Is a change in the character of the location sufficiently detrimental to the Store's business potential grounds for Aw Papa Ray's Pizza relocation approval?
Aw Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
be used in this grand opening program must be approved by us. You must provide us evidence of your grand opening advertising expenditures within one hundred twenty (120) days after the opening of the Papa Ray's Pizza Restaurant.
4.8 Relocation. You may operate your Papa Ray's Pizza Restaurant only at the Premises and you may not relocate your Papa Ray's Pizza Restaurant without our prior written approval. We will grant permission for relocation of your Papa Ray's Pizza Restaurant to a location approved by us if: (1) your lease for the Premises terminates through no fault of yours, (2) the Premises are damaged, condemned or otherwise rendered unusable, (3) in the judgment of both the Company and you, there is either a change in the character of the location of your Papa Ray's Pizza Restaurant sufficiently detrimental to its business potential to warrant its relocation, or the Premises is no longer suitable to meet the full business potential of your P
Source: Item 12 — TERRITORY (FDD pages 29–30)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Aw's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a change in the character of the location of your Papa Ray's Pizza Restaurant that is sufficiently detrimental to its business potential can be grounds for relocation approval. However, this is not guaranteed, as both Aw and the franchisee must agree that the change warrants relocation.
If the lease for the premises terminates through no fault of the franchisee, or if the premises are damaged, condemned, or otherwise rendered unusable, these are also grounds for relocation approval. Additionally, if the premises are no longer suitable to meet the full business potential of the Papa Ray's Pizza Restaurant, relocation may be approved.
If Aw grants permission for relocation, the relocation will be at the franchisee's sole expense. The franchisee must also pay Aw a Relocation Fee of $500.00, plus any travel expenses incurred by Aw in visiting the proposed site. The franchisee must secure a new location approved by Aw for the Papa Ray's Pizza Restaurant.