Is Crepe De Licious required to furnish any service or assistance before the opening of a Franchised Restaurant?

SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING**

Except as listed below, CDHU is not required to provide you with any assistance.

Pre-opening Obligations

Before you open your Crepe de licious Franchise, we (or our designee(s)) will provide the following assistance and services to you:

• 1 Provide site selection guidelines and criteria, and provide site selection assistance to determine an acceptable location for your Crepe de licious Franchise (See Franchise Agreement – Section 7.01).
• 2 Review your lease agreement for the Restaurant or Kiosk to ensure that its terms contain our required provisions and otherwise meets our minimum standards (See Franchise Agreement – Section 7.02).
• 3 Review and authorize a final lease for your Restaurant or Kiosk (See Franchise Agreement – Section 4.02).

• 4 Provide restaurant design preparation services and specifications for furniture, fixtures, equipment, inventory, and supplies required to operate your Crepe de licious Business. You must submit final construction plans and specifications to us for our approval before you begin construction at the premises, and must construct your Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck in accordance with those approved plans and specifications (See Franchise Agreement – Sections 7.03, 7.05 and 7.06).
• 5 Counsel you on necessary pre-opening procedures and assist you with inventory ordering of products, equipment, and supplies through our affiliate or other suppliers, as applicable, which are necessary for commencement of operations (See Franchise Agreement – Sections 7.05, 7.06, 7.07 and 7.10).
• 6 Loan to you, or make available to you on our website, one copy of the Operations Manual. The Operations Manual contains approximately 197 pages. The table of contents for the Operations Manual is attached to this Franchise Disclosure Document as Exhibit F (See Franchise Agreement - Section 7.04).
• 7 Provide a list of our approved items, services, and suppliers, and consultation on required purchases as we deem necessary and appropriate (See Franchise Agreement – Sections 7.05 – 7.07).
• 8 Provide assistance with your grand opening marketing programs (See Franchise Agreement Section 5.13(b) and Section 7.10).
• 9 Provide an initial training program in Concord, Ontario, Canada or another location designated by us ("Initial Training Program") to you and your designated manager, if applicable (See Franchise Agreement - Section 7.08).
• 10 Provide templates for certain promotional and advertising materials, and consultation in connection with the grand opening of your Crepe de licious Business (See Franchise Agreement - Section 7.10).

Under Area Development Agreement: Before you open the Franchised Restaurant:

• 1. We will approve or deny your proposed site for each Franchised Restaurant. (Area Development Agreement, Section 3.2)
• 1. We will provide you with site selection guidelines, including our minimum standards for store sites, and other site selection counseling and assistance as we deem appropriate. (Area Development Agreement, Section 5.1)
• 1. If we determine that on-site evaluation is appropriate, we may, at no charge to you, provide you with such on-site evaluations as we consider advisable for each Franchised Restaurant to be developed under the Development Schedule. (Area Development Agreement, Section 5.1)
• 1. We are not required by the Franchise Agreement or Area Development Agreement to furnish any other service or assistance to you before the opening of your Franchised Restaurant.

Site Selection

You must select the site for your Restaurant or Kiosk, or Territory for your Food Truck subject to our approval. You may not relocate your Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck without our prior written consent. Before leasing or purchasing the site for your Restaurant, Kiosk, or Food Truck, you must submit to us, in the form we specify, a description of the site, with other information and materials we may reasonably require.

Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 29–40)