Does Kitchen Solvers offer a Development Agreement to qualified candidates?
Kitchen_Solvers Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We may offer qualified candidates the right to enter into our form of Development Agreement (attached to this Disclosure Document as Exhibit C). If you enter into a Development Agreement with us, you will be granted the right and will undertake the obligation to develop multiple Franchised Businesses within your Development Area in accordance with your specified Development Schedule.
In order to develop a second or any subsequent Franchised Business pursuant to a Development Agreement you enter into with us, you must: (i) be in compliance with the terms of any and all Franchise Agreements by and between you (and/or any of your affiliates) and us; (ii) sign our thencurrent form of franchise agreement to govern that Franchised Business; and (iii) as of the date you sign, demonstrate that you have met the applicable Minimum Productivity Levels for each and every existing Franchised Business for at least the three (3) full calendar months preceding the date you wish to sign the franchise agreement for that subsequent Franchised Business. We reserve the right to designate and/or approve the locations and Territories of any subsequent Franchised Business that you open pursuant to a Development Agreement in accordance with our then-current standards and specifications. If you fail to meet your Development Schedule requirements, we may terminate your Development Agreement and/or elect to remove your territorial rights in your Development Area. Otherwise, we will not modify your Development Area except by mutual agreement of the parties in a separate writing.
During the term of the Development Agreement, we will not open or operate, or license any third party the right to open or operate, any other Franchised Business within the Development Area.
Once the Development Agreement expires or is terminated, you will not have any territorial rights within the Development Area (other than rights you were granted under any valid and existing Franchise Agreement(s) you entered into as of the date the Development Agreement expires).
Source: Item 12 — Territory (FDD pages 31–33)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Kitchen Solvers's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Kitchen Solvers may offer qualified candidates the right to enter into a Development Agreement. This agreement grants the developer the right and obligation to develop multiple Kitchen Solvers Franchised Businesses within a specified Development Area, following a defined Development Schedule. The Development Agreement is attached to the Disclosure Document as Exhibit C.
To develop a second or subsequent Franchised Business under a Development Agreement, the franchisee must be in compliance with all existing Franchise Agreements with Kitchen Solvers. They must also sign the then-current form of the franchise agreement and demonstrate that each existing Franchised Business has met the applicable Minimum Productivity Levels for at least three full calendar months before signing the new franchise agreement. Kitchen Solvers reserves the right to approve the locations and Territories of any subsequent Franchised Businesses opened under the Development Agreement, according to their current standards.
If a franchisee fails to meet the Development Schedule requirements, Kitchen Solvers may terminate the Development Agreement and/or remove the franchisee's territorial rights in the Development Area. Otherwise, the Development Area will not be modified except by mutual written agreement. During the term of the Development Agreement, Kitchen Solvers will not open, operate, or license any third party to open or operate any other Franchised Business within the Development Area. Upon expiration or termination of the Development Agreement, the franchisee will no longer have territorial rights within the Development Area, except for rights granted under any existing Franchise Agreements as of the expiration date.