What must a Brueggers Bagels franchisee do with the Bakery construction and installation?
Brueggers_Bagels Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
After securing the site, you must construct the Bakery at your own expense. The procedure for constructing and opening a Bakery is outlined in Section 6 of the Franchise Agreement. We will provide you with one set of our prototypical plans for the construction and layout of a Bakery. Within 30 days after receipt of the complete set of drawings and specifications, we will review them and either approve or reject them. For your first two Bakeries, you must engage an architect from our approved list to prepare preliminary and final architectural drawings and specifications for your Bakeries consistent with our representative plans for a Bakery. In addition, for your first two Bakeries, you must use a general contractor from our approved list or receive our written approval of your general contractor. After your second Bakery is built and operational, you can
choose your own architect and general contractor, but we must approve the final drawings and specifications before you begin the permitting process. You cannot start the permitting process for the Bakery until we have approved the drawings and specifications, and once they have been approved they cannot be changed without our written consent. You must construct the Bakery and install all furniture, fixtures, equipment and signs in accordance with the plans and specifications that we have approved. You are responsible for obtaining all zoning and health permits at your own expense.
The typical time for a new Bakery to open is nine months after we sign the Franchise Agreement. The actual time will vary depending on the availability of financing, the type of retail development in which the Bakery is to be located, and the time you need to obtain the necessary permits and licenses for the construction and operation of the Bakery. None of these factors is within our control.
We will provide our then-current on-site opening assistance for the first two Bakeries you develop. For a Licensed Bakery, we will provide on-site support for a period of one week commencing with the Grand Opening.
We have the right to terminate the Franchise Agreement if you do not open the Bakery within nine months after signing the Franchise Agreement. If you have a Development Agreement, failure to open the Bakery on time may also affect whether you meet your Development Schedule. If you have not opened the required number of Bakeries by the deadlines set out in the Development Schedule, we can terminate the Development Agreement, and by cross-default, any other Franchise Agreements.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, MANUALS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 32–42)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Brueggers Bagels's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, after securing a site, the franchisee is responsible for constructing the Bakery at their own expense. Brueggers Bagels will provide one set of prototypical plans for the construction and layout. Within 30 days of receiving the complete drawings and specifications, Brueggers Bagels will review and either approve or reject them. For the first two Bakeries, franchisees must engage an architect and a general contractor from Brueggers Bagels's approved list to prepare architectural drawings and specifications consistent with the representative plans. However, Brueggers Bagels must provide written approval if the franchisee chooses a general contractor not on the approved list.
After the first two Bakeries are built and operational, the franchisee can choose their own architect and general contractor. However, Brueggers Bagels must approve the final drawings and specifications before the permitting process begins. The franchisee cannot start the permitting process until Brueggers Bagels approves the drawings and specifications, and once approved, changes require written consent from Brueggers Bagels. The franchisee must construct the Bakery and install all furniture, fixtures, equipment, and signs according to the approved plans and specifications. The franchisee is also responsible for obtaining all zoning and health permits at their own expense.
The typical time for a new Brueggers Bagels Bakery to open is nine months after signing the Franchise Agreement, but this can vary based on financing, the type of retail development, and the time needed to obtain necessary permits and licenses. Brueggers Bagels also has the right to terminate the Franchise Agreement if the Bakery does not open within nine months after signing the agreement. For the first two Bakeries, Brueggers Bagels will provide on-site opening assistance. For a Licensed Bakery, on-site support will be provided for one week commencing with the Grand Opening.