Under what conditions can a Noodles & Company franchisee have or design a site or page on social media?
Noodles_Company Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You may not 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. 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. Any use of Social Media by you with respect to your Noodles & Company restaurant is subject to the advertising restrictions in the Franchise Agreement. You must comply with any additional policies and standards we issue from time to time regarding Social Media. Any copyright in your sites or pages on any Social Media are owned by us, and you must sign any documents that we reasonably deem necessary to affirm our ownership of the copyright. If necessary, you must ensure that any web site service provider or web site hosting company with which you do business cooperates with us. On occasion, we may provide you content for your sites and pages on Social Media. We must consent to any changes to your sites and pages on Social Media.
Source: Item 13 — TRADEMARKS (FDD pages 53–58)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Noodles & Company Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee must obtain prior written consent from Noodles & Company before promoting, offering, or selling any products or services related to their restaurant through social media, or using any of the company's marks on social media. This consent can be withheld for any reason. Franchisees must also comply with Noodles & Company's social media policy, which may be modified periodically. Any use of social media related to the Noodles & Company restaurant is subject to prior written approval.
A franchisee cannot establish an independent site or page on any social media platform without prior written consent from Noodles & Company. If Noodles & Company authorizes a franchisee to have and/or design a site or page on social media, it can only be accessed from Noodles & Company's official site or page. Noodles & Company also reserves the right to prohibit links between the franchisee's site or page and any other site.
Furthermore, any use of social media by the franchisee concerning their Noodles & Company restaurant is subject to the advertising restrictions outlined in the Franchise Agreement. Franchisees must adhere to any additional policies and standards issued by Noodles & Company regarding social media. Noodles & Company retains ownership of any copyright in the franchisee's social media sites or pages, and the franchisee must sign documents to affirm this ownership. The franchisee must also ensure that any website service provider or hosting company they work with cooperates with Noodles & Company. Noodles & Company may provide content for the franchisee's social media sites and pages and must consent to any changes made to these sites and pages.