What assistance will Checkers provide in designating the location for a Checkers restaurant?
Checkers Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Selection of Premises. If you have suggested a location for the Franchised Restaurant which we have approved before or concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Premises will be set forth on Exhibit B. If we and you have not agreed upon an approved location for the Franchised Restaurant before signing this Agreement, then you are responsible for selecting the site for the Franchised Restaurant within the geographic area described in Exhibit B ("Designated Area"). The Designated Area is delineated for the sole purpose of site selection and does not confer any territorial exclusivity or protection. You agree to obtain our written approval of the Franchised Restaurant's proposed site before signing any lease, sublease, or other document for the site. Within one hundred eighty (180) days after the Effective Date, you must locate and submit for our approval a site acceptable to us within the Designated Area for the Franchised Restaurant. We will use reasonable efforts to help analyze your market area, to help determine site feasibility, and to assist in designating the location, although we will not conduct site selection activities for you. We will not unreasonably withhold our approval of a site that meets our criteria for demographic characteristics; traffic patterns; parking; character of neighborhood; competition from, proximity to, and nature of other businesses; other commercial characteristics; and the proposed site's size, appearance, and other physical characteristics.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 91–92)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Checkers' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee is primarily responsible for selecting the site for their restaurant within a designated geographic area. This area is defined in Exhibit B of the franchise agreement and serves only to guide site selection, without providing any territorial exclusivity.
Checkers will offer some assistance to the franchisee in this process. Specifically, Checkers will use reasonable efforts to help analyze the market area and determine site feasibility. Checkers will also assist in designating the location. However, Checkers explicitly states that it will not conduct site selection activities for the franchisee.
Checkers retains the right to approve the franchisee's proposed site, and it will not unreasonably withhold approval if the site meets Checkers' criteria. These criteria include demographic characteristics, traffic patterns, parking availability, the character of the neighborhood, competition from other businesses, proximity to other businesses, the nature of other businesses, and the proposed site's size, appearance, and other physical characteristics. The franchisee must secure Checkers' written approval before signing any lease or other binding document for the site. The franchisee has 180 days from the effective date of the agreement to find and submit a site for approval.