Which items in the Bee Organized Disclosure Document relate to site selection and acquisition/lease?
Bee_Organized Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
[Item 11: FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING]
If permitted by local law, you may operate your Bee Organized Business from a home based administrative office. Otherwise, you are responsible for selecting a site for your administrative office and must obtain our approval of your selected location. If you elect to establish a commercial administrative office comprised of a non-retail back
office facility to support the operations of your Bee Organized Business, including maintaining inventory, staging service visits, and parking your vehicle, you are responsible for selecting and securing a site within your Operating Territory. We do not typically own or lease the real property that will serve as your administrative office and you are responsible for all costs and expenses in locating and evaluating proposed sites for your administrative office. We will provide you with site selection guidelines.
Within 30 days of our written receipt and submission of all information and documentation that we may request, we will respond to your proposed request for our approval or disapproval of the proposed location of your administrative office. Factors taken into consideration include characteristics of the proposed site, whether or not the proposed site meets our criteria for non-retail back-office operations, and the location of your proposed site relative to your overall Operating Territory and proximity to other franchisee operating territories.
Source: Item 9 — FRANCHISEE'S OBLIGATIONS (FDD page 23)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bee Organized's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Item 11 discusses site selection. Specifically, franchisees may operate from a home-based office if local laws permit. Otherwise, the franchisee is responsible for selecting a site for their administrative office, which requires Bee Organized's approval.
If a franchisee chooses a commercial administrative office, they are responsible for finding and securing a site within their operating territory. This office would function as a non-retail back office for inventory, staging, and vehicle parking. Bee Organized does not typically own or lease these properties, making the franchisee responsible for all associated costs. Bee Organized will provide site selection guidelines to assist franchisees in this process.
Bee Organized will respond to a franchisee's site approval request within 30 days of receiving all required information. The franchisor will consider the site's characteristics, whether it meets criteria for non-retail back-office operations, its location within the operating territory, and its proximity to other franchisees. This process ensures that the selected location aligns with Bee Organized's standards and operational needs.