What factors does Hck Hot Chicken consider when evaluating a proposed restaurant site?
Hck_Hot_Chicken Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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Site Review
We must accept the site before you enter into a lease. For Restaurant openings other than your first Restaurant under an Area Development Agreement, you must sign the Franchise Agreement upon the earlier of the acceptance of the site of the Restaurant or 180 days before your development obligation date. In evaluating a proposed site, we consider such factors as general location and neighborhood, traffic patterns, parking, size, layout, and other physical characteristics. Before leasing or purchasing the site for your Restaurant, you must submit to us, in the form we specify, a description of the site, with other information and materials we may reasonably require. Upon receiving the information regarding a proposed site, we will review the information and either accept or reject the proposed site. Other factors we may consider in selecting or accepting sites include the architectural features of buildings, visibility, parking, co-tenants, patio availability and traffic drivers. If we do not accept your proposed site within 14 days after your submission (or 14 days after you provide any supplemental information we request), the site will be deemed rejected (Franchise Agreement, Section 5.1). If you do not locate a site that is acceptable to us within 90 days of signing the Franchise Agreement or find acceptable sites and open the Restaurants by the deadlines in your Area Development Agreement, we may terminate the agreements.
If you operate a Non-Traditional Restaurant, we approve the site and the host facility before you sign the Franchise Agreement and any applicable addendum (Non-Traditional Location Addendum, Section 2).
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING,COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 28–37)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Hck Hot Chicken's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are responsible for selecting their restaurant site. However, Hck Hot Chicken retains the right to review and accept or reject the proposed location. Hck Hot Chicken does not guarantee the suitability or success of any accepted site.
When evaluating a potential site, Hck Hot Chicken considers factors such as the general location and neighborhood, traffic patterns, parking availability, the size and layout of the space, and other physical characteristics. Franchisees must submit a description of the site, along with any other information Hck Hot Chicken requires, in a specified form before leasing or purchasing the location.
Additional factors Hck Hot Chicken may consider include the architectural features of the buildings, visibility of the site, the presence of co-tenants, the availability of patio space, and traffic drivers. If Hck Hot Chicken fails to accept or reject a proposed site within 14 days after submission of all required information, the site is deemed rejected. If a franchisee fails to secure an acceptable site within 90 days of signing the Franchise Agreement, Hck Hot Chicken may terminate the agreement. For Non-Traditional Restaurants, Hck Hot Chicken approves both the site and the host facility before the franchisee signs the Franchise Agreement and any related addendum.