If I develop a Nontraditional Chicken Guy Restaurant, what is the requirement regarding purchasing or leasing the location?
Chicken_Guy Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
If you develop a Nontraditional Restaurant, you must purchase or lease the location before you sign the Franchise Agreement and the Nontraditional Location Addendum. As noted in Item 1, you should not acquire any leasehold or ownership interest in a site for your Franchised Restaurant until you have been approved as a franchisee, and we have approved the site in writing.
You must submit a Real Estate Site Application (containing that information as we may reasonably require) for a proposed site which you reasonably believe conforms to site selection criteria we establish
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 25–34)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Chicken Guy's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if you are developing a Nontraditional Restaurant, you are required to purchase or lease the location before signing the Franchise Agreement and the Nontraditional Location Addendum. Chicken Guy does not select the site for your Franchised Restaurant; you do, subject to their approval.
Chicken Guy may require you to engage the services of a real estate broker approved by them to assist you in identifying and securing a site for your Franchised Restaurant. You must also submit a Real Estate Site Application for a proposed site which you reasonably believe conforms to site selection criteria they establish.
It is important to note, as stated in Item 1 of the FDD, that you should not acquire any leasehold or ownership interest in a site for your Franchised Restaurant until you have been approved as a franchisee, and Chicken Guy has approved the site in writing.