What are the specific requirements for site selection for a Checkers franchise, considering both Item 9 and the potential for future market changes?
Checkers Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You must select a site for your Franchised Restaurant that conforms to our standard site selection criteria and that we accept or reject pursuant to our standard franchise site package (see Item 11).
Purchase and Lease of Premises
We have the right to approve the terms of any lease, sublease or purchase contract for the Premises of your Franchised Restaurant. Any lease or sublease for the Premises must contain certain provisions detailed in our required form of franchise addendum to lease agreement (the "Lease Addendum"), the current form of which we include as an exhibit attached to the Franchise Agreement.
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Checkers' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must select a site that conforms to Checkers' standard site selection criteria. Checkers will either accept or reject the site based on their standard franchise site package.
If a location is agreed upon before signing the Franchise Agreement, it will be specified in the agreement. Otherwise, the franchisee must find a site within a designated geographic area. Within 180 days of the Franchise Agreement date, the franchisee must submit a site for approval. Checkers will approve or disapprove sites based on criteria such as demographic characteristics, traffic patterns, parking, neighborhood character, competition, proximity to other businesses, size, appearance, and other physical and commercial characteristics. Checkers will provide standard site selection criteria and on-site evaluations, but will not conduct site selection activities for the franchisee.
For franchisees entering into a Development Agreement, sites must be selected within a specified Development Area and approved according to Checkers' then-current site selection criteria. Checkers may consider factors such as the general location, neighborhood, demographic information, traffic patterns, access, visibility, the location of other restaurants, and the site's physical characteristics when deciding whether to consent to a relocation. The Franchise Agreement does not offer options or rights of first refusal for additional franchises.
Checkers may integrate aspects of both the Checkers and Rally's concepts, offering the same menu items and using a common restaurant design for both brands. Company-owned and franchised Checkers and Rally's restaurants may compete with a franchisee's restaurant. Checkers intends to resolve potential conflicts between Checkers and Rally's restaurants on a case-by-case basis.