Under what conditions will Crisp & Green approve a site for a Franchised Restaurant?
Crisp_Green Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
You must operate the Franchised Restaurant at a location that meets our site selection requirements and that we have approved. If we have approved a site for your Franchised Restaurant at the time you
execute the Franchise Agreement, we will specify the site as the premises for your Franchised Restaurant in the Franchise Agreement at the time you sign the Franchise Agreement. In all other cases, the Franchise Agreement will describe a preliminary designated area and you will be responsible for identifying a site within the preliminary designated area that meets our approval. Upon our approval of the site, we will designate the site as the premises for your Franchised Restaurant in the Franchise Agreement. If you utilize a broker to identify a location, you will be responsible for any costs associated therewith. We will not unreasonably withhold our approval of a site that meets our then-current criteria for demographic characteristics; traffic patterns; parking; character of the neighborhood; competition from, proximity to, and nature of other businesses; other commercial characteristics; and the proposed site's size, appearance, and other physical characteristics.
We must approve of the lease, sublease, or purchase contract (which we refer to as the site acquisition document) for the premises of your Franchised Restaurant before you sign such document. If you lease the premises, the lease must contain the terms and provisions that are reasonably acceptable to us, and you and the landlord must execute the standard form of lease addendum (attached as Exhibit C to the Franchise Agreement). Within 10 days after our approval of the site acquisition document, you must send us the fully signed site acquisition document, together with the signed lease addendum, if applicable, for the premises. You may not relocate the Franchised Restaurant without our prior approval.
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 26–31)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Crisp & Green's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisor must approve the location of the Franchised Restaurant. If a site is approved when the Franchise Agreement is executed, the site will be specified in the Franchise Agreement. Otherwise, the Franchise Agreement will describe a preliminary designated area, and the franchisee is responsible for identifying a site within that area for Crisp & Green's approval. The franchisee is responsible for any costs associated with using a broker to identify a location.
Crisp & Green will not unreasonably withhold approval of a site that meets their criteria for demographic characteristics, traffic patterns, parking, the character of the neighborhood, competition, proximity to other businesses, commercial characteristics, and the site's size, appearance, and physical characteristics.
Before signing any lease, sublease, or purchase contract (referred to as the site acquisition document), Crisp & Green must approve it. If the premises are leased, the lease must contain terms and provisions reasonably acceptable to Crisp & Green, and both the franchisee and landlord must execute a standard form of lease addendum. The fully signed site acquisition document, along with the signed lease addendum (if applicable), must be sent to Crisp & Green within 10 days after their approval. The franchisee cannot relocate the Franchised Restaurant without prior approval from Crisp & Green.