What does Moe's Southwest Grill provide to franchisees regarding goods?
Moes_Southwest_Grill Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
uction process, we may inspect your Restaurant or photographs that you provide to verify that it complies with the Architectural Plans and our Standards, and we may charge you a $2,500 on-site inspection fee if we conduct two or more on-site inspections. You may not open the Restaurant until we provide our consent in writing. (Franchise Agreement, Sections 6.2, 6.3, and 6.5)
- 6. Goods. We will furnish you with any specifications for Goods, to the extent that we publish such specifications. (Franchise Agreement, Sections 7.1. and 7.2)
- 7. Approved Suppliers. We will identify Approved Suppliers for all Goods required to be used in the Restaurant and use reasonable efforts to fulfill or cause Approved Suppliers to fulfill your orders for Goods on a timely basis. If we, our affiliates, and/or our Approved Suppliers cannot supply customers (including yourself and other franchisees) with the quantity and type of Goods that they request, then we will try to allocate the available quantities and types of Goods on an equitable basis among businesses seeking to purchase the Goods. If you do not receive
Goods from us, our affiliates, or our Approved Suppliers, this will not be our breach of the Franchise Agreement, nor will we, our affiliates, or our Approved Suppliers be liable to you for this. (Franchise Agreement, Section 7.1.B.)
- 8. Manuals and Advice. We will share with you our know-how in operating a Restaurant and grant you electronic or other access to our Manuals and content containing the information, methods, techniques, and specifications for the operation of a Restaurant. See "Manuals," below in this Item. (Franchise Agreement, Section 8.1)
- 9. Management Training Program.
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 53–68)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Moe's Southwest Grill's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Moe's Southwest Grill will furnish franchisees with specifications for goods to the extent that they publish such specifications. Moe's Southwest Grill will also identify approved suppliers for all goods required to be used in the restaurant and use reasonable efforts to fulfill or cause approved suppliers to fulfill orders for goods on a timely basis.
If Moe's Southwest Grill, their affiliates, and/or their approved suppliers cannot supply customers (including franchisees) with the quantity and type of goods requested, they will try to allocate the available quantities and types of goods on an equitable basis among businesses seeking to purchase the goods. However, if a franchisee does not receive goods from Moe's Southwest Grill, their affiliates, or their approved suppliers, this will not be a breach of the Franchise Agreement, nor will Moe's Southwest Grill, their affiliates, or their approved suppliers be liable.
After opening a Moe's Southwest Grill restaurant, Moe's Southwest Grill will continue to identify Approved Suppliers for goods to be used in the restaurant. If a franchisee would like to offer products or use any goods that Moe's Southwest Grill has not approved or to purchase or lease from a supplier that they have not approved, the franchisee must submit a written request for approval and provide Moe's Southwest Grill with any information that they request, which they will review and approve or disapprove.