What email address will the Franchisor provide to the Southern Steer franchisee?
Southern_Steer Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Franchisor will provide Franchisee with a Southern Steer Butcher e-mail address which will be used by the Franchisee and the Franchisor to communicate and to transmit documents and other information.
The Franchisee will not use the words "Southern Steer Butcher" as any part of any of e-mail address, e-mail alias, or domain name (Uniform Resource Locator) for any website registered or maintained by the Franchisee on the Internet.
The Franchisee will not transmit any Confidential Information, Trade Secrets, Sensitive Information, documents or data without complying with the security measures set forth in Section 9.7 or as otherwise may be adopted by the Franchisor.
The Franchisor reserves the right to require encrypted transmissions of Confidential Information and/or Sensitive Information.
The Franchisee will not make any derogatory, defamatory or libelous statements in any transmission made via the Internet, through any Intranet network or by any other means.
Source: Item 22 — ITEM. 22 CONTRACTS (FDD pages 61–168)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Southern Steer Franchise Disclosure Document, Southern Steer will provide each franchisee with a Southern Steer Butcher email address. This email address is to be used for communication and transmission of documents and other information between the franchisee and Southern Steer.
Southern Steer franchisees are required to have internet access at their own expense. However, franchisees are prohibited from using "Southern Steer Butcher" in any part of any other email address, email alias, or domain name for any website they register or maintain.
Southern Steer also mandates that franchisees comply with specific security measures when transmitting confidential information, trade secrets, or sensitive data, and reserves the right to require encrypted transmissions for such information. Franchisees are also prohibited from making any derogatory, defamatory, or libelous statements in any transmission made via the Internet.