Where are the specifications for the Approved Supplies for a Goldfish Swim School outlined?
Goldfish_Swim_School Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You must purchase all of your supplies ("Approved Supplies") including without limitation your furniture, fixtures, equipment, including computer equipment, inventory, and signage under specifications in the Goldfish Swim School Confidential Brand Standards Manual ("Confidential Brand Standards Manual") and through suppliers approved by us ("Approved Suppliers"). You will be required to use Approved Suppliers to perform certain services on your behalf in connection with your Franchised Swim School. We communicate our standards and specifications to you when we evaluate your proposed location for the franchised swim school during training, before you conduct your initial advertising expense, during on-site opening assistance, during periodic visits to your franchise location and through the Confidential Brand Standards Manual (including periodic bulletins). We will periodically issue new standards and specifications (if any) through written notices. We have created standards and specifications for the development of your franchised swim school. We have required vendors and suppliers as identified in the Confidential Brand Standards Manual and we reserve the right to designate required additional vendors or suppliers, or revoke the approval of suppliers as we determine in our discretion from time to time in the future, and will provide you notice through the Confidential Brand Standards Manual.
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF SERVICES AND PRODUCTS (FDD pages 27–30)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Goldfish Swim School's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the specifications for approved supplies are primarily detailed in the Goldfish Swim School Confidential Brand Standards Manual. Franchisees are required to purchase all supplies, including furniture, fixtures, computer equipment, inventory, and signage, according to the specifications outlined in this manual and from approved suppliers.
The standards and specifications are communicated to franchisees through several channels, including during the evaluation of the proposed location, during training, before initial advertising expenses are incurred, during on-site opening assistance, and through periodic visits to the franchise location. Goldfish Swim School may periodically issue new standards and specifications through written notices and reserves the right to designate additional vendors or suppliers, or revoke the approval of existing suppliers, providing notice through the Confidential Brand Standards Manual.
Prospective franchisees should carefully review the Confidential Brand Standards Manual to understand the specific requirements for all approved supplies. It is also important to stay updated on any written notices or changes communicated by Goldfish Swim School regarding these standards and approved suppliers, as these can impact the operational costs and sourcing requirements for the franchise.