What is a Cinnabon Auntie Anne's Co-Branded Bakery?
Cinnabon Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- An "Auntie Anne's Co-Branded Bakery" is a Full Bakery where you produce and sell a range of Cinnabon® products in conjunction with those products authorized to be sold
under the Auntie Anne's® franchise system. In order to operate an Auntie Anne's Co-Branded Bakery, you must (i) purchase a Cinnabon® franchise from us, sign a Franchise Agreement with us, and sign the Co-Branded Bakery Schedule, which is attached as Exhibit C to this Disclosure Document (the "Co-Branded Bakery Schedule") and (ii) purchase an Auntie Anne's® franchise from Auntie Anne's and sign an Auntie Anne's® franchise agreement and co-branded schedule with Auntie Anne's. The terms of the Auntie Anne's® franchise offering, franchise agreement, and related agreements that Auntie Anne's will require you to sign are disclosed in the Auntie Anne's® Disclosure Document, which you must obtain from Auntie Anne's. We will not grant you the right to operate an Auntie Anne's Co-Branded Bakery, unless Auntie Anne's agrees to offer you an Auntie Anne's® franchise and to permit the franchise to be operated at a co-branded location.
Source: Item 1 — The Franchisor and any Parents, Predecessors, and Affiliates (FDD pages 9–25)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Cinnabon's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, an Auntie Anne's Co-Branded Bakery is a full bakery that sells Cinnabon products in conjunction with products authorized under the Auntie Anne's franchise system.
To operate a Cinnabon Auntie Anne's Co-Branded Bakery, a franchisee must purchase a Cinnabon franchise and sign a Franchise Agreement along with the Co-Branded Bakery Schedule. The franchisee must also purchase an Auntie Anne's franchise and sign an Auntie Anne's franchise agreement and co-branded schedule with Auntie Anne's.
The Cinnabon FDD specifies that the terms of the Auntie Anne's franchise offering, franchise agreement, and related agreements are disclosed in the Auntie Anne's Disclosure Document, which the franchisee must obtain from Auntie Anne's. Cinnabon will not grant the right to operate a co-branded bakery unless Auntie Anne's agrees to offer an Auntie Anne's franchise and permit it to be operated at a co-branded location. This means approval from both franchisors is required before a co-branded location can be established.