Which item in the Crepe De Licious Disclosure Document discusses inspections and audits?
Crepe_De_Licious Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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You will not install or permit the installation of any unauthorized software on your point-of-sale equipment or computer equipment without our prior express written consent. If we determine that unauthorized software or programs have been installed on your systems, you must immediately remove them upon notice from us. You will use your point-of-sale system only in connection with the Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck, and only according to System standards. Unless we agree otherwise, you will use only one computer at your Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck to connect to and communicate with our computer system, and you must maintain all data relating to your Crepe de licious Franchise on this same computer. If you have any other computers at your Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck, you must give us full access to those computers anytime we request (including, if we audit your Crepe de licious Franchise).
You will have sole responsibility for: (1) the operation, maintenance, and upgrading of your Computer System; (2) the manner in which your Computer System interfaces with our computer system and those of other third parties; and (3) any and all consequences that may arise if your Computer System is not properly operated, maintained, and upgraded.
We (or our designee(s)) have the right to independently access the electronic information and data relating to your Crepe de licious Franchise, and to collect and use your electronic information and data in any manner, including to promote the System and the sale of Crepe de licious Franchises. This may include posting financial information of each franchisee on an intranet website.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 29–40)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Crepe De Licious Franchise Disclosure Document, Item 11 discusses inspections and audits. Specifically, it states that if Crepe De Licious determines that unauthorized software or programs have been installed on the franchisee's systems, the franchisee must immediately remove them upon notice from Crepe De Licious.
Furthermore, franchisees must give Crepe De Licious full access to any other computers at their Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck anytime Crepe De Licious requests, including if they audit the Crepe De Licious Franchise. Crepe De Licious (or their designees) also have the right to independently access the electronic information and data relating to the franchisee's Crepe De Licious Franchise, and to collect and use the electronic information and data in any manner, including to promote the System and the sale of Crepe De Licious Franchises.
Crepe De Licious may access the electronic information and data from the franchisee's Computer System remotely, in the Crepe De Licious Business, or from other locations. This means that Crepe De Licious has broad rights to inspect and audit a franchisee's computer systems and data, which is a fairly common practice in franchising to ensure compliance with system standards and protect the brand.