From the filings
Breadless' most recent FDD, from 2026, discloses 2 total locations, both company-owned, in the quick-service restaurant segment, with average unit volume of $1,060,806. Item 1 names Marc Howland, Chief Executive Officer, Ryan Eli Salter, Chief Culinary Officer, and LaTresha Howland, Chief Communications Officer — no CIO or CTO is disclosed, and with no parent company on file the franchisor itself is the buying center. No technology systems were captured from the filing at all: it mandates nothing and names nothing, so every software category reads as open.
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Live signals
Ongoing fee load
The recurring percentage of gross sales named in this filing, before rent, labour or any technology fee.
8%of gross sales (FY2026)
15% reference
Franchisor behaviours
26 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 5 explicit no's; 3 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?
YesFranchise agreement
During the term of this Agreement, you shall maintain full, complete, and accurate books, records and accounts in accordance with the standard accounting system prescribed by us in the Operations Manual or otherwise in writing.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
We have, and you are required to provide, independent access to the information that will be generated or stored in your computer systems, which includes, but not limited to, customers, transactions, and operational information.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You shall, at your expense, submit to us within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar year, an income statement for the calendar year just ended and a balance sheet as of the last day of the calendar year.
How the franchisor buys
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
We may periodically change our standard and specifications in our sole discretion upon written notice to you or as may be specified by the Operations Manual.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
0Item 8
In our last fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, we did not earn revenue or other material consideration from required purchases or leases by franchisees.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
Designated suppliers may make payments to us from franchisee purchases.
Item 8 gives this proportion in one of two shapes: separate percentages for establishing the business and for operating it, or one figure covering "establishing and operating" together. Where they are separate, answer with the operating percentage; where the passage gives only the combined figure, answer with that. What percentage of the franchisee's purchases must come from designated or approved suppliers?
60Item 8
We estimate your required purchases and leases will represent 60-75% of your overall purchases and leases in establishing and operating the Franchised Business.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
You must reimburse us for the actual fees and costs for evaluating alternate products or services proposed by you.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you want to purchase or lease any supplies, materials, tools, products or services not previously approved in writing by us as acceptable or from a supplier not approved by us, you can request our approval in writing, at your sole expense.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesItem 11
We have the sole rights to and interest in all these telephone number(s).
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You shall adhere to all PCI (Payment Card Industry), CISP (Cardholder Information Security Program) and SDP (Site Data Protection) compliance specifications, as amended.
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
We or our designee has the right, during normal business hours without notice, to examine, copy, and audit the books, records and tax returns of yours.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
We have the right to add to or otherwise modify the Operations Manual from time to time to reflect changes in the specifications, standards, operating procedures, and rules prescribed by us; provided, however, that no such addition or modification shall materially alter your fundamental status and rights under this…
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
You must secure a location for the Business within 45 days of the signing of the Franchise Agreement; this includes the requirement of obtaining our approval for your selected location.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesItem 11
You are restricted from establishing a presence on, or marketing on the Internet without our written consent.
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
Within one month of the opening of your Franchised Business, you must spend a minimum of $10,000 on local advertising and promotion of the opening of the Franchised Business in accordance with an opening marketing plan approved by us.
Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
YesItem 11
You must spend weekly for local advertising and promotion of the Franchised Business and the Proprietary Marks the greater of $750 or 1% of Gross Revenues from your Franchised Business over the preceding reporting period in the area or territory where your franchise is located.
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesFranchise agreement
You are obligated to participate in our gift and loyalty card program.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
To ensure that our standards and specifications of quality and service are maintained at all times, you must operate your Franchised Business in strict conformity with the methods, standards, specifications, and sources of supply that we designate and prescribe in our Operations Manual and various other confidential…
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
Computer Hardware and Software. You must purchase the computer hardware and software that we specify.
Payments
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesFranchise agreement
You are required to participate in programs relating to gift cards, gift certificates, stored value cards, online or mobile coupons or credits, online or mobile ordering systems, and other electronic money programs we prescribe from time to time for the Franchised Business.
People
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You shall abide by all uniform and dress code requirements stated in the Operations Manual or otherwise.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must purchase and use any hardware and software programs we designate.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We have, and you are required to provide, independent access to the information that will be generated or stored in your computer systems, which includes, but not limited to, customers, transactions, and operational information.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must purchase and use any hardware and software programs we designate.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
You will be charged for additional training, as provided for in Item 6.
Who buys here
The decision-maker a vendor sells to at this scale, and the gaps they’re paid to close, derived from our data by segment and unit count, not a guess.
The franchisee/operator personally, or a small franchisor still owner-run. Wears every hat.
Breadless is a quick-service restaurant brand headquartered in Michigan, and the most recent FDD on file is from 2026. That filing reports 2 total locations, both company-owned; the franchised count is not disclosed in the most recent FDD. Average unit volume is $1,060,806 — better than a million dollars a location, so the sites are productive even though the system is small. The royalty is 6.0% and the initial term runs 10 years. Year-over-year unit growth is not available. For a vendor that is a design-partner conversation, not a rollout.
Item 1 discloses three officers: Marc Howland, Chief Executive Officer; Ryan Eli Salter, Chief Culinary Officer; and LaTresha Howland, Chief Communications Officer. No CIO, CTO, or other technology officer is listed, so there is no dedicated technology buyer on file. At this size the Chief Executive Officer is the realistic entry point, with the Chief Communications Officer the relevant name for anything marketing- or guest-facing.
Structurally it is a headquarters decision. Both disclosed units are company-owned, so there is no franchisee association and no multi-unit operator with independent buying power. Our operator mapping finds 2 operators, neither multi-unit, across roughly 2 located units, split one in Wisconsin and one in Michigan. No parent company is on file either — Breadless appears independently owned, with nothing above the franchisor to route a decision through.
No technology systems were captured from this filing. Not one is mandated, and — unusually — not one is mentioned in passing either. There is no point of sale, no back-office or accounting platform, no scheduling, loyalty, or digital-signage vendor written into the document as we hold it.
Read that precisely. It is not evidence that Breadless operates without software; it is evidence that the disclosure document does not identify any system, which means the stack has to be established through discovery rather than read off the filing. What it does establish is that no vendor has a contractual position here. There is no approved-supplier list to be added to, no incumbent to displace, and no clause obliging a franchisee to buy a named product. Every category is open on the face of the filing, which is a cleaner starting position than most brands offer.
Item 8 is where designated-supplier and approved-supplier obligations normally sit, and this filing produced no Item 8 extract, so the procurement model — designated, approved, or open — is not established by the data we hold.
Item 17 is more specific. If the franchisee has substantially complied with the franchise agreement, there is a right to renew for one additional 10-year term. Renewal requires written notice of intent, signing a new franchise agreement and a release, paying a renewal fee, refurbishing or remodeling the premises, and replacing the equipment to comply with then-current standards. The filing states plainly that the new agreement may contain materially different terms from the previous one, including different fee requirements and territorial rights. The equipment-replacement condition is the vendor-relevant one: renewal is the moment the operating standards, and the systems that satisfy them, get rewritten.
The 2026 document was filed with state franchise regulators, and the full PDF is embedded in the viewer below. Item 1 gives the entity and the three officers named above; Item 8 covers supplier obligations and is where a procurement model would appear; Item 11 covers computer systems and required technology, and is where the absence of any mandate can be confirmed directly; Item 17 covers renewal and the 10-year successor term; Item 20 carries the unit tables behind the 2-unit count. If you want Breadless scored against the rest of the US franchise corpus and returned as a ranked target list, talk to FranCloud.
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FDD alert
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Operator footprint
2 operators run 2 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
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Primary franchise filings · updated August 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.