What specific acknowledgement is deleted from Section 16.B of the Kitchen Solvers Franchise Agreement?
Kitchen_Solvers Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
The following provision in Section 16.B of the Franchise Agreement is hereby deleted: "You acknowledge that you are entering into this Agreement as a result of your own independent investigation of the KITCHEN SOLVERS franchise program and not as a result of any representation about us made by our shareholders, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, independent contractors or franchisees that is contrary to the terms identified in this Agreement or in any disclosure document, prospectus, or other similar document required or permitted to be given to you pursuant to applicable law."
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 49–190)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Kitchen Solvers Franchise Disclosure Document, several addenda modify the standard franchise agreement for franchisees in specific states. These addenda address acknowledgements within Section 16.B of the agreement. Specifically, a uniform provision is deleted across multiple state-specific addenda.
This provision states that the franchisee acknowledges entering the agreement based on their own independent investigation of the Kitchen Solvers franchise program. It also notes that this decision is not a result of any representations made by the franchisor's shareholders, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, independent contractors, or franchisees that contradict the terms in the agreement or any disclosure documents required by law.
The deletion of this acknowledgement is significant. It suggests that Kitchen Solvers franchisees should not be held to a standard of having conducted a fully independent investigation, and it potentially opens the door for franchisees to claim reliance on representations made by the franchisor or its agents, even if those representations are not explicitly stated in the franchise agreement or disclosure documents. This change could provide franchisees with additional legal recourse in the event of disputes or misrepresentations.