Is access to the Kitchen Solvers Business System Online Manual granted before or during the operation of the Kitchen Solvers Business?
Kitchen_Solvers Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
we are not required to provide you with any assistance.**
Pre-opening Assistance: Before you operate your Business, we will:
- (1) Grant to you a license to operate the KITCHEN SOLVERS Business in a Territory (Subparagraph 2.A and Appendix B to the Franchise Agreement);
- (2) Provide you with site selection guidelines and general building and design requirements for a prototypical office or showroom (if you choose to have a location or showroom outside your home). You must, at your expense, adapt the standard specifications for the office or showroom for your premises. (Subparagraph 5 of the Franchise Agreement)
- (3) Provide training as described below in this Item 11 (Subparagraph 7B of the Franchise Agreement);
- (4) Upon your request, furnish to you a list of approved products and equipment (including installer's equipment) for your Business and any applicable standards and specifications related to such items. We do not deliver or install such items. (Subparagraphs 6A-B of the Franchise Agreement); and
- (5) Grant you access to you our confidential Kitchen Solvers Business System Online Manual for the Business (Subparagraph 6C of the Franchise Agreement). The Kitchen Solvers Business System Online Manual may include other manuals that we create for use in the operation of a KITCHEN SOLVERS Business.
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 26–31)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Kitchen Solvers' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are granted access to the Kitchen Solvers Business System Online Manual both before and during the operation of their business. Prior to opening, Kitchen Solvers will grant access to the confidential Kitchen Solvers Business System Online Manual. This manual may include other manuals created for use in the operation of a Kitchen Solvers business.
During the operation of the Kitchen Solvers business, the franchisor will furnish updated and revised material for the Kitchen Solvers Business System Online Manual if they elect to modify the manual. The Kitchen Solvers Business Systems Online Manual addresses business start-up, installation, and ongoing operations and contains proprietary information that the franchisee must keep confidential.
The Kitchen Solvers Business System Online Manual is also part of the instructional materials for the Pre-Opening Training Program. The manual, along with lectures, instructional materials, hands-on demonstrations, and practice, are all components of the training program offered as needed throughout the year.