Will Bambu assist with the lease for the Franchised Location?
Bambu Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Our acceptance of a location does not infer or guarantee the success or profitability of an approved location.
We will assist you in the negotiation and preparation of a letter of intent ("LOI") with the landlord for your Bambū shoppe. We will provide you a general workflow design or layout for the Franchised Location, typically after you have entered into the LOI for your Franchised Location and before you have signed the lease, provided that you have entered into the Franchise Agreement prior to signing the lease. We will also assist you in the review and negotiations of your lease, by providing you with recommendations and suggestions of lease terms. We must approve your LOI and lease prior to execution. We will provide you with additional consultation in relation to your final shoppe layout, equipment layout and mechanical drawings and other construction documents as we deem appropriate, and we must approve those documents before you submit them for permitting. Our involvement in the negotiation and approval of the lease and in our assistance with the construction documents for the Franchised Location does not constitute a recommendation, endorsement or guarantee by us of the suitability or profitability of the location or the lease, and you will need to take any additional steps necessary to ascertain whether such location and lease are acceptable to you.
Schedule for Opening
We estimate that the typical length of time between the date you sign the Franchise Agreement and the date your shoppe opens will be approximately three to 10 months based on our buildout requirements and delivery date of the premises by your landlord. The factors which may affect this time period are you locating a satisfactory site, complying with local ordinances and zoning, securing financing, and obtaining a lease, as well as the extent to which an existing location must be upgraded or remodeled, the delivery schedule for equipment, recruiting and hiring, purchasing products and supplies, and completing your training. We will conduct a preassessment review of your shoppe approximately one to two weeks prior to your soft opening to determine if onsite training can be scheduled.
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 28–38)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bambu's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Bambu will assist franchisees with the lease for their Franchised Location. Bambu will assist with the negotiations and preparation of a letter of intent (LOI) with the landlord. They will also provide a general workflow design or layout for the location, typically after the LOI is signed and before the lease is signed, provided the Franchise Agreement has been signed prior to the lease.
Bambu will further assist in the review and negotiation of the lease by providing recommendations and suggestions regarding lease terms. The franchisee must obtain Bambu's approval of both the LOI and the lease before execution. Bambu will also provide consultation regarding the final shop layout, equipment layout, mechanical drawings, and other construction documents, which must be approved before submission for permitting.
However, Bambu states that their involvement in the negotiation and approval of the lease and assistance with construction documents does not constitute a recommendation, endorsement, or guarantee of the suitability or profitability of the location or the lease. The franchisee is responsible for taking any additional steps necessary to determine if the location and lease are acceptable to them. Franchisees must also select, lease, or acquire the site for their Bambu shop, as Bambu does not typically own and lease sites to its franchisees.