Does Dryject use a standard Franchise Agreement as part of its franchising process?
Dryject Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Our Business. We offer and sell franchises for DryJect® Franchised Businesses. These Franchised Businesses specialize in offering a patented, unique and exclusive natural grass ("turf") aeration service (the "System"). This service allows golf course and other sports field customers to have smooth, playable surfaces when aeration holes in turf are filled with a top dressing (sand or soil amendments). This technology provides greater customer satisfaction and eliminates certain costs associated with alternative technologies.
DryJect® Franchise Program. Under the Franchise Agreement (the "Franchise Agreement"), which is Exhibit C to this Disclosure Document, we offer qualified purchasers the right to operate a Franchised Business within a designated territory (the "Designated Territory"). The Franchise Agreement gives you the right to operate the Franchised Business under the name and mark "DryJect®" and other marks that may be designated by us periodically (all referred to as the "Marks"). You must operate according to the standards and procedures designated by us, and according to our Operations Manual (the "Manual"), within a specified Designated Territory.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 50)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Dryject's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Dryject utilizes a standard Franchise Agreement. Item 1 of the FDD mentions that the Franchise Agreement is included as Exhibit C to the document. This agreement grants qualified purchasers the right to operate a DryJect franchised business within a designated territory.
The Franchise Agreement allows the franchisee to operate under the "DryJect®" name and other marks designated by DryJect. Franchisees are obligated to adhere to the standards and procedures set forth by DryJect, as detailed in the Operations Manual, within their specified Designated Territory.
The agreement also outlines the relationship between DryJect and the franchisee, including the use of DryJect's trade names, trademarks, and trade secrets. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining the confidentiality and restricting the use, access, and dissemination of DryJect's trade secrets to protect the DryJect system.