What is the condition for Body Brain Center to grant a protected territory to a franchisee?
Body_Brain_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Once we have approved the site for your Center, we will grant you a protected territory that will be identified on Part C of Attachment "B" (your "Territory"). Your Territory will include a minimum population of 70,000. We will not operate, or grant a franchise to a third party to operate, a Body & Brain Center or a Dahn Yoga Center that is physically located within your Territory during the Term, except as otherwise provided in this Section with respect to Captive Venues and Alternative Channels of Distribution. We reserve the right to: (i) operate Body & Brain Centers, or grant franchises or licenses to third parties to operate Body & Brain Centers, in Captive Venues that are located in your Territory; and (ii) sell competitive or identical goods or services (including under the Marks), or grant franchises or licenses to third parties to sell those goods or services (including, without limitation, Body & Brain home-based franchises), through Alternative Channels of Distribution, irrespective of whether the sales take place in your Territory.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 43–178)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Body Brain Center's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, after Body Brain Center approves the site for a franchisee's center, they will grant a protected territory. This territory will be identified on Part C of Attachment "B" of the franchise agreement.
The protected territory will include a minimum population of 70,000. During the term of the agreement, Body Brain Center will not operate, nor grant a franchise to a third party to operate, a Body & Brain Center or a Dahn Yoga Center physically located within the franchisee's territory. This protection is subject to exceptions regarding Captive Venues and Alternative Channels of Distribution.
Body Brain Center retains the right to operate Body & Brain Centers, or grant franchises or licenses to third parties to operate them, within Captive Venues located in the franchisee's territory. They also reserve the right to sell competitive or identical goods or services, including under the Marks, or grant franchises or licenses to third parties to sell those goods or services, including Body & Brain home-based franchises, through Alternative Channels of Distribution, regardless of whether the sales occur within the franchisee's territory. This means that while a franchisee has a protected territory, Body Brain Center can still operate or allow others to operate similar businesses within that territory through specific channels.