What is the procedure for submitting a site for Bojangles restaurant approval?
Bojangles Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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You must propose, before your acquisition by lease or purchase of any site, the site for a Restaurant for our approval on forms or in the manner that we designate. You may submit a site to us only after you have carefully evaluated the site, determined that it meets the criteria for Restaurant sites which we have communicated to you, and determined that you may acquire or lease it. If we do not approve a site you submit, you will not be permitted to develop a Restaurant on the site. We will review your application for site approval, and, within 45 days of our receipt of your application, we will either approve or reject the proposed site in our sole discretion with comments concerning the reasons for rejection if applicable. If you do not obtain our approval of a site prior to the site approval deadline in the Franchise Agreement (if you have signed a Franchise Agreement) and the Development Agreement, we have the right to terminate the Franchise Agreement and Development Agreement. We may consider the following factors, among
others, in reviewing sites: population around the location, traffic counts on roads serving the location, signage available under local regulations, visibility of the location from nearby roads, ease of ingress and egress, speed limits on adjoining roads, parking, on site traffic flow, drive-thru layout, building elevations, demographic information, existence of nearby traffic generators (such as shopping centers, schools and hospitals), existence of population and commercial growth and potential impact to surrounding Bojangles Restaurants.
If you are developing the Restaurant under a Development Agreement, when we approve your site, we will send you a site approval letter. Thereafter, you will receive our then current disclosure document and Franchise Agreement and related documents for your Restaurant. You must sign the Franchise Agreement and related documents within 30 days after your receipt of the site approval letter.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 37–49)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bojangles's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, before acquiring a site for a restaurant, either by lease or purchase, franchisees must propose the site to Bojangles for approval using their designated forms or manner. This submission can only occur after the franchisee has thoroughly evaluated the site, ensuring it meets Bojangles's criteria for restaurant locations, and has confirmed their ability to acquire or lease the site. If Bojangles does not approve the submitted site, the franchisee cannot develop a restaurant there.
Bojangles will review the site approval application and, within 45 days of receipt, will either approve or reject the proposed site at their sole discretion, providing comments if rejected. Failure to obtain site approval by the deadline specified in the Franchise Agreement and Development Agreement may result in the termination of these agreements.
In reviewing potential sites, Bojangles considers factors such as population density, traffic counts, signage availability, visibility, ease of access, speed limits, parking, traffic flow, drive-thru layout, building elevations, demographic information, nearby traffic generators like shopping centers and schools, population and commercial growth, and the potential impact on existing Bojangles restaurants. If the site is approved under a Development Agreement, Bojangles will send a site approval letter, after which the franchisee will receive the current disclosure document, Franchise Agreement, and related documents, which must be signed within 30 days of receipt of the site approval letter.