What are the Marble Slab Creamery requirements for the new location's lease if a franchisee relocates?
Marble_Slab_Creamery Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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Relocation
You may not relocate your Restaurant without our prior written consent, which may be granted or withheld in our discretion and may be subject to such conditions including (i) the new location for your Restaurant premises being satisfactory to us, (ii) your lease, if any, for the new location complies with our then-current requirements, (iii) you comply with our then-current requirements for constructing and furnishing the new location, (iv) the new location will not, as determined in our sole discretion, materially and adversely affect any other Marble Slab Creamery restaurant, (v) the relocated Restaurant must be open and operating within 120 days from the closure of the original restaurant, (vi) you have fully performed and complied with each provision of the franchise agreement within the last three years prior to, and as of, the date we consent to such relocation (the "Relocation Request Date"), (vii) no event of default, or event which with the giving of notice and/or passage of time would constitute an event of default, exists as of the Relocation Request Date, and (viii) you pay us a relocation fee of $2,000. We reserve the right to terminate the franchise agreement if you fail to meet any of the requirements for the relocation, including the failure to reopen the relocated Restaurant within 120 days of t
Source: Item 12 — TERRITORY (FDD pages 62–68)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Marble Slab Creamery Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee needs prior written consent from Marble Slab Creamery to relocate their restaurant. As part of the relocation requirements, the lease for the new location must comply with Marble Slab Creamery's then-current requirements.
Marble Slab Creamery has the discretion to grant or withhold consent for relocation and may impose conditions. Other conditions include ensuring the new location is satisfactory to Marble Slab Creamery, complying with their construction and furnishing requirements for the new location, and ensuring the new location does not negatively impact other Marble Slab Creamery restaurants.
Additionally, the relocated Marble Slab Creamery must be open and operating within 120 days of the original restaurant's closure. The franchisee must also have fully complied with the franchise agreement in the three years leading up to the relocation request and not be in default. A relocation fee of $2,000 is also required. Failure to meet these requirements, including reopening within 120 days, may result in the termination of the franchise agreement, even if relocation approval was initially granted.