What factors does Checkersrallys consider when reviewing a franchise site package?
Checkersrallys Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ordance with our then current criteria for selection of a Checkers Restaurant or Rally's Restaurant site.
Before you acquire, by lease or purchase, any site for your Restaurant, you must submit a franchise site package to us in the form, content and substance as we then require. We will review each site package and determine whether to accept or reject the site after considering factors we deem appropriate, including the general location and neighborhood, demographic information, traffic patterns, access, visibility, location of other restaurants and food establishments, and size, configuration, appearance and other physical characteristics of the site. We will use reasonable efforts to approve or disapprove the proposed site within 30 days after receiving your written proposal. Upon our approval of a site, we will insert the address into Exhibit B of the Franchise Agreement, and it will be the Premises. Within 60 days after our approval of a site for the Premises, you agree to deliver a copy of the fully signed lease, sublease or purchase contract and the franchise addendum to lease agreement. In some cases, we may sublease the Premises to you, but we do not typically do so.
You must apply for all requisite government approvals and permits to develop the Premises within 60 days after you sign the proposed lease, sublease or purchase agreement. You must complete construction or installation of the Franchised Restaurant within 180 days from receipt of all government approvals and permits. You must open the Franchised Restaurant within 14 days after the date construction or installation is completed, or, for those Restaurants that received training support from us, within 19 days after the date construction or installation is completed.
If, after expending good faith best efforts (as we determine in our sole judgment), you are unable to comply with the time periods required to either locate or secure a site for your Franchised Restaurant, or you are unable to obtain all required approvals and permits or timely complete construction of the Restaurant, then we may grant you a one-time extension in our sole discretion. If we grant you an extension, you must pay the extension fee as described in Item 6. If you are unable to locate or secure a site we approve for your Franchised Restaurant, we may terminate the Franchise Agreement.
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- We will provide initial training to you (or your Operating Partner) and your manager. This training is described in detail later in this Item. (Franchise Agreement, Section 4.01);
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- We will provide you with access to the Operations Manual (Franchise Agreement, Section 4.03); and
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- Provide you mandatory and suggested specifications and layouts for Franchised Restaurants, including requirements for dimensions, design, image, interior layout, decor, fixtures, equipment, signs, furnishings, and color scheme. (Franchise Agreement − Sections 3.04 and 3.05)
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Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 46–57)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Checkersrallys's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, when a franchisee submits a franchise site package, Checkersrallys will review it and decide whether to accept or reject the site. Checkersrallys considers factors they deem appropriate. These factors include the general location and neighborhood, demographic information, traffic patterns, access, visibility, location of other restaurants and food establishments, and the site's size, configuration, appearance, and other physical characteristics.
Checkersrallys states that they will use reasonable efforts to approve or disapprove the proposed site within 30 days after receiving the franchisee's written proposal. Upon approval of a site, Checkersrallys will insert the address into Exhibit B of the Franchise Agreement, designating it as the Premises. The franchisee must then deliver a copy of the fully signed lease, sublease, or purchase contract and the franchise addendum to lease agreement within 60 days after site approval. In some instances, Checkersrallys may sublease the Premises to the franchisee, although this is not typical.
If a location is approved before the Franchise Agreement is signed, it will be identified in the agreement. Otherwise, the franchisee must select a site within the designated geographic area within 180 days of the Franchise Agreement date and submit it for Checkersrallys's approval. The site must meet Checkersrallys's criteria for demographic characteristics, traffic patterns, parking, neighborhood character, competition, proximity to other businesses, size, appearance, and other physical and commercial characteristics. While Checkersrallys will provide standard site selection criteria and on-site evaluations, they will not conduct site selection activities for the franchisee.