What is a condition that Beggars Pizza may impose for approving a franchisee's lease?
Beggars_Pizza Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ations and warranties in this Section 26.4 incorrect.
- 26.5 Site Approval. Franchisee hereby acknowledges and agrees that Franchisor's approval of a site does not constitute an express or implied assurance, representation, or warranty of any kind of the suitability of the site for the Restaurant or any other purpose. Franchisor's approval of a site indicates only that Franchisor believes the site complies with acceptable minimum criteria established by Franchisor solely for its purposes as of the time of the evaluation. Both Franchisee and Franchisor acknowledge that application of criteria that may have been
effective with respect to other sites and premises may not be predictive of potential for all sites and that, subsequent to Franchisor's approval of a site, demographic, and/or economic factors, such as competition from other similar businesses, included in or excluded from Franchisor's criteria could change, thereby altering the potential of a site or lease. Such factors are unpredictable and are beyond Franchisor's control.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 39)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Beggars Pizza Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisor's approval of a site does not constitute an express or implied assurance, representation, or warranty of any kind of the suitability of the site for the restaurant or any other purpose. Beggars Pizza states that its approval of the site indicates only that Beggars Pizza believes the site complies with acceptable minimum criteria established by Beggars Pizza solely for its purposes as of the time of the evaluation.
Beggars Pizza and the franchisee acknowledge that the criteria that may have been effective with respect to other sites and premises may not be predictive of potential for all sites and that, subsequent to Beggars Pizza's approval of a site, demographic and/or economic factors, such as competition from other similar businesses, included in or excluded from Beggars Pizza's criteria could change, thereby altering the potential of a site or lease.
These factors are unpredictable and are beyond Beggars Pizza's control. Beggars Pizza will not be responsible for the failure of a site approved by the franchisee to meet the franchisee's expectations as to revenue or operational criteria. The franchisee acknowledges and agrees that its acceptance of a franchise for the operation of the restaurant at the site is based on its own independent investigation of the suitability of the site.