Does Crepe De Licious make its supplier specifications generally available to franchisees or suppliers?
Crepe_De_Licious Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We may update the list of approved suppliers in the Operations Manual. If you desire to have a nonapproved supplier of a product or service designated as an approved supplier, you must submit samples of
the supplier's products or services to us, along with a written statement describing why such products, services, or suppliers should be approved for use in the System. We do not make our supplier specifications and/or standards generally available to franchisees or suppliers. We will notify you of our approval or disapproval within a reasonable time (usually within 90 days) after we have received all of the relevant information we requested. Our written approval must be received before you use products not purchased from an approved supplier. We may revoke our approval at any time if we determine, in our discretion, that the supplier no longer meets our standards. When you receive written notice of a revocation, you must stop selling any disapproved products, and stop purchasing from any disapproved supplier.
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 25–28)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Crepe De Licious's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the company does not make its supplier specifications and/or standards generally available to franchisees or suppliers. However, Crepe De Licious may update the list of approved suppliers in the Operations Manual.
If a franchisee desires to have a nonapproved supplier designated as an approved supplier, they must submit samples of the supplier's products or services to Crepe De Licious, along with a written statement describing why such products, services, or suppliers should be approved for use in the System. Crepe De Licious will notify the franchisee of its approval or disapproval within a reasonable time (usually within 90 days) after receiving all the relevant information.
Written approval must be received before a franchisee uses products not purchased from an approved supplier. Crepe De Licious may revoke its approval at any time if it determines that the supplier no longer meets its standards. If a franchisee receives written notice of a revocation, they must stop selling any disapproved products and stop purchasing from any disapproved supplier.