Where can the location for the Antioch Pizza Shop restaurant be found in the Franchise Agreement?
Antioch_Pizza_Shop Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
2. LOCATION
- (a) Location. The location for the Restaurant is set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated by this reference. If the location of the Restaurant has not been determined at the time Franchisee and Franchisor sign this Agreement, then it shall be determined as provided in Section 3 below.
- (b) Protected Area. Provided that Franchisee is in compliance with this Agreement, Franchisor shall not open and operate, or franchise another party to open and operate, a Restaurant utilizing the Marks and the System in the area described in Exhibit A and identified therein as the protected area (the "Protected Area"). Franchisee acknowledges and agrees that
the Protected Area is not an exclusive territory; the Protected Territory is subject to Franchisor's reservation of rights, set forth below in Section 2(c).
The grant of a Protected Area in this Section 2(b) does not prohibit Franchisor, any affiliate or another franchisee of Franchisor from either (1) marketing and promoting their own Antioch Pizza Shop restaurant within Franchisee's Protected Area or (2) delivering food to customers located in Franchisee's Protected Area. Franchisee hereby acknowledges that there are no protections granted to Franchisee herein from marketing or promotion of other Antioch Pizza Shop restaurants or delivery of food within Franchisee's Protected Area.
- (c) Franchisor's Reservation of Rights.
Subject to Section 2(b) above, Franchisor reserves all rights not specifically granted to Franchisee hereunder.
Franchisor (and any Affiliate) further reserves the right to itself or to authorize others to both within and outside the Protected Area:
(i) conduct businesses under different Marks and System;
(ii) conduct businesses using the Marks and the System in non-conventional forums.
For example, Franchisor reserves the right to open and operate or authorize others to open and operate a restaurant using the Marks and the System in shopping malls (100,000 square feet or larger), airports, train stations, hotels and resorts, casinos, military bases, federal lands, university campuses and other similar non-conventional forums.
Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD pages 56–57)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Antioch Pizza Shop's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the restaurant location is specified in Exhibit A of the Franchise Agreement. This exhibit is attached to and incorporated into the agreement. If the location hasn't been determined when the agreement is signed, Section 3 outlines how it will be determined later.
Exhibit A also defines the protected area granted to the franchisee. However, this protected area isn't an exclusive territory, and Antioch Pizza Shop retains specific rights. These rights include the ability to market and promote other Antioch Pizza Shop restaurants within the franchisee's protected area and to deliver food to customers within that area.
Antioch Pizza Shop also reserves the right to operate or authorize others to operate restaurants using the same brand in non-conventional locations such as shopping malls, airports, train stations, hotels, casinos, military bases, federal lands, and university campuses, even within the protected area. This reservation of rights means that while a franchisee has a defined protected area, Antioch Pizza Shop can still establish a presence through alternative channels or locations.