We will provide you with specifications for equipment, fixtures, furniture, exterior and interior signs and decorating required for the restaurant. Specifications may include minimum standards for performance, warranties, design and appearance of the restaurant and local zoning, sign and other restrictions. You must purchase or lease and maintain, at your own expense, only those brands, types, makes and/or models of equipment, fixtures, furniture, exterior and interior signs and decorating services that we specify. You may purchase or lease original and replacement equipment, fixtures, furniture, signs and decorating services meeting such specifications from any source. If you propose to purchase or lease any item of equipment or furniture or any fixture or sign not previously approved by us as meeting our specifications, you must first notify us and we may require submission of sufficient specifications, photographs, drawings and/or other information and samples to determine whether such item of equipment or furniture or such fixture or sign meets our specifications. We will advise you within a reasonable time, generally not to exceed thirty (30) days whether such item of equipment or furniture or such fixture or sign meets our specifications. We require that you purchase or use a point of sale computer system installed with Toast software in your restaurant. Although we do not require that you purchase your computer system hardware or software from a particular vendor, we estimate that the total cost of a new computer system hardware and software will be between $2,380.00 and $3,560.00.
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Always Ice Cream
Quick service restaurantAlways Ice Cream is a quick-service restaurant franchisor headquartered in Maryland with 5 company-owned locations and no franchised units as of the 2026 FDD. The filing names Toast as the required POS system and lists Ross Cohen, Mark Cohen, and Adam Cohen as managers. For software vendors, the addressable market is currently 5 corporate stores, with purchasing decisions centralized at HQ.
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The vendor opportunity at Always Ice Cream
Always Ice Cream is a quick-service restaurant concept based in Maryland. The 2026 FDD reports 5 total units, all company-owned, with no franchised locations yet. That makes the current software addressable market small — just 5 corporate stores — but the franchisor is actively selling franchises, which means new franchisee-operated locations will create additional buying centers over time.
Who controls software purchasing
Item 2 of the FDD names Ross Cohen, Mark Cohen, and Adam Cohen as managers of the franchisor. With a corporate-owned footprint of 5 stores and no franchisee network, software purchasing is centralized at the Maryland headquarters. Vendors should expect a single buying center rather than a distributed franchisee decision process.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required
The FDD names Toast as the POS system. Item 11 states: "We require that you buy or use a Toast POS system" and "We require that you purchase or use a point of sale computer system installed with Toast software in your restaurant." That makes Toast the mandated POS for franchisees. The filing also obliges franchisees to upgrade or update computer and POS systems during the term, with no contractual limit on the frequency or cost of that obligation. The franchisor does not provide these services.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 uses a specifications-only supplier model. Franchisees may purchase conforming ingredients, supplies, and materials from any source, but the franchisor may in its sole discretion require that inventory and supplies be purchased exclusively from approved suppliers. The FDD estimates that approximately 50% of purchases required to operate a restaurant will come from the franchisor or approved suppliers. The franchisor may charge fees for testing and evaluating suppliers and may limit the number of approved suppliers for any product.
Franchisees must also give six to twelve months' notice and meet a Gross Sales Quota. For software vendors, the first franchisee cohorts will create new implementation windows as locations open.
How to read the Always Ice Cream FDD
The full 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document is embedded below. Item 8 covers supplier restrictions, Item 11 covers technology and training obligations, Item 17 covers renewal and termination, and Item 19 states that the FDD makes a financial performance representation. For a ranked target list of franchise systems that fit your software, talk to FranCloud.
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