Can Dryject modify its franchise agreements in the future?
Dryject Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- (d) You alone are responsible for operating the Franchised Business in full compliance with all System Standards, as modified from time to time.
System Standards mean mandatory specifications, standards, operating procedures, and rules that We periodically prescribe for the development and operation of DryJect franchised businesses.
All references in this Agreement to System Standards will include any modifications, deletions and/or additions to the System Standards which are authorized by this Agreement or the Operations Manual.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, System Standards may regulate any aspect of the operation and maintenance of DryJect franchised businesses, provided that all System Standards will apply uniformly to all similarly situated DryJect franchised businesses.
11. VARIATIONS IN STANDARDS
Because complete uniformity under varying conditions may be impossible or impractical, We reserve the right to vary the standards of eligibility, including financial terms and conditions, for any franchisee, including You, based upon the peculiarities of a particular territory, including density of population, business potential, population of trade area, existing business practices, or any other conditions which We determine to have, or potentially have, a significant effect on the successful operation of such franchisee's business. Variations from standard specifications and practices granted to other franchisees shall not under any circumstances be cause to require Us to grant to You a like or similar variation hereunder, either now or in the future.
EXHIBIT K SPECIFIC STATE RIDERS TO FRANCHISE AGREEMENT
As to any state law described in this Addenda that declares void or unenforceable any provision contained in the DryJect Management, LLC Franchise Agreement, DryJect Management, LLC reserves the right to challenge the constitutionality of the state law by bringing an appropriate legal action or raising the claim in a legal action or arbitration that you initiate.
CALIFORNIA RIDER TO THE DRYJECT MANAGEMENT, LLC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT
The Franchise Agreement is modified as follows: part of the Agreement. This Rider is being executed because the Licensed Business to be operated by you pursuant to the Agreement will be located in the State of California and/or because you are a resident of the State of California.
- Termination. Section 32 of the Agreement is amended to add the following:
With respect to franchises governed by Minnesota Law, DryJect® will comply with Minn. Stat. Sec. 80c.14, subds. 3, 4, and 5, which require, except in certain specified cases, that Franchise Owner be given 90 days' notice of termination (with 60 days to cure) and 180 days' notice for nonrenewal of the franchise agreement and that consent to the transfer of the franchise will not be unreasonably withheld.
Source: Item 8 — BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP (FDD pages 68–229)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Dryject's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Dryject has the right to modify the System Standards, which are mandatory specifications, standards, operating procedures, and rules that Dryject periodically prescribes for the development and operation of Dryject franchised businesses. These System Standards may regulate any aspect of the operation and maintenance of Dryject franchised businesses. However, all System Standards will apply uniformly to all similarly situated Dryject franchised businesses.
Dryject also reserves the right to vary the standards of eligibility, including financial terms and conditions, for any franchisee based upon the peculiarities of a particular territory, including density of population, business potential, population of trade area, existing business practices, or any other conditions which Dryject determines to have, or potentially have, a significant effect on the successful operation of such franchisee's business. However, variations from standard specifications and practices granted to other franchisees shall not under any circumstances be cause to require Dryject to grant to a franchisee a like or similar variation, either now or in the future.
Furthermore, as to any state law described in the Addenda that declares void or unenforceable any provision contained in the DryJect Management, LLC Franchise Agreement, DryJect Management, LLC reserves the right to challenge the constitutionality of the state law by bringing an appropriate legal action or raising the claim in a legal action or arbitration that a franchisee initiates. For franchisees in California, the Franchise Agreement is modified by a California Rider, because the Licensed Business to be operated by the franchisee pursuant to the Agreement will be located in the State of California and/or because they are a resident of the State of California. For franchisees in Minnesota, the franchise agreement is subject to specific amendments to comply with Minnesota law.