What does Nothing Bundt Cakes rely on when approving a franchise application?
Nothing_Bundt_Cakes Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- (a) You must send us a separate application for each Nothing Bundt Cakes® Bakery that you (or your Approved Affiliate) wish to develop in the Development Area.
You must locate, evaluate, and select the Bakery's site.
We will not search for or select the site for you.
- (e) In addition to our rights with respect to proposed Nothing Bundt Cakes® Bakery sites, we may delay your development and/or opening of additional Nothing Bundt Cakes® Bakeries within the Development Area for the time period we deem best if we believe in our sole judgment, when you submit your application for another Bakery or after you (or your Approved Affiliate) have developed and constructed but not yet opened a particular Bakery, that you (or your Approved Affiliate) are not yet operationally, managerially, or otherwise prepared (no matter the reason) to develop, open, and/or operate the additional Nothing Bundt Cakes® Bakery in full compliance with our standards and specifications. We may delay additional development and/or a Bakery's opening for the time period we deem best as long as the delay will not in our reasonable opinion cause you to breach your development obligations under the Schedule (unless we are willing to extend the Schedule proportionately to account for the delay).
However, we are not obligated to execute any of the franchise agreements contemplated by this Rider if you have not complied with each and every condition in this Rider or otherwise do not meet our then-current requirements.
You acknowledge that the estimated expenses and investment requirements set forth in Items 6 and 7 of our Franchise Disclosure Document are subject to increase over time, and future Nothing Bundt Cakes® Bakeries likely will involve greater initial investment and operating capital requirements than those stated in the Franchise Disclosure Document provided to you before you signed this Rider.
You must open all of the Nothing Bundt Cakes® Bakeries in compliance with the Schedule, regardless of (i) the requirement of a greater investment, (ii) the financial condition or performance of your previous Nothing Bundt Cakes® Bakeries, or (iii) any other circumstances, financial or otherwise.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 93–309)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Nothing Bundt Cakes Franchise Disclosure Document, for each Nothing Bundt Cakes Bakery that a franchisee wishes to develop in a Development Area, they must submit a separate application. The franchisee is responsible for locating, evaluating, and selecting the site for the Bakery, as Nothing Bundt Cakes will not search for or select the site.
Nothing Bundt Cakes may delay the development or opening of additional bakeries if they believe the franchisee or their Approved Affiliate is not operationally, managerially, or otherwise prepared to operate the additional Nothing Bundt Cakes Bakery in compliance with their standards. This delay can be implemented for a period that Nothing Bundt Cakes deems best, provided it does not cause a breach of the franchisee's development obligations under the Schedule, unless Nothing Bundt Cakes is willing to extend the Schedule to account for the delay.
Furthermore, Nothing Bundt Cakes is not obligated to execute any franchise agreements if the franchisee has not complied with all conditions in the Rider or does not meet their then-current requirements. The Franchise Disclosure Document also states that the estimated expenses and investment requirements in Items 6 and 7 are subject to increase over time, and future bakeries are likely to involve greater initial investment and operating capital requirements. The franchisee must open all bakeries in compliance with the Schedule, regardless of increased investment requirements or the financial condition or performance of previous bakeries.