For Kitchen Solvers franchisees with a showroom or office outside their home, what might Kitchen Solvers require regarding modernization or replacement?
Kitchen_Solvers Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
h or safety, you must affect the items of maintenance immediately.
- D. Relocation. If your location is outside of your home, you may not relocate your location without our prior written consent, which we will not unreasonably withhold.
- E. Modernization or Replacement. If you establish a showroom or your office is outside of your home, from time to time as we require, you must effect items of modernization and/or replacement of the building, premises, trade dress, equipment and grounds as may be necessary for your showroom and office to conform to the standards for similarly situated new KITCHEN SOLVERS showroom and office. The maximum cumulative amount (the "Maximum Modernization Amount") that you will be required to spend during the initial term of this Agreement is $30,000.
The Maximum Modernization Amount does not include any required expenditures for equipment or leasehold improvements necessary to prepare new product offerings. Furthermore, you must perform general, continued maintenance and refreshing of the location premises whenever necessary as set forth in subparagraph 5.C and at a cost not included in the Maximum Modernization Amount. Each and every transfer of any interest in this Agreement or your business governed by Paragraph 11 or renewal covered by Paragraph 4 is expressly conditioned upon your compliance with these requirements at the time of transfer or renewal without regard to the Maximum Modernization Amount.
You acknowledge and agree that the requirements of this subparagraph 5.E are both reasonable and necessary. If you fail to make any improvement or perform the maintenance listed above, we may, in addition to our other rights in this Agreement, effect such improvement or maintenance and you must reimburse us for the costs we incur.
F. Signage. If you have a showroom or your office is outside of your home, the outdoor signage at your location must comply with our specifications, which we may modify and change from time to time due
Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD page 49)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Kitchen Solvers' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if a franchisee establishes a showroom or their office is located outside of their home, Kitchen Solvers may require them to perform modernization and/or replacement of the building, premises, trade dress, equipment, and grounds. This is to ensure the showroom and office conform to the standards of similarly situated new Kitchen Solvers locations.
The maximum cumulative amount that Kitchen Solvers will require a franchisee to spend on these modernizations during the initial term of the Franchise Agreement is $30,000. However, this Maximum Modernization Amount does not include expenditures for equipment or leasehold improvements necessary to prepare for new product offerings. Franchisees are also responsible for general, continued maintenance and refreshing of the location premises, the costs of which are not included in the Maximum Modernization Amount.
Furthermore, any transfer of interest in the Franchise Agreement or business, or any renewal of the agreement, is expressly conditioned upon the franchisee's compliance with these modernization and maintenance requirements, regardless of whether they have already reached the $30,000 limit. If a franchisee fails to make required improvements or perform necessary maintenance, Kitchen Solvers has the right to make such improvements or perform the maintenance themselves, and the franchisee must reimburse Kitchen Solvers for all costs incurred. Signage costs are included in the Maximum Modernization Amount.