What is a 'Satellite' location for a Marble Slab Creamery franchise?
Marble_Slab_Creamery Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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You may purchase the right to offer approved products from one or more Satellites that you operate within the same shopping center or venue as your Restaurant. If we grant you the right to operate a Satellite in addition to your Restaurant, you must sign our Satellite Addendum ("Satellite Addendum") to the Franchise Agreement for the Restaurant. A copy of the Satellite Addendum is attached to the Franchise Agreement.
Management Agreement
Under either the Single Restaurant Program or the Multi-Restaurant Program, you may also enter into a Management Agreement with us or our affiliate, if we agree (or our affiliate agrees) to do so. If we or our affiliate do sign a Management Agreement with you, we will provide you with additional advice regarding the operation and management of your Restaurant. The precise level of advice and service, and, if agreed upon, our obligation to manage your Restaurant and supervise your management and supervisory personnel and other employees will be identified in the Management Agreement.
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR, AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 10–16)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Marble Slab Creamery's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a 'Satellite' location is a separate location, approved by the franchisor, from which a franchisee can offer approved Marble Slab Creamery products.
The FDD specifies that a franchisee may be able to purchase the right to operate one or more Satellites within the same shopping center or venue as their existing Marble Slab Creamery Restaurant. If Marble Slab Creamery grants a franchisee the right to operate a Satellite, the franchisee must sign a Satellite Addendum to the Franchise Agreement for their Restaurant. A copy of this Satellite Addendum is attached to the Franchise Agreement.
Satellites can be operated in conjunction with either a Traditional or Non-Traditional Marble Slab Creamery Restaurant, provided that the Restaurant is located in the same venue or shopping center as the Satellite. The franchisor retains the final authority to classify a Restaurant as either Traditional or Non-Traditional.