To what extent is Hydrodog permitted by applicable law to establish maximum and minimum retail prices?
Hydrodog Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Subject only to limitations imposed by applicable law, we reserve the right to designate maximum or minimum retail prices for the Products and Services you offer and sell, and we will provide you with reasonable notice of any changes to these prices. We may further from time to time offer guidance with respect to the selling price for such Products and Services, but you shall be free to set your own prices within any maximum or minimum retail prices we designate. If you elect to sell any or all of your Products and Services at any price recommended by us, you acknowledge that we have made no guarantee or warranty that offering such Products and Services at the recommended price will enhance your sales or profits.
Source: Item 16 — RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THE FRANCHISEE MAY SELL (FDD pages 35–36)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Hydrodog's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Hydrodog reserves the right to designate maximum or minimum retail prices for the products and services franchisees offer, but this is subject to limitations imposed by applicable law. Hydrodog will provide franchisees with reasonable notice of any changes to these prices.
Hydrodog may also offer guidance regarding the selling price of products and services. However, franchisees are free to set their own prices within any maximum or minimum retail prices that Hydrodog designates.
Hydrodog makes no guarantees or warranties that offering such products and services at the recommended price will enhance a franchisee's sales or profits. This means that while Hydrodog can suggest or even mandate price ranges, the franchisee ultimately bears the risk if those prices don't lead to desired financial outcomes.