What must a Crave franchisee do if they wish to relocate their Restaurant or operate their Food Truck in a different municipality during the term of the Franchise Agreement?
Crave Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Your Restaurant may not be relocated, and your Food Truck may not relocate to another municipality or operate outside the Designated Territory, without our prior written consent. If, during the term of the Franchise Agreement, you wish to relocate your Restaurant or operate your Food Truck in a different municipality, or if the Restaurant is damaged or destroyed and cannot be repaired within 60 days, you must submit to us in writing the materials we require to consider your request, including information concerning the proposed new location for the Restaurant or new municipality for the Food Truck. You must also meet certain other requirements, such as being in compliance with the Franchise Agreement, the new location meets our then-current requirements for a Crave Restaurant or the new municipality meets our then-current requirements for a Crave Food Truck, and the new location (for a Restaurant) is located within your Designated Territory, and you must sign our then-current form of Franchise Agreement. If we permit you to relocate, you will not pay a new initial franchise fee when you sign the new Franchise Agreement, but you must pay our relocation fee.
Source: Item 12 — TERRITORY (FDD pages 42–46)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Crave's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee cannot relocate their Restaurant or Food Truck to another municipality or operate outside their Designated Territory without Crave's prior written consent. If a franchisee wishes to relocate their Restaurant or operate their Food Truck in a different municipality during the term of the Franchise Agreement, they must submit a written request to Crave.
The written request must include all materials Crave requires to consider the request, including information concerning the proposed new location for the Restaurant or new municipality for the Food Truck. The franchisee must also be in compliance with the Franchise Agreement.
Additionally, the new location must meet Crave's then-current requirements for a Crave Restaurant or the new municipality must meet Crave's then-current requirements for a Crave Food Truck. For a Restaurant relocation, the new location must be within the franchisee's Designated Territory. The franchisee must also sign Crave's then-current form of Franchise Agreement. If Crave permits the relocation, the franchisee will not pay a new initial franchise fee when signing the new Franchise Agreement, but they must pay Crave's relocation fee.