What is the dependency for the franchisee to open the Chesters restaurant for business regarding construction requirements?
Chesters Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You also may not open the Restaurant for business until all construction requirements are satisfied.
However, you must open the Restaurant for business within one hundred eighty (180) days after the Effective Date.
You are responsible for developing the Restaurant in compliance with the Chester's System and ensuring that all plans and specifications comply with our requirements, applicable laws, and lease requirements.
You must provide, and we have the right to review and approve, all plans and specifications before you begin developing the Restaurant.
You must buy or lease all required fixtures, furniture, equipment, and signs for the Restaurant and an opening inventory of required and authorized products, materials, and supplies.
You may not open the Restaurant for business without our prior written approval, which approval is subject to your Restaurant's satisfactory completion of our restaurant readiness review assessment.
Source: Item 23 — **RECEIPTS (FDD pages 48–197)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Chesters's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee cannot open their restaurant for business until all construction requirements are met. The franchisee is responsible for developing the restaurant in compliance with the Chesters system, ensuring that all plans and specifications comply with Chesters's requirements, applicable laws, and lease requirements.
Chesters has the right to review and approve all plans and specifications before the franchisee begins developing the restaurant. The franchisee must buy or lease all required fixtures, furniture, equipment, and signs for the restaurant, as well as an opening inventory of required and authorized products, materials, and supplies.
In addition to satisfying all construction requirements, the franchisee must receive Chesters's prior written approval before opening the restaurant for business. This approval is contingent upon the restaurant's satisfactory completion of Chesters's restaurant readiness review assessment. The franchisee must also open the restaurant for business within 180 days after the effective date of the franchise agreement.