If I purchase a Chicken Guy franchise for a Nontraditional Location, what additional document besides the Franchise Agreement must I sign?
Chicken_Guy Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
If you buy a franchise to develop and operate a Nontraditional Restaurant, after we have approved the site, you will sign a Franchise Agreement (Exhibit E) and an Addendum to Franchise Agreement for a Nontraditional Location ("Nontraditional Location Addendum") (Exhibit F) and pay the Initial Franchise Fee. The Nontraditional Location Addendum will identify the larger building ("Facility") in which the Nontraditional Restaurant will be located. The Nontraditional Location Addendum also will identify the portion of the Facility in which the Nontraditional Restaurant will be located. All references in this disclosure document to "Nontraditional Restaurant" or "Nontraditional Location" refer only to your operation of that portion of the Facility that is occupied by the Chicken Guy! Restaurant. Unless otherwise noted, in this disclosure document, all references to a "Franchised Restaurant" or "Franchised Location" also will include a Nontraditional Restaurant or Nontraditional Location, respectively.
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 6–8)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Chicken Guy's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if you are buying a franchise for a Nontraditional Restaurant location, you will need to sign a Franchise Agreement and an Addendum to Franchise Agreement for a Nontraditional Location, also called the Nontraditional Location Addendum, after the site has been approved.
The Nontraditional Location Addendum identifies the larger building, or Facility, in which the Nontraditional Restaurant will be located. It also specifies the portion of the Facility that the Chicken Guy restaurant will occupy.
The FDD clarifies that all references to "Nontraditional Restaurant" or "Nontraditional Location" pertain only to the specific area within the Facility where the Chicken Guy! Restaurant operates. Unless otherwise stated, any mention of a "Franchised Restaurant" or "Franchised Location" also includes a Nontraditional Restaurant or Nontraditional Location, respectively.