When is the initial franchise fee due for an Antioch Pizza Shop?
Antioch_Pizza_Shop Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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- 1.4 This Agreement is not a Franchise Agreement, and you shall have no right to use in any manner the System or the Marks by virtue of entering into this Agreement.
- 1.5 Developer shall have no right under this Agreement to license others to operate a business or use the System or the Marks.
2. FEES
- 2.1 Concurrent with the execution of this Agreement, you must execute a Franchise Agreement for the first Antioch Pizza Shop Restaurant to be developed and pay the initial franchise fee due under said Franchise Agreement. The initial franchise fee for the remaining Franchise Agreements to be developed under this Agreement shall be Thirty-Two Thousand Dollars ($32,000.00) for a Dine-In Restaurant or Take-Out/Delivery Restaurant Franchise and Twenty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($28,000.00) for an Express Restaurant franchise.
Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD pages 56–57)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 FDD, the initial franchise fee for an Antioch Pizza Shop is due concurrent with the execution of the Franchise Agreement. For a dine-in or take-out/delivery restaurant, the initial franchise fee is $32,000. For an express restaurant franchise, the initial franchise fee is $28,000.
For franchisees entering into a Development Agreement to open multiple Antioch Pizza Shop locations, the initial franchise fee is handled differently for the first franchise versus subsequent franchises. The initial franchise fee for the first Antioch Pizza Shop restaurant is due when the franchisee signs the Franchise Agreement for that first location. For each additional location under the Development Agreement, a Development Fee is calculated as the total of the initial franchise fees for each additional franchise to be developed after the first franchise.
This Development Fee is paid upon execution of the Development Agreement and is non-refundable. Importantly, no initial franchise fee is due upon the execution of any Franchise Agreement signed under the Development Agreement for these subsequent locations. This means that while the franchisee commits to paying the fees upfront in the Development Agreement, they do not have to pay an additional franchise fee when signing individual franchise agreements for each new Antioch Pizza Shop location they open as part of the development schedule.