Does Beyond Juicery Eatery guarantee a franchisee's lease?
Beyond_Juicery_Eatery Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
4.02 You are solely responsible for selecting a suitable site for your Restaurant subject to our approval using the site selection criteria in our Operations Manual with the assistance of a commercial real estate broker of your choosing who is approved by us. You must submit to us a description of the proposed site together with evidence satisfactory to us that confirms your favorable prospects for obtaining the proposed site. You must supply the required Development Materials that outline all of the information needed by us to review a proposed site. You must use the real estate site analysis services of our Approved Supplier to evaluate your proposed site. We will give you written notice of approval or disapproval of the proposed site within forty-five (45) days after receiving your written proposal. The factors we generally consider in approving the proposed site for the Location may include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) general location; (ii) traffic patterns; (iii) rent expense; (iv) demographics; (v) equipment and services located at the site; (vi) leasehold improvement costs; (vii) ability to reflect image to be portrayed by "Beyond Juicery + Eatery" Restaurants; (viii) parking; and (ix) other data and information we receive from proprietary software that we use. Notwithstanding the preceding factors, we have the right to approve or disapprove of a proposed site in our sole and absolute discretion. You must select a Location we approve within one hundred twenty (120) days after the execution of the Franchise Agreement. We may cancel the Franchise Agreement in our sole discretion and option if you fail to select a Location acceptable to us within this timeframe. Any advice we provide and our approval of your Location is not a representation, warranty, or evaluation that we believe or that your Location will be a profitable or successful. You are solely responsible for the financial risks and rewards related to the Location you select. We have no obligation or duty and are not responsible or liable to you for any reason that results from the Location selected by you or the purchase or lease of your Location, all of which could lose money and fail. We have the right to review and consent to your Lease prior to the execution of the Lease and reserve the right to charge you a fee for such review. You represent that the Lease as consented to by us shall be executed by all necessary parties within ten (10) days following receipt of our consent. You shall furnish us a
Source: Item 10 — FINANCING (FDD pages 33–34)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Beyond Juicery Eatery's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Beyond Juicery Eatery does not guarantee a franchisee's lease. However, the document does state that Beyond Juicery Eatery has the right to review and consent to the lease before it is executed and may charge a fee for this review. The franchisee must ensure the lease is executed by all necessary parties within ten days of receiving Beyond Juicery Eatery's consent.
Beyond Juicery Eatery outlines the franchisee's sole responsibility in selecting a suitable site for their restaurant, subject to Beyond Juicery Eatery's approval based on criteria in their Operations Manual. This selection process involves using a commercial real estate broker approved by Beyond Juicery Eatery and the real estate site analysis services of their Approved Supplier. The franchisee must submit a site description and evidence confirming favorable prospects for obtaining the site, along with required Development Materials for review.
Beyond Juicery Eatery will provide written notice of approval or disapproval within 45 days of receiving the written proposal, considering factors such as general location, traffic patterns, rent expense, demographics, equipment and services, leasehold improvement costs, image portrayal, and parking. Despite these factors, Beyond Juicery Eatery retains the right to approve or disapprove a site at its sole discretion. The franchisee must select an approved location within 120 days of the Franchise Agreement, or Beyond Juicery Eatery may cancel the agreement. The document emphasizes that Beyond Juicery Eatery's advice and location approval do not guarantee profitability or success, and the franchisee is solely responsible for the financial risks and rewards related to the selected location. Beyond Juicery Eatery assumes no responsibility or liability for any issues arising from the franchisee's location choice or the purchase or lease of the location.