What is the process for Petro Stopping Center to approve or disapprove a proposed site?
Petro_Stopping_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
(a) Site. Without our prior written consent, you may not operate the Petro Center from any location other than the Site. You (with or without our assistance) must, locate a site that we (in our sole judgment) have approved. If you and we have agreed on a Site as of the Agreement Date, it will be designated on Exhibit "C" at this time. Otherwise, the site will be designated on Exhibit "C" upon our approval of the Site. The Site must meet our criteria for the location of a Petro Center (which may or may not include demographic characteristics, traffic patterns, parking, competition from and proximity to other businesses and other Petro Centers and other commercial characteristics and the size, appearance and other physical characteristics of the proposed Site, and any other factors or characteristics we consider appropriate). For each Site selection visit you request to obtain our approval, you must reimburse us our reasonable travel, hotel and meal expenses for such visits. Our criteria, and our evaluation of them, may vary periodically and from location to location. If you and we are unable to agree on a location for the Site, or you have not obtained a fee interest in, or a fully signed lease agreement for, the Site, within 90 days of the Agreement Date, we may terminate this Agreement. Before entering into any lease for a Site (including the building or improvements comprising the Petro Center), you and the lessor must sign our then-current form of Lease Assignment. You must provide the lessor our form of Lease Assignment, attached hereto as Exhibit "D", when you begin negotiations with the prospective lessor. We will approve or disapprove a Site you propose within 30 days after we receive from you a complete site report and any other materials we request. If you have not heard from us within such 30-day period, the Site is deemed disapproved. No Site will be deemed approved by us until we provide to you Exhibit "C" with that Site designated in it and Exhibit "C" is signed by both you and us. You may not commence operations at any Site unless and until we have approved the Site.
Source: Item 14 — Other investments (FDD pages 131–208)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Petro Stopping Center's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must secure written consent from Petro Stopping Center before operating a Petro Center from any location. The franchisee, potentially with assistance from Petro Stopping Center, is responsible for finding a site that Petro Stopping Center approves in its sole judgment. The approved site will be designated on Exhibit "C" of the Franchise Agreement.
The site must meet Petro Stopping Center's criteria, which may include factors like demographic characteristics, traffic patterns, parking availability, competition, proximity to other businesses and Petro Centers, and the size, appearance, and physical characteristics of the proposed site. These criteria and their evaluation may change over time and vary from location to location. For each site selection visit where the franchisee requests Petro Stopping Center's approval, the franchisee must reimburse Petro Stopping Center for reasonable travel, hotel, and meal expenses.
Petro Stopping Center will approve or disapprove a proposed site within 30 days after receiving a complete site report and any other requested materials from the franchisee. If the franchisee does not receive a response within this 30-day period, the site is considered disapproved. Final approval occurs when Petro Stopping Center provides the franchisee with Exhibit "C" designating the site, and both parties sign it. The franchisee cannot begin operations at any site until Petro Stopping Center provides its approval. If the franchisee and Petro Stopping Center cannot agree on a site, or if the franchisee does not obtain a fee interest in or a fully signed lease agreement for the site within 90 days of the Agreement Date, Petro Stopping Center may terminate the Franchise Agreement.