Does Stretch Zone have the right to inspect the facilities of a proposed new supplier?
Stretch_Zone Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ply your needs promptly and reliably. We will use our best reasonable efforts to negotiate agreements with Approved Suppliers
that are in the best interest of all Franchise Businesses. In approving suppliers for the Business System, we may take into consideration factors like the price and quality of the products or services and the supplier's reliability. We may concentrate purchases with 1 or more suppliers to obtain the lowest prices and/or the best advertising support and/or services for any group of Franchised Units or Company-Owned Units. Approval of a supplier may be conditioned on requirements on the frequency of delivery, standards of service, warranty policies including prompt attention to complaints, and concentration of purchases, as stated above, and may be temporary, pending our additional evaluation of the supplier.
- (d) Approval of New Suppliers. If you propose to purchase or lease any equipment, supplies, inventory, advertising materials, construction services, or other products or services that are not proprietary to us or an Affiliate from an unapproved supplier, you must submit to us a written request for approval, or request that the supplier do so itself. We have the right to require, as a condition of our approval, that the supplier permit our representatives to inspect its facilities. If we request, the supplier will deliver samples to us or to our designated independent, certified laboratory for
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, if a franchisee proposes a new supplier for items not proprietary to Stretch Zone, the franchisee must request approval from Stretch Zone. As a condition of approval, Stretch Zone has the right to have its representatives inspect the supplier's facilities.
Stretch Zone may also require the supplier to provide samples for testing at an independent, certified laboratory. The franchisee is responsible for covering the costs of the inspection and testing, up to $1,500. Stretch Zone is not liable for any damage to the sample during testing.
Stretch Zone also reserves the right to re-inspect the facilities and products of any approved supplier and continue to sample the products at the supplier's expense. Additionally, Stretch Zone can revoke approval if the supplier fails to continue meeting their standards. This ensures Stretch Zone maintains control over the quality and standards of products and services used by its franchisees, even when sourced from third-party suppliers.