Summary of 2019/2020 key contract provisions, 14 leading franchise systems
Source: Franchise Disclosure Documents, 2020 (except for 7-Eleven, 2019) Download Filing
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Analysis of 2019/2020 contract terms of 14 leading franchise systems
Appendix B: This appendix details the requesters’ review of the contract terms of 14 leading franchise systems, which document the prevalence of one-sided provisions favoring franchisors across the systems. Below, there is excerpted contract language for each of the key contract provisions discussed in Section III of the Request for Investigation for each system that…
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