Does Craters & Freighters require franchisees to purchase gloves?
Craters_Freighters Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
To maintain the high standards of our system and to fulfill the quality packing and shipping of products, you must purchase various equipment, products, and other items or services that meet or exceed minimum requirements and specifications that we establish. Such requirements and specifications may appear in our Operations Manuals and include the following: warehouse tools and equipment (e.g., power tools such as saws, nail guns, and drills); warehouse equipment (e.g., packing systems, forklift, and a scale); hardware and fasteners (e.g., nails, staples, screws, gloves, and utility knives); packing material (e.g., lumber, corrugated, and foams); hardware and software, Internet connection and service, dedicated telephone and power lines, and other computer related accessories, peripherals, and equipment to operate the computer, Proprietary Software, and select software we provide you (See ITEM 12), as well as fax machine and telephone; office furniture; office and miscellaneous supplies; and a 16' to 26' box truck.
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 18–20)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Craters & Freighters' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must purchase various equipment, products, and other items that meet the minimum requirements and specifications established by Craters & Freighters to maintain the system's high standards and ensure quality packing and shipping. These requirements and specifications may be found in the Operations Manuals.
Among the items Craters & Freighters specifies, franchisees must purchase hardware and fasteners, which include items such as nails, staples, screws, gloves, and utility knives. This indicates that gloves are a required purchase for franchisees.
Craters & Freighters also retains the right to revise these requirements and specifications periodically. While Craters & Freighters is not an approved supplier, it reserves the right to become one at any time. It is important to note that in 2024, neither Craters & Freighters nor its affiliates derived any revenue from franchisee purchases or leases from designated suppliers, but they reserve the right to do so in the future, with the basis for revenue derivation to be disclosed to franchisees.