What is the requirement for the physical location of an Aerus Franchised Business?
Aerus Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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Item 12
TERRITORY
The specific street address of the Franchised Business location will be provided in the Franchise Agreement. You will be granted certain rights to an area located in and/or around your Franchised Business. This is called the Area of Responsibility. The Area of Responsibility is not a set distance for all Franchised Businesses and will vary depending on the Program you choose to operate under, and the demographic and geographic nature of your location. You will not receive an exclusive territory. You may face competition from other franchisees, from outlets that we own, or from other channels of distribution or competitive brands that we control.
Under the Standard Program and the Associate Program, the Franchise Agreement grants to you the limited right to offer and sell Products (other than the Beyond Products) to Approved Customers within the Area of Responsibility. Franchisees who sign a Beyond Addendum will also
have the limited right to offer and sell Beyond Products to Approved Customers within the Area of Responsibility. Franchisees who do not sign a Beyond Addendum have no rights to offer and sell Beyond Products.
The Franchised Business will be operated out of and from one or more Approved Locations and from no other physical location, except as may be permitted by us in writing, and you must cause any premises lease covering any Approved Location to include a Lease Rider in the form attached to the Franchise Agreement and included in Exhibit 2(a) or Exhibit 2(b) of this Disclosure Document.
Under the Standard Program, and only upon our prior written consent, you may be permitted to engage Outlet Licensee to establish, on a non-exclusive basis, Licensed Outlets within those parts of your Area of Responsibility that do not include any part of another franchisee's Protected Area The forms (and terms) used to engage Outlet Licensees must be acceptable to us and may not grant greater rights and must include at least the same restrictions and limitations as the Franchise Agreement.
Source: Item 12 — Territory (FDD pages 43–47)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Aerus's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Aerus Franchised Business must be operated from one or more Approved Locations. These locations must have a premises lease that includes a Lease Rider in the form attached to the Franchise Agreement and included in Exhibit 2(a) or Exhibit 2(b) of the FDD. Aerus must provide written permission to operate from any other physical location other than the Approved Locations.
The specific street address of the Franchised Business location will be provided in the Franchise Agreement. Franchisees will be granted certain rights to an area located in and/or around your Franchised Business, called the Area of Responsibility. The Area of Responsibility is not a set distance for all Franchised Businesses and will vary depending on the Program you choose to operate under, and the demographic and geographic nature of your location. Aerus franchisees will not receive an exclusive territory and may face competition from other franchisees, from outlets that Aerus owns, or from other channels of distribution or competitive brands that Aerus controls.
Under the Standard Program, and only upon Aerus's prior written consent, franchisees may be permitted to engage Outlet Licensees to establish, on a non-exclusive basis, Licensed Outlets within those parts of your Area of Responsibility that do not include any part of another franchisee's Protected Area. Franchisees under the Associate Program are not permitted to open additional locations, Satellites or Licensed Outlets. Licensed Outlets must be subject to all provisions of the Franchise Agreement and the Manuals concerning Approved Locations, except that (i) repair, maintenance and warranty service may be provided by or at an affiliated Approved Location rather than on-site and, (ii) provided that, so long as Aerus receives prompt notice of the establishment and location of a Licensed Outlet, Aerus will not require prior approval of the site or lease for any Licensed Outlet.