Is a location visit by Beyond Juicery Eatery required for each Franchised Restaurant to be developed?
Beyond_Juicery_Eatery Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 60–337)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Beyond Juicery Eatery's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee is responsible for selecting a suitable site for their Restaurant, subject to Beyond Juicery Eatery's approval. The franchisee must use a commercial real estate broker approved by Beyond Juicery Eatery and submit a description of the proposed site with evidence confirming favorable prospects.
The franchisee must also supply required Development Materials that outline all necessary information for Beyond Juicery Eatery to review the proposed site and use the real estate site analysis services of Beyond Juicery Eatery's Approved Supplier to evaluate the site. Beyond Juicery Eatery will provide written notice of approval or disapproval within 45 days of receiving the written proposal. Factors considered for approval include general location, traffic patterns, rent expense, demographics, equipment and services, leasehold improvement costs, the ability to reflect the brand's image, and parking, among other data.
Beyond Juicery Eatery retains the right to approve or disapprove a proposed site at its sole discretion. The franchisee must select an approved location within 120 days of signing the Franchise Agreement. Failure to do so may result in Beyond Juicery Eatery canceling the agreement. While Beyond Juicery Eatery may provide advice and approve the location, this does not guarantee the location's profitability or success, as the franchisee bears sole responsibility for the financial risks and rewards associated with the selected location. The FDD does not explicitly state that a location visit by Beyond Juicery Eatery is required.