Under what restrictions can a Pump It Up franchisee purchase from a Local Vendor?
Pump_It_Up Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
endor**". We reserve the right to require that you use a Preferred National Vendor for the purchase of specified fixtures, equipment, inventory, marketing materials, or supplies. We may work with these Preferred National Vendors to establish prices, products, shipping costs, contacts, and other agreements as at our discretion.
- (5) Dependent on restrictions we may identify for purchasing products and services from our Designated Vendors and/or Preferred National Vendors, you may also purchase products, equipment, materials, supplies and services from a vendor in the geographic area near your Premises (a "Local Vendor"). All such purchases from any such Local Vendors should be high quality and up to our System Standards. We reserve the right to override your decision to use a Local Vendor if we determine, in our sole discretion, that the Local Vendor does not meet the high expectations of the System Standards.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 60–225)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Pump It Up's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees may purchase products, equipment, materials, supplies, and services from a Local Vendor, provided that the franchisor has not identified restrictions for purchasing such items from Designated Vendors or Preferred National Vendors. All purchases from Local Vendors must meet Pump It Up's System Standards, ensuring high quality and consistency across all franchise locations.
Pump It Up retains the right to override a franchisee's decision to use a Local Vendor if the franchisor determines, in its sole discretion, that the vendor does not meet the System Standards. This provision allows Pump It Up to maintain quality control and brand consistency by ensuring that all products and services used in the franchise meet their expectations.
In cases where franchisees propose to purchase any product, equipment, materials, supplies, or services that are not required to be purchased from Pump It Up, its affiliates, or PIU Vendors, these items must fully comply with the System Standards. This requirement ensures that even when franchisees have the flexibility to choose their vendors, the quality and standards of the Pump It Up brand are upheld. Pump It Up reserves the right to require franchisees to purchase specific products, equipment, material, supplies and/or services from specific PIU Vendors.