What plans and specifications for a Chicken Guy restaurant does the franchisor furnish?
Chicken_Guy Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
are currently designated or approved suppliers of any of these items.
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- Furnish you with plans and specifications for a Chicken Guy! Restaurant (or Nontraditional Restaurant if applicable), including requirements for dimensions, design image, interior layout, décor, fixtures, equipment, signs, furnishings, storefront and color scheme. We may require you to engage the services of an architect, project manager and/or general contractor that have been approved by us. It will be your responsibility to have prepared all required construction plans and specifications to suit the shape and dimensions of the Franchised Location, subject to our approval,
and you must ensure that these plans and specifications comply with applicable ordinances, building codes and permit requirements and with lease requirements and restrictions. You must use only registered architects, registered engineers and professional and licensed contractors. We will provide you with written approval or disapproval of your construction plans for the proposed Franchised Restaurant and notify you within 14 days after we receive the plans whether we approve or disapprove of the plans. (Franchise Agreement, § 5.B.)
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, Chicken Guy will furnish franchisees with specific plans and specifications for the restaurant. These include requirements for dimensions, design image, interior layout, décor, fixtures, equipment, signs, furnishings, storefront, and color scheme. Chicken Guy may also require franchisees to use an approved architect, project manager, or general contractor.
While Chicken Guy provides the initial plans, the franchisee is responsible for preparing all required construction plans and specifications to suit the location's shape and dimensions. These plans are subject to Chicken Guy's approval and must comply with all applicable ordinances, building codes, permit requirements, and lease restrictions. The franchisee must use registered architects, registered engineers, and professional and licensed contractors.
Chicken Guy will provide written approval or disapproval of the franchisee's construction plans within 14 days of receiving them. The FDD also mentions that Exhibit A includes a floor plan of the facility, further detailing the specifications provided to franchisees.