re: Anyone with experience in franchising from either side?

I do currently run a business. And, I have successfully filed and received three trademarks 100% on my own without the help of an attorney or anyone else. I’m in the alcohol business, which has about as many hoops to jump through, as possible, and do all of my own filings.

This isn’t filing normal business paperwork. The FTC requires this wildly comprehensive 23 part packet in which each section is not some simple form. Requires an operations manual, for example, in which the company I’m meeting with today said they typically run 300-400 pages in length. Every single detail of the business has to be written out black and white to where, for example, you have a franchisee in Baton Rouge and a different one in New Orleans and they both operate exactly the same.

I was just curious if anyone has had experience with the process on either side. Thanks!