What email address does Southern Steer provide to the franchisee?
Southern_Steer Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
The Franchisee will, at the Franchisee's expense, have access to the Internet.
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 Southern Steer's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Southern Steer will provide the franchisee with a Southern Steer Butcher email address. This email address will be used by both the franchisee and Southern Steer to communicate and transmit documents and other information.
The franchisee is responsible for obtaining internet access at their own expense. However, the franchisee is prohibited from using the words "Southern Steer Butcher" in any personal email address, email alias, or domain name for any website they register or maintain.
Southern Steer also reserves the right to require encrypted transmissions of confidential or sensitive information. The franchisee is prohibited from making any derogatory, defamatory, or libelous statements in any transmission made via the Internet.