What assistance does Bambu provide in developing the kitchen workflow design?
Bambu Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We will assist you in development of a required kitchen workflow design, including the specific equipment specifications required for use in your shoppe. We will also provide a style guide of recommended finishes and colors, materials, furniture, fixtures, counter and décor for you to use in designing the layout for the Franchised Location. You are required to obtain our approval of your choice of colors and furniture. We will provide you a rough shoppe workflow layout and equipment schedule after you have entered into the letter of intent ("LOI") for your Franchised Location at or about the time you sign the lease, provided that you have entered into the Franchise Agreement prior to signing the lease and we are provided with sufficient information about the space to assist with creating a layout of the space. You must consult with us, and we must approve your shoppe layout, equipment layout, mechanical drawings, and construction documents, which cannot be changed without our prior written approval. You must, at your expense, construct, convert, design, decorate and furnish the Franchised Location in accordance with the final plans and specifications we have approved. You are required to prepare final architectural drawings for our approval based on our standards and specifications. We must approve the drawings prepared by your selected architect submitting to us the final drawings of the layout and proposed improvements to the Franchised Location for our review and approval before those materials are submitted for permitting and construction begins. The approval by us of drawings, layout, or other construction documents related to the Franchised Location does not constitute a recommendation, endorsement or guarantee by us of the suitability or profitability of the location, layout, or design of your Franchised Location. You cannot change the plans once we approve them, without our prior written approval. If you change the plans or the construction of your shoppe without our knowledge or prior written approval, we may require you to conform your shoppe to the approved plans before you can open the shoppe for business to the public. We may require you to use the services of a company that will supervise the buildout of your Bambū shoppe if, in our sole discretion, we determine that the architect or contractor that you intend to use has insufficient knowledge and experience to build a Bambū shoppe.
Source: Item 8 — Restrictions on Sources of Products and Services (FDD pages 22–26)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bambu's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Bambu assists franchisees in developing a required kitchen workflow design, including specific equipment specifications for the shoppe. Bambu also provides a style guide with recommended finishes, colors, materials, furniture, fixtures, counter and décor for designing the layout of the franchised location. However, the franchisee must obtain Bambu's approval of their choices for colors and furniture.
After the franchisee enters into a letter of intent (LOI) for their franchised location, and signs the Franchise Agreement before signing the lease, Bambu will provide a rough shoppe workflow layout and equipment schedule, assuming they have sufficient information about the space. The franchisee must consult with Bambu and receive approval for the shoppe layout, equipment layout, mechanical drawings, and construction documents, and these cannot be changed without prior written approval.
The franchisee is responsible for the expense of constructing, converting, designing, decorating, and furnishing the franchised location according to the approved final plans and specifications. The franchisee must prepare final architectural drawings based on Bambu's standards and specifications for Bambu's approval before submitting them for permitting and construction. Bambu's approval of these documents does not guarantee the suitability or profitability of the location, layout, or design. Any changes to the approved plans require Bambu's prior written approval, and failure to obtain approval may result in Bambu requiring the franchisee to conform the shoppe to the approved plans before opening. Bambu may also require the franchisee to use a company to supervise the buildout if they determine that the franchisee's chosen architect or contractor lacks sufficient knowledge and experience.