Does the Baya Bar franchisor license the right to operate Baya Bar cafe outlets?

According to Baya Bar's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, Baya Bar does license the right to operate Baya Bar café outlets. Specifically, Baya Bar licenses to others the right to operate Baya Bar café outlets, using the Marks and System, in strict conformity therewith, which may be changed, improved and further developed by Franchisor from time to time (each a "Franchise Agreement").

However, the agreement outlined in the FDD is not a franchise agreement and does not grant the developer any right or license to operate a Baya Bar outlet, distribute any product or service, or use the Marks. The developer's rights to open and operate a Baya Bar outlet and use the System and Marks shall be derived only through the execution of a Franchise Agreement for each Baya Bar outlet to be established in the Development Area.

To exercise development rights, a developer must enter into a separate Franchise Agreement with Baya Bar for each outlet. Concurrently with the execution of the development agreement, the developer must also execute Baya Bar's current form of Franchise Agreement for the first Baya Bar outlet. For each subsequent Baya Bar outlet, the developer will execute Baya Bar's then-current form of Franchise Agreement, which may differ from the initial agreement.