Does Cicis lease restaurant premises to its franchisees?
Cicis Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Before you open your Cicis Restaurant, we will:
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- Review and, at our discretion, accept the proposed site for your Cicis Restaurant. Our determination to accept or not accept a site may be based on various criteria (such as demographics, proposed rental rates, neighborhood and nearby business counts and characteristics, nearby residential populations, traffic count, accessibility, parking, visibility, signage, and competition) which may change in our discretion. We typically accept or reject the proposed site within 30 days of your providing us all required information. It is your responsibility to secure our approval of the proposed site for your Cicis Restaurant within 120 days following the execution of the Franchise Agreement, and if you fail to do so we may terminate the Franchise Agreement. We do not lease Cicis Restaurant premises to our franchisees. (Franchise Agreement, Section 1.B.)
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- Provide one on-site evaluation at your request or additional on-site evaluations we believe are necessary for site approval. (Franchise Agreement, Section 2.B.)
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- Review and accept, in our discretion, any proposed modification to the lease rider for the location of your Cicis Restaurant (Franchise Agreement, Section 2.A.)
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- Loan you a set of prototypical architectural and design plans and specifications for your Location. You must adapt these plans at your expense for construction of the Location. (Franchise Agreement, Section 2.B.)
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- Provide on-site inspections we believe are necessary to evaluate progress of construction or remodeling, and we have the right to require you to pay us a reasonable fee for such on-site inspections and to pay or reimburse us for expenses we incur, such as the cost of travel, lodging, and meals. (Franchise Agreement, Section 2.B.)
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 31–38)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Cicis's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Cicis does not lease restaurant premises to its franchisees. However, Cicis does provide assistance in the site selection process. Before a Cicis Restaurant opens, Cicis will review and, at its discretion, accept the proposed site for the restaurant. This determination to accept or reject a site may be based on various criteria, such as demographics, proposed rental rates, neighborhood and nearby business counts and characteristics, nearby residential populations, traffic count, accessibility, parking, visibility, signage, and competition, which may change at Cicis's discretion.
It is the franchisee's responsibility to secure Cicis's approval of the proposed site within 120 days following the execution of the Franchise Agreement. Failure to do so may result in the termination of the Franchise Agreement. Cicis typically accepts or rejects the proposed site within 30 days of the franchisee providing all required information. Cicis will also review and accept, in its discretion, any proposed modification to the lease rider for the location of the Cicis Restaurant.
While Cicis does not directly lease the premises, they do provide a set of prototypical architectural and design plans and specifications for the location. The franchisee is responsible for adapting these plans at their own expense for the construction of the location. Cicis may also conduct on-site inspections to evaluate the progress of construction or remodeling and may charge a reasonable fee for these inspections, as well as reimbursement for expenses incurred, such as travel, lodging, and meals.