What payment method does Cream currently require for all amounts due?
Cream Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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Explanatory Notes:
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- Except as described in this Item 6, all fees are imposed and collected by and payable to us, though we may transfer these rights to our affiliates. These fees are non-refundable and uniformly imposed. All amounts paid to us and our affiliates must be in United States Dollars ($).
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- You must pay us all amounts in the manner we prescribe. Currently, we require all payments to be made through electronic debit of your business account on or before their due dates or the next business day if the due date is a national holiday or a weekend day. You must sign and deliver to us any documents we require for electronic debits of your account. You must ensure that funds are available in your designated account to cover our withdrawals. We may change the timing, frequency, and intervals of any payments from time to time, but with no less than 30 days' prior written notice to you. If you fail to report Net Sales, if we cease to have access to your Computer System, or if your Shop is closed without our authorization for any period of time, then for any fees under the Franchise Agreement which are calculated based on Net Sales, we may debit your account for 110% of the average Net Sales for the last three months of operations of your Shop. If the amounts that we debit from your account on the basis of any understatement are less than the amounts you actually owe us once we have determined the true and correct Net Sales, we will debit your account for the balance on the day we specify. If the amounts that we debit from your account on the basis of any understatement are greater than the amounts you actually owe us, we will credit the excess against the amounts we otherwise would debit
Source: Item 6 — OTHER FEES (FDD pages 13–17)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Cream's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, all payments to Cream and its affiliates must be in United States Dollars. Cream currently requires all payments to be made through electronic debit of your business account on or before their due dates, or the next business day if the due date is a national holiday or a weekend day.
As a prospective Cream franchisee, you must sign and deliver any documents required for electronic debits of your account and ensure that funds are available in your designated account to cover withdrawals. Cream may change the timing, frequency, and intervals of any payments from time to time, but with no less than 30 days' prior written notice to you.
If you fail to report Net Sales, if Cream ceases to have access to your Computer System, or if your Shop is closed without Cream's authorization for any period of time, then for any fees under the Franchise Agreement which are calculated based on Net Sales, Cream may debit your account for 110% of the average Net Sales for the last three months of operations of your Shop. If the amounts that Cream debits from your account on the basis of any understatement are less than the amounts you actually owe once Cream has determined the true and correct Net Sales, Cream will debit your account for the balance on the day Cream specifies. If the amounts that Cream debits from your account on the basis of any understatement are greater than the amounts you actually owe, Cream will credit the excess against the amounts Cream otherwise would debit from your account during the following period.