How long does Degree Wellness take to approve or disapprove a proposed supplier?
Degree_Wellness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
If you would like to purchase or lease any items from any unapproved supplier, then you must submit to us a written request for approval of the proposed supplier or the proposed supplier may submit its own request. We may inspect the proposed supplier's facilities, and require that product samples from the proposed supplier be delivered for testing either directly to us or any independent certified laboratory that we designate. We also may require you (or the proposed supplier requesting the evaluation) to pay us an evaluation fee (not to exceed the actual cost of the inspection and the actual cost of the test (see Item 6) to make the evaluation. We will approve or disapprove your proposed supplier within 60 days of receiving all of the information that we require for the evaluation. We reserve the right to periodically re-inspect the facilities and products or services of any approved supplier, and revoke our approval if the supplier does not continue to meet any of our criteria. Our criteria for approving suppliers are not currently available to franchisees for review.
Source: Item 8 — Restrictions on Sources of Products and Services (FDD pages 26–29)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Degree Wellness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if a franchisee wants to purchase or lease items from a supplier not already approved by Degree Wellness, they must submit a written request for approval. Alternatively, the supplier can submit the request themselves. Degree Wellness may then inspect the supplier's facilities and require product samples for testing, either directly or through an independent certified laboratory.
Degree Wellness may also require the franchisee or the proposed supplier to pay an evaluation fee to cover the costs of the inspection and testing. This fee cannot exceed the actual cost of the inspection and testing. After Degree Wellness receives all the necessary information for the evaluation, they will approve or disapprove the proposed supplier within 60 days.
Degree Wellness retains the right to periodically re-inspect approved suppliers and revoke approval if they no longer meet the company's criteria. It is important to note that Degree Wellness's specific criteria for approving suppliers are not available to franchisees for review, which means franchisees may not know the exact standards a supplier must meet. This lack of transparency could make it difficult for franchisees to find and propose new suppliers with confidence.