What is the dependency for opening the Chesters Restaurant for business?
Chesters Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ations 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. If we determine in our sole judgment that we must undertake more than one restaurant readiness review for your Restaurant, then we may, at our option, charge you for the costs and expenses that we incur in conducting such restaurant readiness review. Our rights and remedies under the immediately-preceding sentence are in addition to, and do not limit, our other rights and remedies under this Agreement and applicable law. 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.
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 a Chesters Restaurant for business without prior written approval from Chesters. This approval is contingent upon the Restaurant's satisfactory completion of a restaurant readiness review assessment. Additionally, all construction requirements must be met before opening. The franchisee must open the Restaurant within 180 days after the Effective Date.
Before beginning development, the franchisee is responsible for ensuring that all plans and specifications comply with Chesters's requirements, applicable laws, and lease requirements. The franchisee must also 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.
Furthermore, certain employees, as specified by Chesters, must satisfactorily complete the initial brand standard training program at the designated Location before the Restaurant can begin operations. If Chesters determines that more than one restaurant readiness review is necessary, the franchisee may be charged for the costs incurred in conducting such reviews.