Steele Management Group

Franchise agreement

You agree to establish and retain a bookkeeping, recordkeeping, computer and point of sale system conforming to any requirements which may be prescribed by us, relating, without limitation, to the use and retention of daily sales information, counts of approved menu items sold, coupons, purchase orders, purchase…

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We shall have independent access to data on your Business Management and Technology System, including but not limited to sales figures, client information, projections, evaluations, and reports.

Franchise agreement

You agree to submit to us, in accordance with requirements prescribed by us from time to time (initially in thirteen four-week reporting periods per year) and in a format which we may designate from time to time:

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We or our affiliates intend to earn revenue from your purchase of equipment, food products, packaging supplies and other items that we may specify from time to time.

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We reserve the right to designate ourselves or an affiliate as an approved, or the sole approved, supplier for any item you must purchase in connection with the Restaurant.

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Because we have just begun franchising, we have not received any revenues from franchisee purchases from us, our affiliates, or any approved or designated suppliers.

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We or our affiliates may retain any rebates or other payments we receive from suppliers.

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We estimate that the cost to purchase and lease all equipment, inventory, and other items and services that we require you to obtain from us or our affiliates, from designated suppliers, or in accordance with our specifications ranges from approximately 70% to 95% of all purchases and leases necessary to open your…

Franchise agreement

We reserve the right to charge you for our reasonable expenses in testing and/or evaluating any proposed item or vendor submitted by you and will require a $500.00 application fee.

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In the event you wish to purchase any unapproved item, including inventory, and/or acquire approved items from an unapproved supplier, you must provide us the name, address and telephone number of the proposed supplier, a description of the item you wish to purchase, and the purchase price of the item, if known.

Franchise agreement

You acknowledge that we have the sole rights to and interest in all telephone numbers, post office boxes, and directory listings relating to any Mark, and you authorize us to direct the telephone company, the postal service, and all listing agencies to transfer all telephone numbers, post office boxes, and directory…

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You agree to abide by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards enacted by the applicable Card Associations, as applicable to your business.

Franchise agreement

We or our designee will have the right at any time during business hours and without prior notice to conduct reasonable inspections of the Restaurant, its operations and its business

Franchise agreement

We will have the right to add to and otherwise modify the Operating Manual from time to time, if deemed necessary or advisable to improve the standards of service or product quality or the efficient operation of the Restaurant, to protect or maintain the goodwill associated with the Marks, to take advantage of…

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You will operate the Restaurant only from the Approved Location which will be identified on the Data Sheet of the Franchise Agreement.

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Except as approved in advance in writing by us, you may not establish or maintain a separate website, splash page, profile or other presence on the Internet, or otherwise advertise on the Internet or any other public computer network in connection with the Restaurants, including any profile on Facebook, Pinterest…

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you must spend a minimum of 1% of your monthly Gross Revenue on local advertising and promotion implemented in a format and using materials and designs approved by us as your “Local Advertising, Marketing, and Promotional Expenditure”.

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You must fully participate in all guest loyalty or frequent customer programs now or in the future adopted or approved by us.

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All franchisees in the designated geographical area must participate in the Cooperative.

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All fees owed and any other amounts designated by us must be received or credited to our account by pre-authorized bank debit by 5:00 p.m. on or before the applicable due date.

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You must participate in all gift certificate and/or gift card administration programs as we may designated from time to time.

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At all times that your Restaurant is open for business, it must be under the personal, on-premises supervision of either you, your Controlling Person, your Key Manager, or a trained attendant.

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All food ingredients, beverage products, cooking materials, containers, packaging materials, other paper and plastic products, utensils, uniforms, menus, forms, cleaning and sanitation materials and other supplies and materials used in the operation of the Restaurant must conform to the specifications and quality…

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Currently, as part of the Business Management and Technology System, franchisees must purchase a designated point of sale computer system for each Restaurant.

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We shall have independent access to data on your Business Management and Technology System, including but not limited to sales figures, client information, projections, evaluations, and reports.

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In addition, you must purchase, enroll in or subscribe to, as applicable, all CRM, social media analytics and online and mobile ordering software or programs that we designate.

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We may also, at our option, require you, your Controlling Person, or your Key Manager to attend supplemental or additional training programs which may be offered from time to time by us or our affiliates during the term of the franchise.

Franchise agreement

We may establish and hold a convention for franchisees and if we do so, you will be required to attend.