What is the condition for the Development Agreement with B Bops to remain in effect?
B_Bops Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Under the multiple-unit arrangement, the Company utilizes the Multiple-Unit Development Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit D (the "Development Agreement") to grant development rights. If the Company approves your application for development rights, you will sign a Development Agreement and be granted the right to establish a specified number of Franchises in a defined trade area in accordance with a development schedule negotiated between you and the Company. So long as you comply with the development schedule (and the Development Agreement otherwise remains in effect), the Company and its affiliates cannot develop the defined trade area through the establishment of Company-owned units or through the sale of Franchises to other persons. Each Franchise established in the trade area will be governed by a separate franchise agreement you must sign, with such franchise agreement to be in the form of the standard franchise agreement being utilized by the Company at the time to grant new Franchises. The multiple-unit arrangement will be used only in larger metropolitan areas that are capable of supporting a number of Franchises. In the event you are a corporation, limited liability company or partnership, your shareholders, members or partners will be required to personally guaranty your obligations under the Development Agreement and each franchise agreement executed with the Company.
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 9–11)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to B Bops's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Development Agreement remains in effect as long as the franchisee complies with the development schedule. The development schedule is negotiated between the franchisee and B Bops. The Development Agreement grants the franchisee the right to establish a specified number of franchises in a defined trade area.
Compliance with the development schedule means the franchisee must open the B Bops restaurants according to the timeline agreed upon with the company. If the franchisee fails to meet the milestones in the development schedule, B Bops may terminate the Development Agreement.
So long as the franchisee complies with the development schedule, B Bops and its affiliates are restricted from developing the defined trade area by establishing company-owned units or selling franchises to other individuals. Each B Bops restaurant established in the trade area will be governed by a separate franchise agreement that the franchisee must sign, using the standard franchise agreement utilized by B Bops at the time of granting new franchises. The multiple-unit arrangement is typically used in larger metropolitan areas capable of supporting multiple B Bops locations.