Can Clean Your Dirty Face inspect my business without prior notice?
Clean_Your_Dirty_Face Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
edgers). We may require you to have audited financial statements prepared annually during the term of this Agreement.
11. INSPECTIONS AND AUDITS.
11.A. OUR RIGHT TO INSPECT YOUR BUSINESS.
To determine whether you and your Business are complying with this Agreement and all System Standards, we and our designated agents or representatives may at all times and without prior notice to you: (1) inspect your Business; (2) photograph your Business and observe and videotape your Business's operation as we deem necessary; (3) monitor your Business using electronic surveillance or other means; (4) remove samples of any products and supplies; (5) interview your Business's personnel and customers; and (6) inspect and copy any books, records, and documents relating to your Business's operation. Additionally, we may conduct, or contract with third parties to conduct mystery shopper, customer survey or other market research testing and quality assurance inspections at your Business. You agree to cooperate with us fully during the course of these inspections and tests. If we exercise any of these rights, we will not interfere unreasonably with your Business's operation. We will not charge you a fee for our initial inspection visits or mystery shopping reviews. However, if you fail any inspection or mystery shopping review, or if we or our designated representatives were for any reason prevented from properly inspecting any or all of your Business (including because you or your personnel refused entry to the Premises), we will charge you our then-current fee for any subsequent inspection(s) we conduct to con
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 54)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Clean Your Dirty Face's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Clean Your Dirty Face has the right to inspect your business at any time without prior notification. This includes the right for Clean Your Dirty Face and its representatives to inspect the business, take photographs and videos, monitor the business electronically, take product samples, interview staff and customers, and review business records.
This means that as a Clean Your Dirty Face franchisee, you must be prepared for unannounced inspections to ensure compliance with the franchise agreement and system standards. Clean Your Dirty Face will not charge a fee for initial inspection visits or mystery shopping reviews. However, if you fail an inspection or mystery shopping review, or if you or your personnel refuse entry to the premises, Clean Your Dirty Face will charge you a fee for subsequent inspections to confirm corrections (currently $1,000 per inspection), plus reimbursement for actual costs and expenses, including travel and living expenses.
Clean Your Dirty Face's ability to conduct unannounced inspections is a fairly standard practice in franchising, allowing the franchisor to maintain quality control and protect the brand. Franchisees should maintain consistent adherence to Clean Your Dirty Face's standards to avoid potential penalties and ensure smooth operations.