Where might Dryject establish specifications and standards for required purchases?
Dryject Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
f approved suppliers periodically and issue the updated lists to all franchise owners.
Specifications and Standards. You must purchase certain products, supplies and equipment under specifications and standards that we periodically establish either in the Franchise Agreement, Manual or notices we send to you occasionally. These specifications are established to provide standards for performance, durability, design and appearance. We will notify you whenever we establish or revise any of our standards or specifications, or if we designate new or additional approved suppliers for products, equipment or services. Even if we designate and approve a supplier, you will not be obligated to purchase any items from it, except as noted earlier.
We do not currently, but reserve the right to negotiate purchase agreements for certain equipment or supplies. You may purchase such equipment or supplies from these designated suppliers or from any approved supplier on the terms as you negotiate. The Manual contains details relating to these purchases. At the time you open the Franchised Business you must stock the initial inventory of products, equipment, services and supplies required by us as outlined in the Manual or otherwise in writing.
Source: Item 7 — ESTIMATED INITIAL INVESTMENT (FDD pages 19–24)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Dryject's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Dryject establishes specifications and standards for required purchases in several places. These standards can be found in the Franchise Agreement, the Operations Manual, or in notices that Dryject sends to franchisees periodically. These specifications are in place to ensure standards for performance, durability, design, and appearance of the products, supplies, and equipment used in the Dryject franchise.
Dryject will notify franchisees whenever they establish or revise any standards or specifications, or if they designate new or additional approved suppliers for products, equipment, or services. However, even if Dryject designates and approves a supplier, franchisees are not obligated to purchase any items from it, except as noted earlier in the document.
Dryject also maintains written lists of approved items of equipment, fixtures, inventory, and supplies (by brand name and/or by standards and specifications) and lists of approved suppliers for those items. These lists are updated periodically and issued to all franchise owners. Franchisees can request Dryject's standards and specifications, as well as the criteria for supplier approval, but only on a confidential basis. All suppliers and approved vendors will be listed in the Operations Manual, which must always be followed, even as modified by Dryject periodically.