What criteria does Chop5 Salad Kitchen use to evaluate a supplier?
Chop5_Salad_Kitchen Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
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Supplier Criteria
Our criteria for evaluating a supplier include standards for quality, delivery, performance, design, appearance and price of the product or service as well as the dependability, reputation and financial viability of the supplier. Upon request, we will provide you with any objective specifications pertaining to our evaluation of a supplier or product, although certain important subjective criteria (e.g., product appearance, taste, design, functionality, etc.) are important to our evaluation but cannot be described in writing.
If you wish to purchase or lease a source-restricted item from a non-approved supplier, you must send us a written request for approval and submit all additional information we request. We may require that you send us samples from the supplier for testing. We may also require that we be allowed to inspect the supplier's facility.
We will use best efforts to notify you of our decision within 45 days after we receive your request for approval and all additional information and samples we require. If we fail to issue our written approval within the 45-day period, we are deemed to have disapproved the proposed supplier. We may periodically re-inspect the facilities and products of an approved supplier and revoke our approval if the supplier fails to meet our then-current criteria. You must reimburse us for all costs we incur to review products and suppliers you propose.
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 20–23)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Chop5 Salad Kitchen's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, the criteria for evaluating a supplier include standards for the quality, delivery, performance, design, appearance, and price of the product or service. Chop5 Salad Kitchen also considers the dependability, reputation, and financial viability of the supplier.
Chop5 Salad Kitchen will provide objective specifications pertaining to their evaluation of a supplier or product upon request. However, certain subjective criteria, such as product appearance, taste, design, and functionality, are also important but cannot be described in writing.
If a franchisee wishes to purchase a source-restricted item from a non-approved supplier, they must submit a written request for approval along with any additional information Chop5 Salad Kitchen requests. Chop5 Salad Kitchen may require samples for testing and may also inspect the supplier's facility. Chop5 Salad Kitchen will use best efforts to notify the franchisee of their decision within 45 days after receiving the request and all required information and samples. Failure to issue written approval within this period is deemed a disapproval. Chop5 Salad Kitchen may periodically re-inspect approved suppliers and revoke approval if they fail to meet current criteria. The franchisee must reimburse Chop5 Salad Kitchen for all costs incurred in reviewing proposed products and suppliers.