What will Care Plus Medical Ucc review and advise the franchisee on?
Care_Plus_Medical_Ucc Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
- A. Your site. We will review and advise you regarding potential locations that you submit to us. (Section 5.4).
If you sign a Multi-Unit Development Agreement, we will approve the location of future sites and territories for those sites, and our then-current standards for sites and territories will apply.
We are not obligated to further assist you in locating a site or negotiating the purchase or lease of the site.
(i) We generally do not own your premises.
(ii) If your site is not already known and approved by us when you sign your franchise agreement, then we and you will specify in your franchise agreement the area in which you must select a site (Franchise Agreement, Summary Page).
We do not select your site.
Your site is subject to our approval.
To obtain our approval, you must provide all information and documents about the site that we require.
(iii) The factors we consider in approving sites are general location and neighborhood, competition, trade area demographics, traffic patterns, parking, size, physical characteristics of existing buildings, and lease terms.
(iv) The time limit for us to approve or disapprove your proposed site is 30 days after you submit all of our required documents and information. (Section 6.1).
If we and you cannot agree on a site, you will be unable to comply with your obligation to develop and open the franchise by the deadline stated in the franchise agreement.
Unless we agree to extend the deadline, you will be in default and we may terminate your franchise agreement.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 22–28)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Care Plus Medical Ucc's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, prior to opening, Care Plus Medical Ucc will review and advise franchisees regarding potential business locations that the franchisee submits. If a franchisee signs a Multi-Unit Development Agreement, Care Plus Medical Ucc will approve the location of future sites and territories for those sites, applying their then-current standards for sites and territories. However, Care Plus Medical Ucc is not obligated to further assist in locating a site or negotiating the purchase or lease of the site.
Care Plus Medical Ucc does not select the site for the franchisee; the franchisee's site is subject to Care Plus Medical Ucc's approval. To gain approval, the franchisee must provide all required information and documents about the site. Factors that Care Plus Medical Ucc considers when approving sites include the general location and neighborhood, competition, trade area demographics, traffic patterns, parking, size, physical characteristics of existing buildings, and lease terms.
The time limit for Care Plus Medical Ucc to approve or disapprove a proposed site is 30 days after the franchisee submits all required documents and information. If the franchisee and Care Plus Medical Ucc cannot agree on a site, the franchisee will be unable to meet the deadline for developing and opening the franchise, potentially leading to a default and termination of the franchise agreement unless an extension is agreed upon.