What standard specifications and layouts will Black Bear Diner provide for the restaurant build-out?
Black_Bear_Diner Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You are responsible for developing the Franchised Restaurant in compliance with our system and ensuring that all plans and specifications comply with our requirements, applicable laws, and lease requirements. We will give you standard specifications and layouts for a Black Bear Diner restaurant. You must hire an architect acceptable to us to prepare your plans and make any necessary changes to our standard specifications and layout. Our acceptance of your architect will not in any way be our endorsement of your architect or render us liable for your adherence to any federal, state or local codes. You must give us, and we have the right to review and approve all plans and specifications before you begin constructing the Restaurant. You or your architect must certify to us that the architectural renderings, plans, and specifications comply with all applicable federal, state and local codes including the Americans with Disabilities Act. We will perform a final inspection and provide you with a written sign-off if the build-out meets our approval. We must sign off on the final build out prior to your beginning operation of the Franchised Restaurant.
You must hire a general contractor to complete the build-out of your Black Bear Diner restaurant. You must purchase, at your expense, all fixtures, furnishing and signs as we may periodically approve. To ensure a uniform image throughout the Black Bear Diner system, you must utilize a proprietary Décor Package and Carved Bear Package in the build out of your Franchised Restaurant. The Décor Package includes items used for the decoration of your Franchised Restaurant and includes bear-themed posters, photographs, signs, silhouettes and wallpaper. A list of items included in the standard Décor Package is included as Exhibit B to the Franchise Agreement. The Carved Bear Package includes a grouping of colorful, wood-carved
bears depicted in playful, inviting poses which are designed to welcome customers to your Franchised Restaurant. A list of items included in the Carved Bear Package is included as Exhibit C to the Franchise Agreement. Both the Décor Package and the Carved Bear Package must be purchased from designated suppliers and installed by your general contractor. We will assist you in placing your order with the designated suppliers of these packages.
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 22–26)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Black Bear Diner's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, as a franchisee, you are responsible for developing the restaurant in compliance with their system, ensuring all plans and specifications meet their requirements, applicable laws, and lease requirements. Black Bear Diner will provide standard specifications and layouts for the restaurant.
However, you must hire an architect acceptable to Black Bear Diner to prepare your plans and make any necessary changes to their standard specifications and layout. Black Bear Diner's acceptance of your architect does not constitute an endorsement or liability for adherence to any codes. You must submit all plans and specifications to Black Bear Diner for review and approval before construction begins. You or your architect must certify that the plans comply with all applicable federal, state, and local codes, including the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Black Bear Diner will perform a final inspection and provide a written sign-off if the build-out meets their approval. This sign-off is required before you can begin operating the franchised restaurant. Additionally, franchisees must purchase a proprietary Décor Package and Carved Bear Package from designated suppliers to ensure a uniform image throughout the Black Bear Diner system. These packages include bear-themed decorations and wood-carved bears, with lists of items included in Exhibit B and Exhibit C of the Franchise Agreement, respectively.