What is a 'Site Package' as defined by Noodles & Company, and what information does it contain?
Noodles_Company Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- (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.
The Site Package shall be submitted in a format defined by Noodles & Company to allow submittal and presentation to the Real Estate Site Approval Committee (currently submitted electronically).
The Real Estate Site Approval Committee meets approximately every two (2) weeks, and Area Operators are responsible for submitting their sites for approval at least one (1) week prior to the meeting.
FAO's are required to attend meetings or participate via conference call.
It is a material obligation of yours under this Agreement that you select and submit the required information for sites that are acceptable to us in a timely manner to cause your compliance with the Development Schedule;
- (b) We will approve or reject each site for which you submit to us a complete Site Package in accordance with Section 3.02(a) and, if we approve the site, we will do so by delivering our standard Site Approval Form.
Our Site Approval Form, duly executed by us, is the exclusive means by which we approve a proposed site, and no other direct or indirect representation, approval or acceptance, whether in writing or verbally, by any of our officers, employees or agents, shall be effective or bind us.
We will use all reasonable efforts to make a site approval decision and, if the site is accepted, deliver a Site Approval Form to you within 45 days after we receive the complete Site Package and any other materials we have requested.
In deciding whether to approve or reject a site you propose, we may consider such factors as we, in our sole discretion, deem appropriate, including, but not limited to, the general location and neighborhood, demographic information, traffic patterns, access, visibility, site economics, location of other retail food establishments (including other Noodles & Company restaurants) and size, condition trade dress, configuration, appearance, and other physical characteristics of the site.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 99–350)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Noodles & Company's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a 'Site Package' contains all information that Noodles & Company reasonably requires for each proposed restaurant site. This package must meet Noodles & Company's then-current standard site selection criteria.
The Site Package must be submitted in a format defined by Noodles & Company, which allows for submittal and presentation to the Real Estate Site Approval Committee. Area Operators are responsible for submitting their sites for approval at least one week prior to the committee's meetings, which occur approximately every two weeks. Attendance or participation via conference call is required for Area Operators.
Noodles & Company will either approve or reject each site for which a complete Site Package is submitted. Approval is given through a standard Site Approval Form, which is the exclusive means of site approval. Noodles & Company aims to make a decision within 45 days after receiving the complete Site Package and any other requested materials. In deciding whether to approve or reject a site, Noodles & Company may consider factors such as the general location, neighborhood, demographic information, traffic patterns, access, visibility, site economics, the location of other retail food establishments (including other Noodles & Company restaurants), and the size, condition, trade dress, configuration, appearance, and other physical characteristics of the site.
It is a material obligation for the franchisee to select and submit the required information for sites that are acceptable to Noodles & Company in a timely manner to comply with the Development Schedule. The approval of the Premises and any information communicated regarding Noodles & Company's site selection criteria does not constitute a warranty or representation of any kind as to the suitability of the Premises. The franchisee's decision to develop and operate a Noodles & Company restaurant at the Premises is based solely on their own independent investigation of the suitability of the Premises.