Does Kitchen Solvers require a franchisee to establish a showroom?
Kitchen_Solvers Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
t be made in accordance with specifications that have received our prior written consent. You may not commence such replacement, reconstruction, addition or modification until you have received our written consent to your revised plans.
- C. Maintenance. If your location is outside of your home, the building, equipment, fixtures, furnishings, signage and trade dress (including the interior and exterior appearance) employed in the operation of your office and showroom must be maintained and refreshed in accordance with our requirements established periodically and any of our reasonable schedules prepared based upon our periodic evaluations of the premises. Within a period of 30-60 days (as we determine depending on the work needed) after the receipt of any particular report prepared following such an evaluation, you must affect the items of maintenance we designate, including the repair of defective items and/or the replacement of irreparable or obsolete items of equipment and signage. If, however, any condition presents a threat to customers or public health 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.
Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD page 49)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Kitchen Solvers' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are not explicitly required to establish a showroom. However, certain obligations and requirements are triggered if a franchisee chooses to operate their business from a location outside of their home, which includes having a showroom.
If a Kitchen Solvers franchisee operates from a location outside their home, including a showroom, they must maintain the building, equipment, fixtures, furnishings, signage, and trade dress according to Kitchen Solvers' standards. This includes both the interior and exterior appearance. Franchisees are given a period of 30-60 days to address maintenance items identified in periodic evaluations, with immediate action required for conditions posing a threat to health or safety. Additionally, franchisees cannot relocate their location without prior written consent from Kitchen Solvers.
Furthermore, if a Kitchen Solvers franchisee establishes a showroom or operates their office outside of their home, they must modernize or replace the building, premises, trade dress, equipment, and grounds to conform to the standards for new Kitchen Solvers showrooms and offices. The maximum cumulative amount a franchisee will be required to spend on modernization during the initial term of the agreement is $30,000. This amount does not include expenditures for equipment or leasehold improvements necessary to prepare for new product offerings, nor does it include general maintenance. The FDD also states that outdoor signage at the location must comply with Kitchen Solvers' specifications, and the costs for signage are included in the Maximum Modernization Amount.