What specific items must a Stretch Zone franchisee purchase from Stretch Zone or its Approved Supplier?
Stretch_Zone Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Training Program, as well as the Stretch Practitioner Training and Sales Associates Training Programs, before managing your Franchise Business, unless we otherwise agree in writing.
- (d) Change in Regional Manager. If the Regional Manager fails to satisfy his or her obligations provided in Subsection 4.6(c) due to death, disability, termination of employment or for any other reason, you, your Designated Representative, or a Franchise Owner will satisfy these obligations until you designate a new Regional Manager acceptable to us who has successfully completed our then-current training requirements (for which you must pay us the applicable training fees). You are solely responsible for the expenses associated with such training, including the thenprevailing standard training fees we charge.
Section 4.7 APPROVED SPECIFICATIONS AND SOURCES OF SUPPLY
- (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.
- (b) Purchases from Designated Suppliers.
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 Stretch Zone's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are required to purchase specific items from Stretch Zone or its approved suppliers. These mandatory purchases include stretching tables, kits, bolsters, and wedges, as well as any other items that Stretch Zone mandates on a network-wide basis.
Stretch Zone franchisees must also acquire certain products and services exclusively from third-party suppliers that Stretch Zone designates. Additionally, franchisees are obligated to purchase or lease equipment, supplies, inventory, advertising materials, and other products and services necessary for the development and operation of their franchise business solely from authorized suppliers.
This arrangement ensures that Stretch Zone maintains consistency and quality across all franchise locations. While it restricts the franchisee's choice of suppliers, it also provides a level of assurance that the products and services meet Stretch Zone's standards. Prospective franchisees should carefully consider these requirements and factor in the associated costs when evaluating the franchise opportunity.