Does Beyond Juicery Eatery require franchisees to open for business only with their consent?
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.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 60–337)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Beyond Juicery Eatery Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must obtain Beyond Juicery Eatery's approval for their restaurant's location. The franchisee is responsible for selecting a suitable site based on the criteria in the Operations Manual, using a commercial real estate broker approved by Beyond Juicery Eatery.
The franchisee must submit a description of the proposed site and evidence confirming favorable prospects for obtaining it, along with required Development Materials. Beyond Juicery Eatery will provide written notice of approval or disapproval within 45 days of receiving the proposal. Factors considered for approval include general location, traffic patterns, rent expense, demographics, equipment and services, leasehold improvement costs, the ability to reflect the Beyond Juicery + Eatery image, and parking.
Beyond Juicery Eatery retains the right to approve or disapprove a proposed site at its 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 offer advice and approve the location, this does not guarantee the location's profitability or success, and the franchisee bears the financial risks.