Does the Mr. Sandless Franchise Agreement restrict the goods/services a franchisee can offer?
Mr_Sandless Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You must offer the services and products we specify and/or approve. You may not sell any goods or provide any services that we have not previously approved or required for a Mr. Sandless Business. We may change the products and services which your Business must offer, there is no contractual limitation on our right to change the types of authorized goods and services that you must offer, and we anticipate that the types of goods and services offered by System franchisees may also be modified, among other ways, in accordance with industry changes. You must comply with any changes we require in the products and services that your Business will offer and sell. You will conduct the Business in accordance with our specifications and procedures, and otherwise comply with the requirements in the Operations Manual. You may not conduct another business in conjunction with the Business without our prior written approval, which we are not required to provide.
You are restricted by the Franchise Agreement, Operations Manual and any other practice or custom with respect to the goods or services which you may offer, which must be approved by us. You are not restricted as to the customers whom you may solicit or service except as described in Item 12.
Source: Item 16 — RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THE FRANCHISEE MAY SELL (FDD page 30)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Mr. Sandless Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are restricted in what they can sell. Mr. Sandless requires that franchisees offer only the services and products that Mr. Sandless specifies or approves. Franchisees cannot sell any goods or services that Mr. Sandless has not previously approved or required for a Mr. Sandless Business.
Mr. Sandless retains the right to change the required and approved products and services with no contractual limitations. The FDD states that Mr. Sandless anticipates that the types of goods and services offered by System franchisees may also be modified in accordance with industry changes. Franchisees must comply with any changes Mr. Sandless requires in the products and services offered.
Furthermore, franchisees must conduct their Mr. Sandless Business according to the specifications and procedures outlined in the Operations Manual and the Franchise Agreement. Franchisees need prior written approval from Mr. Sandless to conduct another business in conjunction with their Mr. Sandless Business, and Mr. Sandless is not required to provide such approval. However, franchisees are not restricted as to the customers they may solicit or service, except as described in Item 12 of the Franchise Disclosure Document.