What information about the space is needed to assist with creating a layout for a Bambu franchise?
Bambu Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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, after a letter of intent is signed for the franchise location, Bambu will provide a rough shoppe workflow layout and equipment schedule. However, this is conditional on Bambu receiving sufficient information about the space to assist with creating a layout of the space. This assistance is provided around the time the lease is signed, but only if the Franchise Agreement is signed before the lease.
Bambu also requires that franchisees consult with them and obtain their approval on the shoppe layout, equipment layout, mechanical drawings, and construction documents. These approved plans cannot be changed without prior written approval from Bambu. The franchisee is responsible for the expense of constructing, converting, designing, decorating, and furnishing the Franchised Location according to the final plans and specifications approved by Bambu.
Furthermore, franchisees must prepare final architectural drawings based on Bambu's standards and specifications for approval. The selected architect must submit the final drawings of the layout and proposed improvements to Bambu for review and approval before submitting them for permitting and construction. However, Bambu states that their approval of these documents does not guarantee the suitability or profitability of the location, layout, or design. If a franchisee alters the plans without Bambu's knowledge or prior written approval, Bambu may require the franchisee to conform the shoppe to the approved plans before opening to the public. Bambu also reserves the right to require the franchisee to use a company to supervise the buildout if they believe the franchisee's chosen architect or contractor lacks sufficient knowledge and experience.