Who is responsible for locating and securing the site for a Traditional 7 Brew Store?
7_Brew Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
this Rider and for reserving the Territory for you to the exclusion of others (except as provided in this Rider with respect to Non-Traditional 7 BREW Stores) while you are in compliance with this Rider;
- (ii) fully earned by us when we and you sign this Rider; and
- (iii) not refundable under any circumstances, even if you do not comply or attempt to comply with the Schedule and we then terminate this Rider.
6. Grant of Franchises and Site Selection and Acquisition.
- (a) You must send us a separate application for each Traditional 7 BREW Store that you (or your Approved Affiliate) wish to develop in the Territory. You must locate, evaluate, select, and secure the Store's site. We will not search for or select the site for you. In granting you development rights under this Rider, we are relying on your knowledge of the real estate market in the Territory and your ability to locate and access sites.
- (b) We will give you our then-current criteria for Traditional 7 BREW Store sites (including, without limitation, population density and other demographic characteristics, visibility, traffic flow, competition, accessibility, ingress and egress, size, and other physical and commercial characteristics) to help you select and identify each Traditional 7 BREW Store site.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 82–83)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to 7 Brew's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee is responsible for locating and securing a site for a Traditional 7 Brew store. 7 Brew will not search for or select the site for the franchisee. 7 Brew relies on the franchisee's knowledge of the real estate market in the territory and their ability to locate and access sites.
7 Brew will provide its then-current criteria for Traditional 7 Brew Store sites to help the franchisee select and identify potential locations. These criteria include factors such as population density, demographic characteristics, visibility, traffic flow, competition, accessibility, size, and other physical and commercial characteristics. While 7 Brew will review potential sites identified by the franchisee, they are not obligated to physically inspect the sites in the territory. 7 Brew has the right to require complete site reports and other materials, including photographs and digital recordings, before accepting a proposed site or conducting a site visit. The franchisee must provide all information and materials requested by 7 Brew to assess each proposed site.
Once a site is selected by the franchisee, 7 Brew must provide written acceptance of the site. However, 7 Brew makes no representations or warranties about a site's suitability for a 7 Brew store. 7 Brew's acceptance only indicates that the site is not inconsistent with sites that 7 Brew regards as favorable or that have been successful in the past. The franchisee is responsible for all lease matters and must ensure that the site's lease incorporates the terms of 7 Brew's then-current Lease Rider for Traditional 7 Brew Stores. The franchisee must send 7 Brew a fully-signed copy of each site's lease within ten days of their request.