Does Bananas Smoothies Frozen Yogurt provide assistance in choosing a location for the restaurant?
Bananas_Smoothies_Frozen_Yogurt Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
[Item 11: FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING]
Except as listed below, we are not required to provide you with any assistance.
Pre-Opening Obligations
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- We will provide You with assistance in choosing and evaluating a location. (Franchise Agreement, Section 3);
We must approve your selected site for the Franchised Business. We will look at evidence of your commitment and ability to obtain a site and evaluate the site based on the type of retail environment in which the site is located and demographic factors including the density of traffic within the primary trade area. You must lease or acquire a location within a pre-determined number of days after execution of the Franchise Agreement. The number of days is negotiated by us with you at the execution of your Franchise Agreement. We will generally notify you of our approval or disapproval of a site within 30 days after you submit the necessary information to us. If we are unable to decide upon a mutually acceptable location, we will not grant you a franchise. Our approval of the site is no guarantee of the success of the business. Our approval of the site is not a representation as to its suitability and does not assure the success of the business.
We estimate that the typical length of time between signing your Franchise Agreement and the opening of the Franchised Business to be 90-180 days after the site is available for renovations. Factors which may affect this time period include the length of time to obtain a satisfactory site, financing, compliance with local ordinances, training, construction delays and delivery and installation of signs and equipment.
In some cases, we may receive information from the landlords of prospective locations from which you may wish to operate the Franchised Business which information we may pass on to you. We do not take any steps to verify the accuracy of such information and have no way to know if it is accurate or not. As such,
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 38–43)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Bananas Smoothies Frozen Yogurt Franchise Disclosure Document, Bananas Smoothies Frozen Yogurt does provide assistance in choosing and evaluating a location for the franchise. However, this is listed as one of the few areas where they are required to provide assistance.
Bananas Smoothies Frozen Yogurt must approve the franchisee's selected site. In evaluating the site, Bananas Smoothies Frozen Yogurt will consider the retail environment and demographic factors, including traffic density in the primary trade area. The franchisee is required to lease or acquire a location within a timeframe negotiated with Bananas Smoothies Frozen Yogurt upon signing the Franchise Agreement. Bananas Smoothies Frozen Yogurt will generally notify the franchisee of approval or disapproval within 30 days of receiving the necessary information. The document states that if a mutually acceptable location cannot be agreed upon, Bananas Smoothies Frozen Yogurt will not grant the franchise.
While Bananas Smoothies Frozen Yogurt offers assistance in site selection, their approval does not guarantee the success of the business. The FDD estimates the typical time between signing the Franchise Agreement and opening the franchise to be 90-180 days after the site is available for renovations. This timeframe can be affected by factors such as obtaining a suitable site, financing, local ordinances, training, construction delays, and equipment installation. The FDD also notes that in some cases, Bananas Smoothies Frozen Yogurt may receive information from landlords of prospective locations and pass this information on to the franchisee, but they do not verify the accuracy of this information.