What is the timeframe to open the Chesters Restaurant for business after the Effective Date?
Chesters Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
at 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 must open their restaurant for business within 180 days after the Effective Date of the franchise agreement. However, before opening, the franchisee must receive written approval from Chesters, contingent upon the restaurant's successful completion of a restaurant readiness review.
This means that a prospective Chesters franchisee needs to be prepared to complete all necessary steps for opening the restaurant, including site development, construction, obtaining required fixtures and equipment, and passing the readiness review, within a six-month timeframe from signing the franchise agreement. Failure to meet this deadline could potentially result in a breach of the franchise agreement.
Chesters also requires certain employees to complete the initial brand standard training program at the designated location once the restaurant has satisfactorily completed the restaurant readiness review process. The restaurant cannot begin operations until this training is complete. This condition adds another layer to the pre-opening timeline, as the franchisee must coordinate employee training with the readiness review process to ensure timely opening.