Where in the Crepe De Licious franchise agreement can I find details regarding inspections and audits?
Crepe_De_Licious Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 7.17 Additional Items, Services and Suppliers. If you desire to offer additional items or services that we have not approved, or desire to purchase approved items and services from any supplier who we have not approved, we will consider any written request by you for approval of additional items, services or suppliers (although we are not obligated to approve any). You will be required to pay us for our costs incurred in any inspection or testing of any samples or any proposed new product, service or supplier nominated by you. We will notify you of our approval or disapproval of any new item, service or supplier requested by you within a reasonable time (usually within 90 days) after we have received all of the relevant information we requested. We may withhold approval of any item, service or supplier, as we determine in our discretion. We can revoke approval of an approved supplier at any time in our sole discretion, and we will notify you of any revocation of supplier approval.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 57)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Crepe De Licious Franchise Disclosure Document, details regarding inspections and audits can be found in Section 7.17 of the franchise agreement. This section states that if a franchisee desires to offer additional items or services that Crepe De Licious has not approved, or wants to purchase approved items from a supplier Crepe De Licious hasn't approved, the franchisee may submit a written request for approval.
Crepe De Licious will consider the request but is not obligated to approve it. The franchisee will be required to cover the costs incurred by Crepe De Licious for any inspection or testing of samples or proposed new products, services, or suppliers nominated by the franchisee.
Crepe De Licious will then notify the franchisee of its approval or disapproval within a reasonable time, typically around 90 days after receiving all relevant information. Crepe De Licious retains the discretion to withhold approval of any item, service, or supplier. Furthermore, Crepe De Licious can revoke approval of a previously approved supplier at any time and will notify the franchisee of such revocation.