners can make decisions that benefit its other businesses, even if those decisions impact individual Cd One Price Cleaners franchisees, as long as it doesn't relieve the franchisee of their own contractual duties.