When does Bambu typically provide the interior design guide?
Bambu Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
rograms, displays and uniforms. We will assist you in developing a required kitchen workflow design. We will provide you with specific equipment specifications for use in creating the layout for your shoppe and an interior design guide, typically after you have signed a LOI for your Franchised Location and before you sign the lease. We will consult with you regarding your construction documents, which must be prepared by our designated architectural firm or another architect you select, and we approve. We must approve those documents before you submit them for permitting and construction begins, and if any suggested changes to the plans deviate materially from the initial kitchen workflow design and equipment specifications we provide to you. You are responsible for the cost of any architectural designs and mechanical drawings that you obtain, and for modifying any plans that we may provide to you, and for the cost of construction. (Sections 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 and 7.1.c of the Franchise Agreement.) See also "Site Selection Assistance," described below in this Item.
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, the franchisor typically provides the interior design guide after the franchisee has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for their Franchised Location, but before they sign the lease. Bambu also provides specific equipment specifications to help create the layout for the shoppe.
In addition to the interior design guide, Bambu will assist franchisees in developing a required kitchen workflow design. The franchisee is responsible for the cost of any architectural designs and mechanical drawings that they obtain, for modifying any plans that Bambu provides, and for the cost of construction.
Bambu also consults with franchisees regarding their construction documents, which must be prepared by Bambu's designated architectural firm or another architect selected by the franchisee and approved by Bambu. These documents must be approved by Bambu before they are submitted for permitting, especially if any suggested changes to the plans deviate materially from the initial kitchen workflow design and equipment specifications provided.