If a prospective franchisee already owns Noodles & Company restaurants, what restaurant-level income statement information is Noodles & Company likely to request?
Noodles_Company Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
All such information shall be verified by you and your Principal Owners as being complete and accurate in all respects, shall be submitted to us in accordance with our requirements and will be relied on by us in determining whether to grant a franchise for the proposed Noodles & Company restaurant. We may refuse to grant you a franchise for a Noodles & Company restaurant; (i) if you fail to demonstrate sufficient financial and management capabilities to properly develop and operate the proposed Noodles & Company restaurant and the then-existing Noodles & Company restaurants you and your Affiliates own; (ii) you have failed to properly develop and operate on a continuous basis the then-existing Noodles & Company restaurants you and your Affiliates own; (iii) you have failed to fully comply with this Agreement and any franchise agreements between you and us, including the Development Schedule within the Development Periods; or (iv) you are ineligible to hold or will be, in our opinion, unable to obtain a liquor license for each Noodles & Company restaurant contemplated by this Agreement. We will evaluate such financial and management capabilities in accordance with the then-current standards we use to establish Noodles & Company restaurants in other comparable market areas. We may also require you to submit a business plan for any proposed site. The absence of any of the failures described in Section 3.03 (i) through (iv) herein is each a condition precedent to any obligation of Noodles & Company to grant a franchise agreement for any proposed site or other performance of this Agreement.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 99–350)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Noodles & Company Franchise Disclosure Document, if a prospective franchisee already owns Noodles & Company restaurants, Noodles & Company may request financial information to determine whether to grant a new franchise. Specifically, Noodles & Company wants to assess the franchisee's financial and management capabilities to properly develop and operate both the proposed new Noodles & Company restaurant and the existing Noodles & Company restaurants that the franchisee and their affiliates already own.
Noodles & Company states that all information provided must be verified by the franchisee and their principal owners as complete and accurate. Noodles & Company will rely on this information when deciding whether to grant a new franchise.
Noodles & Company may refuse to grant a new franchise if the franchisee fails to demonstrate sufficient financial and management capabilities, fails to properly develop and operate their existing Noodles & Company restaurants, fails to comply with existing franchise agreements, or is ineligible to obtain a liquor license for the proposed restaurant. Noodles & Company will evaluate these capabilities based on the standards it uses to establish Noodles & Company restaurants in comparable market areas and may also require a business plan for the proposed site.