What is the protected area granted to a Southern Steer franchisee, measured from the franchised location?
Southern_Steer Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
all costs incurred for travel, transportation, food, lodging, telephone calls, automobile rental and all other related travel expenses.
- 30.44. Website. "Website" means the website page Franchisor licenses to Franchisee for use in identifying Franchisee's Southern Steer Business on the Internet.
- 30.45. Week or Weekly. "Week" or "Weekly" will mean a period of seven consecutive days beginning on each Monday and ending each Sunday.
[Signatures on the following page] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Franchisor, the Franchisee and the Owners have respectively signed this Agreement effective as of Effective Date.
"Franchisor" "Franchisee" Southern Steer Franchising International, LLC Legal Name Print Name Print Name Its Its Title Notice Address:#### ATTACHMENT A SITE, PROTECTED AREA, REQUIRED OPENING DATE
| This Attachment A ("Franchise Agreement") dated Franchising International, LLC and ("Franchisee") is made effective as | to the Southern Steer Franchising International, LLC Franchise Agreement | between | Southern | Steer |
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Source: Item 22 — ITEM. 22 CONTRACTS (FDD pages 61–168)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Southern Steer Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee receives a nonexclusive "Protected Area," as defined in Attachment A of the Franchise Agreement. Attachment A specifies that the protected area is a five-mile radius around the franchised location. This means that, generally, Southern Steer will not operate or franchise another Southern Steer business within that 5-mile radius, with some exceptions.
However, this protection is subject to several significant reservations of rights by Southern Steer. Specifically, Southern Steer retains the right to operate Southern Steer Businesses from Non-Traditional Locations anywhere, even within a franchisee's protected area. Additionally, the franchisor can market, distribute, and sell food products through various channels, including wholesale, internet, mail order, food trucks, and third-party delivery services, both inside and outside the franchisee's protected area.
Southern Steer also reserves the right to use and license the System for Southern Steer Businesses inside or outside the franchisee's Protected Area, regardless of proximity to the Protected Area and the Franchised Location. Furthermore, Southern Steer can offer and sell products and services sold at Southern Steer Businesses under other names and marks through alternative distribution channels. These reservations significantly limit the practical exclusivity of the protected area, as Southern Steer retains considerable freedom to operate and license competing businesses and sales channels within the franchisee's territory.