What must a Crepe De Licious franchisee do after the proposed site is approved?
Crepe_De_Licious Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
4.01 Site Selection. You will be solely responsible for locating and obtaining a suitable site for your Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck, which we have the right to approve. Depending on your Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck location, layout, and size, you may also be required to lease additional storage space that may be located off-site from your Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck. If you do procure off-site storage, such storage area will be considered part of the site or premises of your Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck for purposes of your obligations and our rights under this Agreement. Before entering into a lease agreement or other binding agreement to acquire the proposed site, you must: submit to us a written description of the proposed site for our approval; provide us with other information regarding the proposed site according to the System Standards or as we reasonably request; and verify to us in writing that the proposed site meets our site selection criteria. We will then approve or disapprove the proposed site. If we disapprove of the proposed site, you must select an alternate site and repeat the site approval process until we have approved a proposed site for your Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck. You acknowledge and agree that our approval of a site does not constitute a representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, as to the suitability of the site for a Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck or for any other purpose. Different jurisdictions have specific requirements that must be met before you can open a Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck at a given location. It is your responsibility, prior to signing a lease, to make sure the location and the ability to operate a Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck as a franchisee at that location is approved by the governing jurisdiction. Our approval of the site indicates
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 57)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Crepe De Licious's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are solely responsible for finding a suitable site for their Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck, and Crepe De Licious retains the right to approve or disapprove the selected site. Before entering into any binding agreement to acquire the proposed site, the franchisee must submit a written description of the site for approval, provide any other information reasonably requested by Crepe De Licious according to the System Standards, and verify in writing that the proposed site meets the franchisor's site selection criteria.
If Crepe De Licious disapproves of the proposed site, the franchisee must select an alternate site and repeat the approval process until a site is approved. The FDD emphasizes that Crepe De Licious's approval of a site does not constitute any representation or warranty regarding the site's suitability for a Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck or any other purpose.
Furthermore, the franchisee is responsible for ensuring that the location and the ability to operate a Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck at that location are approved by the governing jurisdiction before signing a lease. Crepe De Licious's approval of the site only indicates that the franchisee has received approval for the site location that satisfies the demographics and location requirements minimally necessary for a Restaurant or Kiosk and that meets the franchisor's minimum current standards and specifications for the build-out, interior design, layout, floor plan, signs, designs, color, and décor.