Will Cicis provide on-site evaluations for site approval for my Cicis Restaurant?
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.)
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 will provide franchisees with one on-site evaluation at the franchisee's request for site approval. Cicis may also provide additional on-site evaluations if they believe them to be necessary for site approval.
Before opening a Cicis Restaurant, franchisees must have their proposed site reviewed and accepted by Cicis. 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 does not lease restaurant premises to its franchisees.