How does Stretch Zone determine the price charged to franchisees for purchases from Stretch Zone or its Approved Supplier?
Stretch_Zone Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
(a) Purchases from Us. You must purchase from us or our Approved Supplier the stretching tables, kits, bolsters and wedges and other items that we require if implemented on a Network-wide basis. We will charge you the same price that we charge all Franchisees. You will submit payment for orders and pay all shipping, handling and insurance costs to us in the manner and in accordance with the price schedule contained in the Operations Manual or otherwise provided in writing, which we may amend in our sole direction. You agree to pay us for all orders in accordance with our then-current payment terms and policies. Your orders are subject to our acceptance and we reserve the right to wholly or partially accept or reject any order you place. We reserve the right to: (i) deny or limit the amount of credit we will extend to you; (ii) suspend shipments; (iii) make shipments only after all prior orders shipped to you have been paid in full: or (iv) make shipments on a cash in advance, on a C.O.D. basis, or on any other terms which we deem appropriate.
Source: Item 8 — Receipts. Any sale made must be in compliance with § 683(8) of the Franchise Sale Act (N.Y. Gen. Bus. L. § 680 et seq.), which describes the time period a Franchise Disclosure Document (offering prospectus) must be provided to a prospective franchisee before a sale may be made. New York law requires a franchisor to provide the Franchise Disclosure Document at the earliest of the first personal meeting or ten (10) business days before the execution of the franchise or other agreement or the payment of any consideration that relates to the franchise relationship. (FDD pages 99–263)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Stretch Zone Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must purchase certain items like stretching tables, kits, bolsters, and wedges from Stretch Zone or its Approved Supplier. Stretch Zone will charge franchisees the same price it charges all franchisees for these items.
The franchisee is responsible for submitting payment for orders and covering all shipping, handling, and insurance costs. These payments must be made according to the price schedule detailed in the Operations Manual or as otherwise provided in writing, which Stretch Zone can amend at its discretion. Franchisees must adhere to Stretch Zone's current payment terms and policies for all orders.
Stretch Zone maintains the right to accept or reject orders, either wholly or partially. Additionally, Stretch Zone reserves the right to deny or limit credit extended to franchisees, suspend shipments, require full payment of prior orders before new shipments, or demand cash in advance or C.O.D. terms for shipments, as deemed appropriate by Stretch Zone.