Does Beyond Juicery Eatery provide any warranty or representation regarding the profitability of a franchised restaurant location?
Beyond_Juicery_Eatery Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 60–337)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Beyond Juicery Eatery's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the company does not provide any warranty or guarantee that a franchised location will be profitable or successful. While Beyond Juicery Eatery offers site selection assistance, the FDD clearly states that any advice or approval regarding the location should not be interpreted as a guarantee of profitability. The document emphasizes that the franchisee is solely responsible for the financial risks and rewards associated with the chosen location.
Beyond Juicery Eatery outlines several factors they consider when approving a site, including general location, traffic patterns, rent expense, demographics, equipment and services, leasehold improvement costs, the ability to reflect the brand's image, parking, and data from proprietary software. However, the FDD explicitly states that Beyond Juicery Eatery has the right to approve or disapprove a site at their sole discretion, regardless of these factors. This highlights that while they offer guidance, the ultimate decision, and therefore the financial outcome, rests with the franchisee.
This disclaimer is a common practice in the franchise industry. Franchisors typically avoid making guarantees about profitability because the success of a franchise location depends on many factors beyond their control, including the franchisee's management skills, local market conditions, and competition. Prospective Beyond Juicery Eatery franchisees should conduct their own thorough market research and financial analysis to assess the potential profitability of any proposed location, understanding that the franchisor's approval does not equate to a promise of financial success.