What must a Noodles & Company franchisee ensure if they use a website approved by the franchisor?
Noodles_Company Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You agree not to promote, offer or sell any products or services relating to your Noodles & Company Restaurant through, or use any of the Marks on, the Internet, social media, social networks or other future technological avenues (collectively, "Social Media") without our prior written consent, which we may withhold for any or no reason. You must, at all times, comply with our Social Media policy, as modified periodically. You expressly acknowledge and agree that your use of any Social Media relating to your Noodles & Company Restaurant is subject to our prior written approval. You may not establish an independent site or page on any Social Media without our prior written consent. If we authorize you to have and/or design a site or a page on any Social Media for your Noodles & Company Restaurant, your site and page may only be accessed from our site or page, and we may prohibit links between your site or page and any other site. You acknowledge that any use of Social Media by you with respect to your Noodles & Company Restaurant constitutes advertising and promotion subject to this Section 10, and you agree to comply with any additional policies and standards we issue from time to time with respect to Social Media. You acknowledge that any copyright in your sites or pages on any Social Media will be deemed to be owned by us, and you agree to sign any documents that we reasonably deem necessary to affirm our ownership of the copyright. If necessary, you must ensure cooperation with us by any web site service provider or web site hosting company with which you do business. You represent that you have or will have the lawful right to use any proprietary materials of others that appear on your sites or pages on Social Media. We periodically may provide to you content for your sites and pages on Social Media, including copy, news stories and photographs. We must consent to any changes to your sites and pages on Social Media.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 99–350)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Noodles & Company Franchise Disclosure Document, if a franchisee is authorized to have or design a site or page on any Social Media for their Noodles & Company Restaurant, the franchisee's site and page may only be accessed from Noodles & Company's site or page. Noodles & Company may also prohibit links between the franchisee's site or page and any other site.
Noodles & Company considers any use of Social Media by the franchisee with respect to their Noodles & Company Restaurant as advertising and promotion. As such, the franchisee must comply with any additional policies and standards issued by Noodles & Company regarding Social Media.
Furthermore, any copyright in the franchisee's sites or pages on any Social Media will be deemed to be owned by Noodles & Company. The franchisee agrees to sign any documents that Noodles & Company reasonably deems necessary to affirm their ownership of the copyright. The franchisee must also ensure cooperation with Noodles & Company by any website service provider or website hosting company they do business with. Finally, the franchisee represents that they have or will have the lawful right to use any proprietary materials of others that appear on their sites or pages on Social Media. Noodles & Company must consent to any changes to the franchisee's sites and pages on Social Media.