What section of the Batteries Plus Bulbs Franchise Agreement addresses site selection and acquisition/lease?
Batteries_Plus_Bulbs Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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Site Selection. If you already have a potential site for a Store, you may propose the location to us. We may consent to the site after we have independently evaluated it. The site for the Store will be identified in Exhibit A to the Franchise Agreement. If you do not have a proposed site, you will sign Alternative Exhibit A to the Franchise Agreement and will have up to 180 days before the date the Store is scheduled to open to identify a Store site acceptable to us. We will provide you with our general site selection and evaluation criteria. You are solely responsible, however, for locating and obtaining a site which meets our standards and criteria and that is acceptable to us. If you sign Alternative Exhibit A to the Franchise Agreement and Batteries and you cannot agree on a site for a Store, you can request an extension for a period of up to ninety days for no charge. You may request up to 4 additional monthly extensions; provided you must pay us $2,500 for each extension we approve. Any extension fees paid are non-refundable. If you do not request an extension, we do not grant your request for an extension or we and you cannot agree on a site during any extension period, we can terminate your Franchise Agreement or modify your search area.
You must submit to us a complete site submittal cover page (containing information that we may reasonably require) for the proposed Store site. The general site and evaluation criteria which you should
consider include demographic characteristics of the proposed location, traffic patterns, parking, the predominant character of the neighborhood, the proximity to other businesses (including other Batteries Plus® Stores), and other commercial characteristics, and the proposed location, size of premises, appearance and other physical characteristics. We will notify you in writing within 30 days after we receive your complete site report and other materials we request whether the proposed site satisfies our site selection criteria. Our review of a site for the Store does not represent any recommendation
Source: Item 9 — Franchisee's Obligations (FDD pages 32–34)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Batteries Plus Bulbs Franchise Disclosure Document, the details regarding site selection are found within Item 11, titled "Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training." This section outlines the process for proposing a site, the criteria Batteries Plus Bulbs uses for evaluation, and the responsibilities of the franchisee in locating and securing an acceptable location.
Specifically, if a prospective Batteries Plus Bulbs franchisee already has a potential site, they can propose it to Batteries Plus Bulbs for independent evaluation and consent. If the franchisee does not have a site in mind when signing the Franchise Agreement, they will sign Alternative Exhibit A and have up to 180 days before the store's scheduled opening to find a site that meets Batteries Plus Bulbs's approval. Batteries Plus Bulbs will provide its general site selection and evaluation criteria to aid in this process; however, the franchisee bears the sole responsibility for finding and obtaining a site that aligns with these standards.
Batteries Plus Bulbs's site selection criteria include factors such as demographic characteristics, traffic patterns, parking availability, the character of the neighborhood, proximity to other businesses (including other Batteries Plus Bulbs stores), and the physical characteristics of the premises. Franchisees must submit a complete site submittal cover page with all required information for the proposed site. Batteries Plus Bulbs will then notify the franchisee in writing within 30 days whether the site meets their criteria. However, it's important to note that Batteries Plus Bulbs's review does not guarantee the success of the proposed site.