What format is required for submitting the Site Package to Noodles & Company?
Noodles_Company Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
tance. We will furnish you with our site selection criteria for Noodles & Company restaurants, as we may establish from time to time. We also will provide such on-site evaluation of sites proposed pursuant hereto as we deem necessary or appropriate.
- 3.02 Site Evaluation and Acceptance**.** We will accept sites for the cumulative number of Noodles & Company restaurants set forth in Exhibit A located within the Development Area in accordance with the following provisions:
- (a) We will provide you our then current site criteria upon notice from you that you are actively seeking a site for one of your restaurants. You must submit to us, in accordance with procedures we establish from time to time, a complete Site Package, as we may establish from time to time (the "Site Package"), containing all information that we reasonably require for each site for a Noodles & Company restaurant that you propose to develop and operate and that meets our then current standard site selection criteria for Noodles & Company restaurants.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 99–350)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Noodles & Company's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Site Package, which contains all the information Noodles & Company requires for each proposed restaurant site, must be submitted in a format defined by Noodles & Company. This format is designed to allow for easy submission and presentation to the Real Estate Site Approval Committee. Currently, the Site Package is submitted electronically.
Noodles & Company will provide franchisees with their then-current site criteria when the franchisee is actively seeking a site for their restaurant. The company also offers guidance to assist franchisees in completing a typical Site Package, especially for their first restaurant. This support aims to ensure that franchisees understand the requirements and can present their site proposals effectively.
The Real Estate Site Approval Committee, responsible for reviewing and approving site requests, meets approximately every two weeks. Area Operators must submit their sites for approval at least one week before the meeting. Additionally, Area Operators are required to attend these meetings or participate via conference call, ensuring they are available to answer any questions and provide additional information as needed. This process is a material obligation, meaning that franchisees must select and submit the required information for acceptable sites in a timely manner to comply with the Development Schedule.
Noodles & Company evaluates each site request within 45 days of receiving a fully completed Site Package and any additional information requested. The company will approve or reject each site and, if approved, will deliver a standard Site Approval Form. This form is the exclusive means by which Noodles & Company approves a proposed site, and no other representation, approval, or acceptance is binding.