What is the form of the Cinnaholic Franchise Agreement?
Cinnaholic Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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The Franchise. We offer franchises for the operation of a bakery which offers custom gourmet cinnamon rolls and other food products and beverages we authorize, under the form of Franchise Agreement attached to this Disclosure Document as Exhibit C (the "Franchise Agreement"). Under the Franchise Agreement, you will operate your Bakery at a designated location. Additionally, your Bakery will be permitted to offer catering services to homes and businesses located within a 10 mile radius of your Bakery. In connection with our CINNAHOLIC® concept, we may develop various specialty food products which we may sell under the brand and also under other brands we may create and develop in the future.
A typical CINNAHOLIC® Bakery occupies approximately 700-1200 square feet of space that may be either owned by you or leased from a third party. All Bakeries are constructed to our specifications as to format, size, layout, décor, and the like. A CINNAHOLIC® Bakery may be located in either in a freestanding building, an in-line retail plaza space or an end-cap space, but, in any event, ample parking, good visibility, and availability of prominent signage are a necessity. A CINNAHOLIC® Bakery will employ approximately 5 to 15 persons. Depending on your staffing needs, some of these employees may not work full time.
You will operate a CINNAHOLIC® Bakery, at your expense, as an independent business utilizing our business format, procedures, designs, trade dress, standards, specifications, and methods of operation. You must use the CINNAHOLIC® franchise system at your Bakery, which includes, without limitation, the common use and promotion of the name CINNAHOLIC® and other service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos, emblems, signs, slogans, insignia and other commercial symbols we may designate periodically (collectively, the "Marks");
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 6–8)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Cinnaholic Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchise agreement is attached to the document as Exhibit C. This agreement allows franchisees to operate a bakery at a designated location, offering custom gourmet cinnamon rolls and other approved food and beverage products. Additionally, franchisees are permitted to provide catering services to homes and businesses within a 10-mile radius of their bakery.
The franchise agreement dictates that franchisees must operate their Cinnaholic bakery at their own expense as an independent business, adhering to Cinnaholic's business format, procedures, designs, trade dress, standards, specifications, and operational methods. This includes using and promoting the Cinnaholic name and associated trademarks, maintaining distinctive food product quality, following inventory and management control procedures, participating in training, and engaging in advertising and promotional programs.
Cinnaholic retains the right to periodically add or remove products and services, as well as modify specifications, standards, procedures, and operational methods, which franchisees are expected to implement. Franchisees are required to offer and provide products and services to the general public while adhering to the franchise agreement and the confidential operations manual provided during training. Only services and products previously approved by Cinnaholic may be offered.