Does Moes Southwest Grill receive any fees from lenders for franchisee financing?
Moes_Southwest_Grill Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We may refer you to leasing or financing companies not affiliated with us. We and our affiliates receive no fees or other financial benefits from any lender for your financing. Currently, we will not guarantee your note, lease, or obligation, for any lender, or any other person or entity. We may engage an advisor to provide consulting services to franchisees to assist them with securing financing, and we may pay the advisor for this assistance to franchisees. We will not be responsible for the consultant's provision of services to you, and, if you choose to use the consultant, you must sign the consultant's form of agreement. You will not be required to participate in any financing program that we implement.
We participate in the SBA's Franchise Directory. We may modify the Franchise Agreement, if necessary, to comply with SBA requirements for you to participate in certain SBA loan programs.
We may sell, assign, or discount to a third party any note, financing-related contract or other instrument you give to us.
Source: Item 10 — Financing (FDD pages 52–53)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 FDD, Moes Southwest Grill does not receive fees or other financial benefits from lenders for franchisee financing. While Moes Southwest Grill does not offer direct financing, they may refer franchisees to leasing or financing companies that are not affiliated with them.
Moes Southwest Grill may engage an advisor to provide consulting services to franchisees to assist them with securing financing, and they may pay the advisor for this assistance. However, franchisees are not required to use this consultant, and if they do, they must sign an agreement with the consultant directly. Moes Southwest Grill will not be responsible for the consultant's services.
Moes Southwest Grill participates in the SBA's Franchise Directory and may modify the Franchise Agreement to comply with SBA requirements for franchisees participating in certain SBA loan programs. Moes Southwest Grill also retains the right to sell, assign, or discount any financing-related contracts or notes from the franchisee to a third party.