What is the 'Administrative Assessment' fee for the first reporting violation for a Dog Haus franchise?
Dog_Haus Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
hereby licenses use of the Franchised Restaurant. Franchisee shall maintain the Dog Haus Data as secret and confidential throughout the Term and shall not make any of the Dog Haus Data available to any unauthorized person without the prior written consent of Franchisor and then only in the manner permitted by Franchisor. Franchisor hereby licenses use of the Dog Haus Data to Franchisee during the Term, at no cost, solely for Franchisee's use in connection with the Franchised Restaurant.
- 11.7 No Restriction. Nothing in this Article 11 is intended to prohibit or restrict any activity which prohibition or restriction violates Franchisee's employees' rights to engage in protected concerted activity under the National Labor Relations Act.
12. ACCOUNTING AND RECORDS.
- 12.1 General Reporting. Franchisee shall submit weekly statistical control forms and other financial, operational and statistical information that Franchisor may require (i) to assist Franchisee in the operation of the Franchised Restaurant; (ii) to allow Franchisor to monitor Gross Sales, purchases, costs and expenses; (iii) to enable Franchisor to develop chain wide statistics; (iv) to assist Franchisor in the development of new Dog Haus Authorized Products or the removal of existing unsuccessful Dog Haus Authorized Products; (v) to enable Franchisor to refine existing Dog Haus Authorized Products;
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 87)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
Based on the 2025 Dog Haus Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must submit weekly statistical control forms and other financial, operational, and statistical information that the franchisor may require. If a franchisee fails to transmit the reporting information to Dog Haus in the specified manner, time, and format, they will be required to pay an administrative assessment. The FDD states that these violations will damage Dog Haus in amounts that cannot be precisely quantified and that the administrative assessments are a reasonable, good faith estimate of those damages. However, the specific amount of the 'Administrative Assessment' fee for the first reporting violation is not specified in the provided excerpts. A prospective franchisee should inquire directly with the franchisor about the exact fee schedule for administrative assessments related to reporting violations.