What is the dependency for constructing, opening, and operating a Crave Cookies business under the MUDA?
Crave_Cookies Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 2. Form of Agreement. For Store #1, Franchisee and Crave Cookies Franchising have executed the Franchise Agreement simultaneously with this MUDA. For each additional Crave Cookies franchise, Franchisee shall execute Crave Cookies Franchising's then-current standard form of franchise agreement no later than three business days after Franchisee leases or acquires a location. This MUDA does not give Franchisee the right to construct, open, or operate a Crave Cookies business, and Franchisee acknowledges that Franchisee may construct, open, and operate each Crave Cookies business only pursuant to a separate franchise agreement executed pursuant to this MUDA for each such Crave Cookies business.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 47–194)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Crave Cookies Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee's right to construct, open, and operate a Crave Cookies business is dependent on a separate franchise agreement. Specifically, the Multi-Unit Development Agreement (MUDA) itself does not grant the franchisee the right to construct, open, or operate a Crave Cookies business.
Instead, for each Crave Cookies location the franchisee intends to develop under the MUDA, a separate franchise agreement must be executed. This agreement must be the then-current standard form of the franchise agreement used by Crave Cookies Franchising. This execution must occur no later than three business days after the franchisee secures the location by leasing or acquiring it.
In essence, while the MUDA outlines the development schedule and terms for multiple units, each individual Crave Cookies store requires its own franchise agreement to be fully authorized for construction, opening, and operation. This ensures that each location is governed by the most up-to-date terms and conditions set forth by Crave Cookies Franchising.