Your insurance policies must insure us, you, and our respective affiliates, subsidiaries, owners, officers, directors, partners, members, employees, servants, and agents against any loss, liability, products liability, personal injury, death, or property damage that may accrue due to your operation of your Business. Your policies of insurance will contain a separate endorsement naming us and our affiliates as additional named insureds. You are required to submit an insurance certificate to our office on an annual basis. 7 This range includes the cost of all signage used in your Business. The signage requirements and costs will vary based upon the size and location of the Site, local zoning requirements, landlord requirements and local wage rates for installation. The amounts you pay for signage are typically non-refundable. You should inquire about the return and refund policy of the suppliers at or before the time of purchase. We must approve all signage before you order it. 8 You must purchase general office supplies including stationery, business cards and typical office equipment. Factors that may affect your cost of office equipment and supplies include market conditions, competition amongst suppliers and other factors. We do not know if the amounts you pay for office equipment and supplies are refundable. Factors determining whether office equipment and supplies are refundable typically include the condition of the items at time of return, level of use and length of time of possession. You should inquire about the return and refund policy of the suppliers at or before the time of purchase. 9 You must purchase the computer equipment, hardware, and software necessary for operating the franchise. We currently require you to have and use Square and Square POS terminal. We do not know if the amounts you pay for the computer equipment may be refundable. The amounts you pay for computer equipment are typically non-refundable, or if refundable, may be subject to a “restocking” fee. You should inquire about the return and refund policy of the suppliers at or before the time of purchasing. You must use the POS system that we designate.
From the filings
Baba's Halal
Quick service restaurantBaba's Halal is a quick-service restaurant franchise. The most recent Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) on file is from 2023, but it does not disclose total units, franchised vs. company-owned counts, or average unit volume. Software vendors researching this brand should know that no mandated technology systems, named HQ executives, or procurement directives were captured in the available FDD extracts, making direct outreach research-intensive.
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Live signals
Ordinary royalty terms
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Complete royalty terms are not confirmed for the selected filing.
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
1 technology requirement is recorded in this filing. A required choice lists alternatives for one obligation. Read each cited clause for its conditions.
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
19 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 3 explicit no's; 12 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.
Accounting
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Submit to Franchisor monthly, quarterly, and/or annual financial reports, including balance sheets, cash flow statements, profit and loss statements, and other reports as required by Franchisor.
How the franchisor buys
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesFranchise agreement
C. Modification Franchisor shall have the right to add, delete, or otherwise modify the Operations Manual from time to time to reflect changes in any of the System Standards, provided that no such addition or modification shall alter Franchisee’s fundamental status and rights under this Agreement.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may charge a reasonable fee for inspection, review, and approval of suppliers.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesFranchise agreement
If Franchisee desires to purchase any items from an unapproved supplier, Franchisee shall submit to Franchisor a written request for such approval or shall request the supplier itself to do so.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee acknowledges that, at all times, The Franchised Business telephone number(s), electronic mail, text, and messaging account(s), and listing(s) will remain in the name, and sole property, of Franchisor
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may require that Franchisee furnishes its customers with an evaluation form specified by the Franchisor pre- addressed to the Franchisor.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor shall have the right to add, delete, or otherwise modify the Operations Manual from time to time to reflect changes in any of the System Standards, provided that no such addition or modification shall alter Franchisee’s fundamental status and rights under this Agreement.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesFranchise agreement
The Site must be approved by and meets Franchisor’s then-current site requirements and is identified in Exhibit 2 to this Agreement.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall not establish a separate Website or Social Media account without Franchisor’s prior written approval.
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesFranchise agreement
It is required, and Franchisee so covenants and agrees to spend at least $500 to $1,000 on grand opening advertising before opening the Franchised Business and/or during the first 3 months of operation.
Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
YesFranchise agreement
It is required that Franchisee spends at least $500 per month every week for Local Advertising to generate public interest and awareness of the Franchised Business and to adequately penetrate the market for Franchisee’s products and services within Franchisee’s trading area.
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall fully participate, honor, and comply with any and all System, local, regional, seasonal, promotional, and other programs, initiatives, and campaigns adopted by Franchisor that Franchisor requires Franchisee to participate in, including but not limited to gift certificates, specials, discounts…
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesFranchise agreement
Each month that a Cooperative is in existence for Franchisee’s geographical area, Franchisee shall contribute to the Cooperative an amount specified by Franchisor or Cooperative (the Cooperative Contribution).
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee authorizes Franchisor to initiate debit entries and credit correction entries to Franchisee’s checking, savings, operating or other account for the payment of Royalties, National Advertising Contributions and any other amounts due from Franchisee under this Agreement or otherwise.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall maintain a competent, conscientious, trained staff (who shall have been adequately trained per Franchisor Standards) in numbers sufficient to service customers promptly and properly, including at least a trained manager (or other trained supervisory employees in accordance with the Operating Manual)…
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall lease and/or purchase its Computer Systems only from Franchisor Approved vendor or vendors or suppliers.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesFranchise agreement
permit Franchisor to access Franchisee’s Computer Systems at all times via modem or other means specified by Franchisor from time to time.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall fully participate, honor, and comply with any and all System, local, regional, seasonal, promotional, and other programs, initiatives, and campaigns adopted by Franchisor that Franchisor requires Franchisee to participate in, including but not limited to gift certificates, specials, discounts…
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor reserves the right to charge a fee for a refresher, remedial, and additional training it provides.
The filing answers no to 3 questions
- Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Franchise agreement
- Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?Franchise agreement
- Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?Franchise agreement
The vendor opportunity at Baba's Halal
Baba's Halal operates in the quick-service restaurant segment. For software vendors, the immediate challenge is the lack of disclosed unit economics and scale. The 2023 FDD does not report total units, franchised versus company-owned counts, or average unit volume. Without these figures, sizing the addressable market requires external validation. Vendors should treat this as a research-required opportunity: the brand exists and is franchising, but the FDD alone won't give you a reliable total addressable location count.
The absence of disclosed year-over-year unit growth further complicates pipeline modeling. If you sell POS, payroll, inventory, or scheduling software into QSR franchises, you'll need to confirm the current footprint through trade press, location data providers, or direct discovery before committing sales resources.
Who controls software purchasing
The 2023 FDD does not list any HQ executives in Item 1. No CEO, CIO, VP of Technology, or operations leadership is named. This means the buying center is unknown from the filing. In practice, purchasing authority in smaller franchise systems often sits with the founder or a general manager, but that cannot be confirmed here. Vendors should approach with a discovery-first posture: identify who runs operations before pitching any software.
Mandated and current tech stack
No technology systems are mandated or recommended in the available FDD extracts. The brand does not disclose a POS provider, back-office platform, payroll vendor, or any other operational software. This could mean franchisees choose their own tools, or it could simply mean the disclosure wasn't captured. Either way, vendors cannot assume an incumbent or a rip-and-replace window from the FDD alone. Direct franchisee interviews or HQ contact will be necessary to map the current stack.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8, which typically outlines procurement restrictions and designated suppliers, was not extracted in the available data. Similarly, Item 17 renewal and termination provisions are absent. Without these signals, vendors have no visibility into whether the franchisor controls software purchasing centrally or leaves it to franchisees. Contract renewal cycles, if any exist, are not indicated. This makes timing a sales outreach campaign speculative at best.
How to read the Baba's Halal FDD
The 2023 FDD is embedded below. It was filed with state franchise regulators and represents the most current disclosure available in our corpus. For software vendors, the key takeaway is what's missing: no unit counts, no tech mandates, no named executives, and no procurement model. This document is a starting point, not a complete sales intelligence brief. Use it to confirm the franchise offering, then layer on primary research to build a qualified target account profile.
When you're ready to move beyond single-FDD research, FranCloud can help you build a ranked list of franchise systems that match your ideal customer profile—complete with tech stack signals, buyer contacts, and unit growth trends.
Ordinary royalty terms
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Questions vendors ask
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