Can Chop5 Salad Kitchen charge franchisees for the costs incurred to provide email addresses?
Chop5_Salad_Kitchen Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
- **6.7.
Email Addresses**.
We may, but need not, provide you with one or more CHOP5 Salad Kitchen email addresses for use with your Restaurant.
If we do so, we may charge you for the costs we incur to provide these email addresses to you (these costs would be added to the technology fee described in §11.9).
You must exclusively use these email addresses for all communications with us, customers, suppliers and other Persons relating to your Restaurant.
These email addresses may not be used for any purpose unrelated to your Restaurant.
We own the email addresses and accounts but allow you to use them during the Term.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 50–178)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Chop5 Salad Kitchen's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, the company may provide franchisees with Chop5 Salad Kitchen email addresses for use with their restaurant. While providing these email addresses is not required, Chop5 Salad Kitchen has the option to do so.
If Chop5 Salad Kitchen does provide email addresses, they may charge franchisees for the costs they incur in providing them. These costs would be added to the technology fee, as described in another section of the FDD. Franchisees must exclusively use these email addresses for all communications related to their restaurant, including those with Chop5 Salad Kitchen, customers, and suppliers.
The email addresses cannot be used for any purpose unrelated to the restaurant. Chop5 Salad Kitchen retains ownership of the email addresses and accounts, but franchisees are allowed to use them during the term of their Franchise Agreement.