What is the dependency between the F&B Operations Plan and the operation of the Hotel for The Standardx?
The_Standardx Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
pliers, Hotel System and System Standards
Promptly after preparing the plans for your Hotel's construction or remodeling, you must prepare and deliver to us for our approval a plan for conducting and administering the F&B Operations at the Hotel (the "F&B Operations Plan"). The F&B Operations Plan will contain the identity of any proposed restaurant operator or other operator of some or all F&B Operations at the Hotel (other than you or your approved management company) (each an "F&B Operator") and the restaurant concept(s) that you plan to incorporate as part of or adjacent to the Hotel. You must make the modifications to the F&B Operations Plan that we reasonably specify and ensure that the Hotel and its F&B Operations operate according to the approved F&B Operations Plan. You may
not make any material changes to the F&B Operations Plan (including any changes to the proposed restaurant concept(s) and/or F&B Operator(s)) without our prior written approval. Before the Hotel begins operating under the Proprietary Marks, you must require each F&B Operator to sign the documents we reasonably specify to protect our (and our affiliates') intellectual property and other rights. At our option, you must submit to us for our prior approval any proposed lease or other agreement between you (or your affiliate or management company) and the F&B Operator under which the F&B Operator will conduct F&B Operations, in which case you may not sign (or permit your affiliate or management company to sign) any lease or other agreement that we have not approved.
If you or your management company do not have in-house technology services support, you must contract with a third party technology consultant that meets our qualifications for "break/fix" support. You must also use our designated cyber end point protection and web filtering tools and enter into agreements with suppliers of such services, as applicable.
You currently must use our designated third party provider of travel agent commission program services. This provider calculates travel agent commissions, remits them to travel agents and collects them from participating hotels. You also must use our designated provider of quality assurance and inspection services. Except as described in this Item or in Item 5 or 6, there currently are no goods, services, supplies, fixtures, equipment, inventory, computer hardware and software, real estate, or comparable items related to establishing or operating the Hotel that you must buy from us, our affiliates, or designated or approved suppliers. Except for The Living Company, which may provide some FF&E to Brand Hotels, none of our officers currently owns an interest in any supplier to Brand Hotel franchisees.
However, you must buy or lease most other products and services for your Hotel according to our System Standards. We issue and modify standards and specifications based on our, our affiliates' and our franchisees' experience in operating Brand Hotels and other Hyatt Network Hotels.
Source: Item 8 — Restrictions on Sources of Products and Services (FDD pages 40–45)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to The Standardx's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee must create and adhere to a Food and Beverage Operations Plan that is approved by the franchisor. The F&B Operations Plan must include the identity of any proposed restaurant operator or other operator of some or all F&B Operations at the Hotel (other than you or your approved management company) and the restaurant concept(s) that you plan to incorporate as part of or adjacent to the Hotel. The franchisee must make any modifications to the F&B Operations Plan that The Standardx reasonably specifies and ensure that the Hotel and its F&B Operations operate according to the approved F&B Operations Plan. The franchisee may not make any material changes to the F&B Operations Plan without prior written approval from The Standardx.
Before the Hotel begins operating under The Standardx's Proprietary Marks, the franchisee must require each F&B Operator to sign documents that The Standardx specifies to protect their intellectual property and other rights. At The Standardx's option, the franchisee must submit any proposed lease or other agreement between the franchisee (or their affiliate or management company) and the F&B Operator for prior approval, and the franchisee may not sign any agreement that The Standardx has not approved.
"F&B Operations" are defined as all food and beverage operations for Hotel guests and patrons consisting of the following (in each case, to the extent applicable): (a) restaurant, dining, bar, lounge, and retail food and beverage services; (b) banquet, meeting, event, catering (including outside catering) and room services; (c) a multi-functional service area that serves coffee and breakfast, lunch and dinner menu items, and alcoholic beverages; (d) grab-and-go food and beverage items available for purchase in a Hotel market; (e) a communal area serving as a combination restaurant, bar, coffee shop and workplace; (f) a standalone restaurant and/or rooftop bar; and (g) all other food, beverage and related services at the Hotel. The Standardx also regulates the quality standards for F&B Operations.