What are the requirements a Moes Southwest Grill franchisee must meet for their relocation request to be considered?
Moes_Southwest_Grill Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You may request to relocate your Restaurant if you lose the right to operate at the Accepted Location or provide other business justifications for the relocation. You may not relocate your Restaurant unless we approve the relocation in advance in writing. We have not established a set of conditions or criteria under which we evaluate or approve relocation requests, except that you must comply with our site approval process, must be in compliance with all terms of the Franchise Agreement, and must have the funds available to relocate the Restaurant and to construct a new Restaurant according to our then-current design standards. We are under no obligation to approve a proposed relocation of the Restaurant. If you lose the right to occupy the premises where you are operating your Restaurant, we may, in our sole discretion, terminate your Franchise Agreement.
Source: Item 12 — Territory (FDD pages 68–72)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Moes Southwest Grill Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee may request to relocate their restaurant if they lose the right to operate at the current accepted location or provide other business justifications for the relocation. However, the franchisee cannot relocate their Moes Southwest Grill restaurant unless Moes Southwest Grill approves the relocation in advance and in writing.
Moes Southwest Grill has not established a specific set of conditions or criteria for evaluating or approving relocation requests. However, the franchisee must comply with Moes Southwest Grill's site approval process, be in compliance with all terms of the Franchise Agreement, and have sufficient funds available to relocate the restaurant and construct a new restaurant according to Moes Southwest Grill's then-current design standards.
Moes Southwest Grill is under no obligation to approve a proposed relocation of the restaurant. Furthermore, if a franchisee loses the right to occupy the premises where they are operating their Moes Southwest Grill restaurant, Moes Southwest Grill may, at its sole discretion, terminate the Franchise Agreement.