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American Freight

Retail non food

American Freight supplies its own required Software Package, bundling all necessary retail software plus an Office 365 license, for a Technology Fee currently at $346.15 a week. The franchised tail is tiny — just 5 of 260 total locations — so headquarters is the buying center for any technology pitch, with 255 of those locations company-owned.

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Total units
260
5 franchised
Franchised outlet growth
+400%
Item 20, last two year-ends
AUV
$1.93M
Item 19
Royalty
5% component; full terms unconfirmed
percentage component
Ad fund
5%
percentage component
Initial fee
$50K
per unit
Investment range
$497K–$943K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
—
from the filing
Item 19
Claims
from the filing

Ordinary royalty terms

5% component; full terms unconfirmed

Complete royalty terms are not confirmed for the selected filing.

Recorded percentage components

These are recorded percentage components. Each has its own base and conditions; the chart does not state the total payment or confirm ad-fund completeness.

1recorded components (FY2023)

Recorded percentage components (FY2023)Ad fund 5%. Components use their own filing bases and conditions. Drawn against a 15% reference scale.

15% reference

Ad fund 5%

Franchisor behaviours

What the franchisor requires

22 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 3 explicit no's; 9 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.

Accounting

Must the franchisee use an accounting or bookkeeping system designated or approved by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 8

have, use and maintain, (i) such register, workstation and kiosk computers, monitors and printers, credit card terminals and other computer related accessories or peripheral equipment as we specify in the Operations Manual or otherwise in writing, and (ii) computer and communication software, used to record, analyze…

Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?

Yes

Item 11

We also have independent access to the point-of-sale system and all data.

Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?

Yes

Item 8

You must submit to us, on or before the 10th day of each calendar month, a monthly report in the form we periodically prescribe.

How the franchisor buys

Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?

Yes

Item 8

You acknowledge and agree that certain approved supplies/services may only be available (due to the availability or our restrictions on who you must purchase from) from one source or select suppliers designated by us, and we and/or our affiliates may be the only source.

Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?

Yes

Item 8

We reserve the right to approve and change the manufacturer or supplier for approved supplies/services.

Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?

Yes

Item 8

We and/or our affiliates may derive revenue based on your purchases and leases, including, without limitation, from charging you (at prices exceeding our and their costs) for services and products we or our affiliates sell you and from promotional allowances, volume discounts, and other amounts paid to us and our…

Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?

Yes

Item 8

If we permit any items to be submitted for approval as Approved Products and Services or permit any Approved Product and Service to be a source from a supplier other than our designated single-source supplier or other select suppliers designated by us, you may propose the item and/or a supplier not on our approved…

Communications

Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?

Yes

Item 8

You hereby irrevocably assign to us or our designee the telephone number or numbers and listings issued to you with respect to each and all of your AMERICAN FREIGHT retail businesses (“telephone numbers”).

Franchise management

Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?

Yes

Item 8

You must participate in all Customer Experience Programs we designate for the System and pay any fees associated with your Retail Business.

Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?

Yes

Item 8

We or our authorized representative have the right to enter the Authorized Location at all reasonable times during the business day for the purpose of making periodic evaluations and to ascertain whether you are observing the provisions of this Agreement, to inspect and evaluate your premises used for your Retail…

Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?

Yes

Item 8

We may from time to time revise the contents of the Operations Manual and you expressly agree to comply with each new or changed standard.

Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?

Yes

Item 11

You may not develop a Retail Business on the site unless we have consented to the site.

Marketing

Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?

Yes

Item 8

You shall not establish a separate Website that displays or uses the Trademarks, or any marks confusingly similar thereto, or that refers to this Agreement, your Retail Business, the Approved Products and Services offered under the System, us, American Freight Retail Businesses or the System.

Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?

Yes

Item 5

Before opening for business, you must pay us the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) in connection with the grand opening of your Retail Business (“Grand Opening Advertising Fee”).

Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?

Yes

Item 8

You must also participate fully in any customer loyalty programs we establish from time to time, including (i) purchasing from us any cards, application forms and other materials for use in connection with any customer loyalty program; and (ii) honoring any customer loyalty points or rewards a customer has accrued…

Operations

Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?

Yes

Item 8

You must only use Approved Products and Services, equipment, fixtures, furnishings, signs, advertising materials, trademarked items, novelties and other items in your Retail Business as set forth in the approved supplies/services and approved suppliers lists, as we may amend from time to time.

Payments

Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?

Yes

Item 8

The undersigned hereby authorizes American Freight Franchisor, LLC or any affiliated entity (collectively, “American Freight”), to initiate: weekly ACH debit entries against the account of the undersigned with you in payment of amounts for Royalty Fees, Marketing Fees, Technology Fees or other amounts that become…

People

Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?

Yes

Item 8

You must at all times maintain a sufficient number of trained employees to properly and efficiently service your customers.

Point of sale

Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?

Yes

Franchise agreement

You may not use any unapproved hardware or software or component of the Computer System that has not been obtained from the source(s) we designate.

Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?

Yes

Item 11

We also have independent access to the point-of-sale system and all data.

Training

Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?

Yes

Item 6

Additional Training $500 per day As incurred Refresher Training $500 per day As incurred

Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?

Yes

Item 8

Your Principal Owner, General Manager and such other employees as we designate must, at your expense, attend all conferences, conventions, seminars or meetings that we hold for System franchisees to set forth new methods and programs for operation, training, management, sales or marketing.

The filing answers no to 3 questions
  • Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 11
  • Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?Franchise agreement
  • Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?Item 11

The vendor opportunity at American Freight American Freight runs 260 home-furnishings retail locations, but franchising is a small piece of the business: just 5 locations are franchised, and 255 are company-owned, operated under Franchise Group. Franchised-outlet count grew 400% year over year, though from a base of just one location.

Who controls software purchasing CEO Peter Corsa leads the Home Furnishings segment. American Freight itself supplies the required Software Package — bundling all necessary retail software plus one Office 365 license — for a Technology Fee currently at $346.15 per week, and reserves the right to designate a single source for other Computer System components. This is a headquarters-controlled stack with a tiny addressable franchise base.

Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required The Software Package and its bundled Office 365 license are mandated for every location. Items 8 and 11 also require the Computer System itself — registers, workstation and kiosk computers, monitors, printers, credit card terminals and peripherals to American Freight's written specification — and bar any unapproved hardware or software, or any component not obtained from the source American Freight designates. Franchisees must give American Freight full access to the Computer System and all data from the Retail Business, during and after the term.

Procurement, renewals, and timing American Freight issues lists of approved supplies and approved suppliers and can revise them; it and its affiliates are currently the only supplier for Retail Business inventory. With only 5 franchised locations against 255 company-owned, new-unit openings are the rare but clear trigger for a technology sale here.

How to read the American Freight FDD The 2023 Franchise Disclosure Document below spells out the exact Software Package, Technology Fee and single-source designation language. Talk to FranCloud for a ranked list of home-furnishings franchise systems worth comparing.

Ordinary royalty terms

Complete royalty terms are not confirmed.

Questions vendors ask

American Freight, answered from the filing

American Freight's franchised tail is tiny — just 5 of 260 total locations — and CEO Peter Corsa runs the Home Furnishings segment for a system where the company itself supplies the required Software Package, making headquarters the buying center for any technology pitch.
Franchisees must obtain American Freight's own Software Package, which bundles all necessary retail software plus an Office 365 license, for a Technology Fee of about $346.15 a week. Registers, workstation and kiosk computers, monitors, printers and credit card terminals must also meet American Freight's written specifications, and unapproved hardware or software may not be used.
American Freight runs 260 total locations in the retail non-food segment, but only 5 are franchised — 255 are company-owned.
American Freight supplies its own Software Package and reserves the right to designate a single source for other parts of the Computer System, with the company itself sometimes serving as that source. Approved suppliers and products come from lists American Freight issues and can revise.
Franchised-outlet count grew 400% year over year, though off a base of one location. With the required Software Package bundled into a weekly Technology Fee, new-store openings — rare in this mostly company-owned system — are the clearest trigger.
The embedded PDF viewer below holds American Freight's 2023 Franchise Disclosure Document — use it to check the exact Software Package and Technology Fee terms.
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Operator footprint

Who runs the locations

11 operators run 11 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.

Operators by units owned

Single-unit11

Top states by locations

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MI1
FL1
MD1
WI1

Ownership

The portfolio behind American Freight

Parent company: Franchise Group, Inc..

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