All franchisees sign upto follow current / future company standards.
Imagine this, you buy a franchise for over 1/4 million pounds, run it for several years, then the company bans cups in all areas of the business!!
No cups in food preperation areas fair enough, but in your office??
This means you have to give a job applicant / your bank manager / tax man etc a cup of tea or coffee in a disposable cup............nice

It does not go with creating good relations
