What conditions must be met for Browns Chicken to consider a relocation to be under the same Franchise Agreement?
Browns_Chicken Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
The Franchise Agreement provides that you may operate the Store only at the location and on the Premises or a substitute location and/or premises subsequently approved by Brown. If your lease for the Premises expires or terminates without your fault, or if the Premises is destroyed, condemned or otherwise rendered unusable, or if in the judgment of Brown and you there is a change in character of the location of the Store sufficiently detrimental to its business potential to warrant its relocation, Brown will grant permission for relocation of the Store to a location and premises approved by Brown in its sole discretion. Any such relocation will be at your sole expense. So long as your substitute location is open and operating within 18 months of the closing of the Store at the Premises, and such substitute location is owned and operated by you or your immediate family members, Brown will consider such relocation to be under the same Franchise Agreement. Otherwise, Brown reserves the right to require you to enter into a new Franchise Agreement and to pay an additional initial franchise fee upon relocation.
Source: Item 12 — TERRITORY (FDD pages 30–32)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Browns Chicken's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee may be permitted to relocate their store if their lease expires or terminates without fault, the premises are destroyed or condemned, or if Browns Chicken and the franchisee agree that the location's character has changed detrimentally to its business potential. Any relocation will be at the franchisee's sole expense.
Browns Chicken will consider the relocation to be under the same Franchise Agreement if the substitute location is open and operating within 18 months of the original store's closing. Additionally, the substitute location must be owned and operated by the franchisee or their immediate family members.
If these conditions are not met, Browns Chicken reserves the right to require the franchisee to enter into a new Franchise Agreement and pay an additional initial franchise fee upon relocation. This policy ensures that Browns Chicken maintains control over its brand and that franchisees remain committed to the system, even when relocating.