Pod Plug Franchising

Franchise agreement

You must use one of our approved accounting vendors (currently One point or UniFi) for all of your accounting services for your first 24 months of operation.

Franchise agreement

You acknowledge and agree that we and our designated vendors, as applicable, shall have independent access to, and the right to retrieve and use, any information stored on your Computer Systems and related systems

Franchise agreement

Not later than March 15th after the end of each calendar year during the term of this Agreement, your complete annual financial statements (which may be unaudited), including a balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and statement of cash flows, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles…

Item 8

We have designated ourselves or our affiliates as approved or designated suppliers for certain items as described above in this Item 8.

Item 8

We reserve the right to change or add designated suppliers from time to time at our option upon written notice to you.

Item 8

In our fiscal year 2024, neither we nor our affiliate received any revenues from the sale of products or services to our franchisees because we did not have any franchisees.

Item 8

We estimate your required purchases for the operation of the Pod Plug Business will range between 90% and 95% of your annual purchases or leases.

Franchise agreement

You will be required to pay us a testing/inspection fee equal to the greater of (a) $500 or (b) the cost of inspection and testing (including our administrative expenses), provided that if the product or service tested is adopted for system-wide use by all Pod Plug franchisees, then we will refund this fee.

Item 8

If we require that an item be purchased from an approved supplier and you wish to purchase it from a supplier we have not approved, you must submit to us a written request for approval.

Franchise agreement

The Franchisee shall retain the limited right to use the telephone listing and numbers solely for the transaction and advertising of the business while the Agreement between Franchisor and the Franchisee shall remain in full force and effect, but upon termination or expiration of the Agreement for any reason…

Item 1

You must comply with all payment card infrastructure (“PCI”) industry and government security standards and requirements designed to protect cardholder data.

Item 11

Conduct periodic evaluations of your operations, which may, at our option, include unannounced ride-along inspections by us to observe and evaluate your operations and provision of services.

Franchise agreement

We have the right to add to or modify the Manuals from time to time at our sole discretion.

Franchise agreement

No site may be used for a Pod Plug Business unless it is first accepted in writing by us, and you shall not make any binding commitment with respect to a site for your Pod Plug Business unless the site is first accepted in writing by us.

Item 11

You may not advertise, promote, post or list information relating to the Pod Plug Business on the Internet (through the creation of a website, digital media platforms, social media accounts or posts or otherwise) without our prior written consent, but we may, at our option, decide to include information about your…

Item 11

If a Cooperative is established for an area that includes your Protected Area, you must become a member of the Cooperative and participate in the Cooperative by contributing the amounts required by the Cooperative’s governing documents, which will require contributions of up to one percent (1%) of your Gross Sales.

Item 8

The products that you must purchase only from us or other designated suppliers include the following: Required Purchases from Us and our Affiliates Vending Machines Whether you elect to purchase your vending machines or lease them, you will be required to purchase or lease all such vending machines, and any…

Item 8

If we have approved suppliers (including manufacturers, distributors and other sources) for any items, supplies, materials, fixtures, furnishings, equipment, services, sight plans and designs, computer systems and other products used in, or offered for sale at, the Pod Plug Business, you must obtain these items from…

Item 8

You must purchase or lease, and at all times use, our designated payment processing software system to operate your Pod Plug Business, and such software system must be purchased from our designated vendor.

Franchise agreement

You agree to execute Exhibit E to this Agreement and all other documents necessary to permit us to withdraw funds from your designated bank account by electronic funds transfer (“EFT”) in the amount of the royalty fees, the Brand Marketing Fund contributions (described in Section IX.C.), technology fees, and any…

Item 15

Before beginning operations, you must also designate an individual who will serve as the “General Manager” for your Pod Plug Business and devote his or her full time and best efforts to the direct supervision of your operations.

Item 8

You must purchase all of the uniforms used in the operation of your Pod Plug Business from us or our then-current designated supplier as listed in the Franchise Operations Manual.

Item 11

The software programs and hardware used at Pod Plug Businesses are designed to enable us to have independent access to the information generated and stored by the system, and there is no contractual limitation on our access to, or use of, the information we obtain.

Item 8

You must license CRM and help desk software from our approved CRM vendor (currently BrandWide) for your customer relationship management system, and you must use our approved vendors for managing your inventory levels.

Item 11

We may, at our option, require your Operating Owner and General Manager to attend additional training programs and seminars from time to time (up to a maximum of 5 training days per year) at a location designated by us.

Item 11

If we schedule an annual franchise conference, we will require you to attend (up to a maximum of 3 days per year).