Can an Hck Hot Chicken Non-Traditional Restaurant share its premises with other businesses?
Hck_Hot_Chicken Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
If your HCK Hot Chicken Restaurant is located in a "Non-Traditional Venue," it will be referred to as a "Non-Traditional Restaurant." A "Non-Traditional Venue" is a facility operated under the HCK Hot Chicken trademarks located within another primary business or in conjunction with other businesses or at institutional settings, including toll roads, train stations, amusement parks, and all properties controlled by the amusement park, travel stations, hotels and motels, ships, ports, piers, casinos, stadiums, airports, theatres, big box retailers, building supply stores, warehouse club stores, colleges and universities, schools, hospitals, military and other governmental facilities, office or in-plant food service facilities, shopping mall food courts operated by a master concessionaire, grocery stores, outlet malls, supermarkets and convenience stores, and any site for which the lessor, owner or operator shall have indicated its intent to prefer or limit the operation of its food service facilities to a master concessionaire or contract food service provider. If you sign a Franchise Agreement for a Non-Traditional Restaurant, you must sign (in addition to our standard Franchise Agreement) the addendum attached in Exhibit I ("Non-Traditional Location Addendum"). Non-Traditional Restaurants may share their premises with other businesses, within a host facility, and may provide limited menu items and limited or no delivery. Typically, you will sign a lease with the host facility.
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR, AND ANY PARENT, PREDECESSORS AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 8–11)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Hck Hot Chicken's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a Non-Traditional Restaurant can share its premises with other businesses. The FDD defines a "Non-Traditional Venue" as a location within another primary business, in conjunction with other businesses, or in institutional settings. These venues include locations like toll roads, train stations, amusement parks, hotels, casinos, stadiums, airports, big box retailers, colleges, hospitals, military facilities, shopping mall food courts, grocery stores, and convenience stores.
This arrangement allows Hck Hot Chicken to operate in locations that might not otherwise be available for a traditional restaurant. The franchisee typically signs a lease with the host facility, which means the terms of the lease will be determined by the host facility's policies. This also means that the franchisee will need to coordinate with the host facility for operational matters.
However, Non-Traditional Restaurants may have some limitations. The FDD states that these locations may offer limited menu items and limited or no delivery services. This could impact the potential revenue and customer base for the franchise. Prospective franchisees should carefully consider these limitations and how they might affect the profitability of their Hck Hot Chicken location. It is important to review the Non-Traditional Location Addendum (Exhibit I) for additional details and obligations specific to these types of locations.