You may not develop, maintain, or authorize any domain name, homepage, electronic address, metatag, or otherwise in connection with any website or other online presence (collectively, “Digital Marketing”) or any blogs, common social networks like Facebook and Instagram, professional networks like LinkedIn, live-blogging tools like Twitter, file, audio, and video-sharing sites, and other similar social-networking media or tools (collectively, “Social Media”) mentioning or describing the Restaurant or displaying any Marks without our prior written approval and, if applicable, without complying with our Brand Standards for such Digital Marketing, and Social Media. Except for the System Website (defined below) and approved Digital Marketing, and Social Media, you may not conduct commerce or directly or indirectly offer or sell any products or services using any Digital Marketing, Social Media, or website, digital or online platform or app. (Sections 7.D and 13.B)
From the filings
Chopt Creative Salad Company
Quick service restaurantSoftware purchasing control at Chopt Creative Salad Company is not disclosed in the 2026 FDD; no HQ executives are listed. The brand mandates only social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter) and has no known operational tech stack. With just 4 total locations—1 franchised and 3 company-owned—the direct addressable market for software vendors is extremely limited.
For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.
Live signals
Ordinary royalty terms
5% component; full terms unconfirmed
Complete royalty terms are not confirmed for the selected filing.
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
Systems named in Item 11 of this filing. None is recorded as mandated here, which is not the same as the filing mandating nothing. Read Item 11 before treating the category as open.
You may not develop, maintain, or authorize any domain name, homepage, electronic address, metatag, or otherwise in connection with any website or other online presence (collectively, “Digital Marketing”) or any blogs, common social networks like Facebook and Instagram, professional networks like LinkedIn, live-blogging tools like Twitter, file, audio, and video-sharing sites, and other similar social-networking media or tools (collectively, “Social Media”) mentioning or describing the Restaurant or displaying any Marks without our prior written approval and, if applicable, without complying with our Brand Standards for such Digital Marketing, and Social Media. Except for the System Website (defined below) and approved Digital Marketing, and Social Media, you may not conduct commerce or directly or indirectly offer or sell any products or services using any Digital Marketing, Social Media, or website, digital or online platform or app. (Sections 7.D and 13.B)
You may not develop, maintain, or authorize any domain name, homepage, electronic address, metatag, or otherwise in connection with any website or other online presence (collectively, “Digital Marketing”) or any blogs, common social networks like Facebook and Instagram, professional networks like LinkedIn, live-blogging tools like Twitter, file, audio, and video-sharing sites, and other similar social-networking media or tools (collectively, “Social Media”) mentioning or describing the Restaurant or displaying any Marks without our prior written approval and, if applicable, without complying with our Brand Standards for such Digital Marketing, and Social Media. Except for the System Website (defined below) and approved Digital Marketing, and Social Media, you may not conduct commerce or directly or indirectly offer or sell any products or services using any Digital Marketing, Social Media, or website, digital or online platform or app. (Sections 7.D and 13.B)
30 Chopt Creative Salad Company Franchising, LLC 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document 1598.004.001/451488 to input and access information about your sales and operations. The Technology System must permit 24-hours-per-day, 7-days-per-week electronic communications between you and us. (Franchise Agreement – Section 7.F; D.3 of Software License Agreements). We will have continuous, unlimited, independent access to all operational information that we designate periodically that is stored on or processed via the Technology System, excluding employee or employment-related information. Except as described above, there are no contractual limitations on our right to access the information on your Technology System. We will not unreasonably interfere with your Restaurant’s operation. The required Technology System currently also consists of the Toast POS system, FTRG’s proprietary kitchen management system (DASH) and mobile app/website software, Jolt compliance system, software for email, productivity, and storage, ISP primary and backup service, network hardware and software (router, switch, and access points), VOIP phones, music hardware and software, security system, and office computers, monitors, tablets, and printers. Some locations might select to add in-store kiosks, security alarm systems, and/or digital menu boards and marketing displays. We estimate the Technology System’s cost to range from $45,000 to $70,000. You also must pay FTRG a one-time software registration and initial set-up fees when you sign the Software License Agreements: $500 for the DASH software and $1,000 for the mobile app/website software. Neither we nor any affiliate has any obligation to provide ongoing maintenance, repairs, upgrades, or updates.
You may not develop, maintain, or authorize any domain name, homepage, electronic address, metatag, or otherwise in connection with any website or other online presence (collectively, “Digital Marketing”) or any blogs, common social networks like Facebook and Instagram, professional networks like LinkedIn, live-blogging tools like Twitter, file, audio, and video-sharing sites, and other similar social-networking media or tools (collectively, “Social Media”) mentioning or describing the Restaurant or displaying any Marks without our prior written approval and, if applicable, without complying with our Brand Standards for such Digital Marketing, and Social Media. Except for the System Website (defined below) and approved Digital Marketing, and Social Media, you may not conduct commerce or directly or indirectly offer or sell any products or services using any Digital Marketing, Social Media, or website, digital or online platform or app. (Sections 7.D and 13.B)
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
24 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 3 explicit no's; 7 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
you must establish and maintain at your own expense a bookkeeping, accounting, and recordkeeping system conforming to the requirements and formats (including, at our option, the accounting methods and chart of accounts) we prescribe from time to time.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesFranchise agreement
A – Franchise Agreement (Non-Traditional Locations) 1598.004.001/451474 performance information and tools maintained on your Technology System (including Consumer Data but excluding employee records, as you control exclusively your labor relations and employment practices).
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
(a) within ninety (90) days after the end of each of your fiscal years, an annual profit-and-loss statement, a balance sheet for the Restaurant as of the end of the previous fiscal year, and a narrative written description of your year-end operating results; and (b) within fifteen (15) days after our request, exact…
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
One of our affiliates currently is the designated (i.e., only) supplier of the proprietary kitchen management software system and mobile app/website software.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
0Item 8
We did not receive any revenue during 2025 from selling or leasing any items or services directly to our franchisees.
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?
100Item 8
Collectively, your purchases and leases from us or our affiliates, from designated or approved suppliers, or according to our standards and specifications represent about 100% of your overall purchases and leases to establish and then to operate the Restaurant.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesFranchise agreement
You must pay upon request any actual expenses and TRE we incur to determine whether or not the items, services, suppliers, or distributors meet our requirements and specifications.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you want to purchase or lease any Operating Assets, products, or services from a supplier or distributor we have not then approved (if we require you to buy or lease the asset, product, or service only from an approved supplier or distributor), then you must establish to our reasonable satisfaction that the…
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
authorize, and not interfere with, the transfer of those numbers and directory listings to us or at our direction;
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must upgrade the Technology System, and/or obtain service and support, as we require or when necessary because of technological developments, including complying with PCI Data Security Standards.
Franchise management
Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
YesFranchise agreement
quality-assurance, food-safety-audit, guest-satisfaction, “mystery-shop,” consumer-survey, and similar programs, including your using and paying directly (or reimbursing us for) our designated third-party service providers
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 11
Periodically inspect and monitor the Restaurant’s operation, at the intervals we choose.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
We have the right to modify the Operations Manual periodically to reflect changes in Brand Standards, but those modifications will not alter your fundamental rights or status under the Franchise Agreement.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
You may not sign any lease we have not accepted in writing.
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 may not develop, maintain, or authorize any Digital Marketing or Social Media mentioning or describing the Restaurant or displaying any Marks without our prior written approval
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You must buy or lease all Operating Assets, products, and services you use or sell at the Restaurant only according to Brand Standards and, if we require, only from manufacturers, suppliers, or distributors we designate or approve (which may include or be limited to us, our affiliates, and/or other restricted…
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
Otherwise, you currently must buy all of the 19 Chopt Creative Salad Company Franchising, LLC 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document 1598.004.001/451488 Restaurant’s Operating Assets (defined above), point-of-sale and information-technology systems, ingredients, salad dressings, uniforms, and packaging materials only…
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
You must authorize us to debit your business checking or other account automatically for the Royalty and other amounts due under the Franchise Agreement or otherwise.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
Brand Standards may require adequate staffing levels to operate the Restaurant in compliance with Brand Standards and may address appearance of Restaurant personnel and courteous service to customers.
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
Otherwise, you currently must buy all of the 19 Chopt Creative Salad Company Franchising, LLC 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document 1598.004.001/451488 Restaurant’s Operating Assets (defined above), point-of-sale and information-technology systems, ingredients, salad dressings, uniforms, and packaging materials only…
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must obtain and use the computer hardware and software, point-of-sale system, computer-related accessories and peripheral equipment, tablets, smart-phones, online, digital, and app ordering systems, and online kitchen-management system we periodically specify (the “Technology System”).
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We will have continuous, unlimited, independent access to all operational information that we designate periodically that is stored on or processed via the Technology System, excluding employee or employment-related information.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
(Franchise Agreement—Section 6.C) Retraining If your General Manager fails to complete Initial Training to our satisfaction, or we determine after an inspection that retraining is necessary because the Restaurant is not operating according to Brand Standards, he or she may attend a retraining session for which we may…
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
Besides attending and/or participating in the various training courses and programs described above, at least one of your representatives who we approve must at our request attend an annual meeting of all CHOPT Restaurant franchisees for up to 4 days at a location we designate.
The filing answers no to 3 questions
- Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 11
- Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?Item 8
- Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?Item 11
The vendor opportunity at Chopt Creative Salad Company
Chopt Creative Salad Company is a quick-service restaurant brand headquartered in New York and part of the Founders Table group, which also owns Dos Toros Taqueria. According to its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, the system consists of just 4 total units—3 company-owned and 1 franchised—with the sole franchised location in Michigan. No average unit volume is reported. For a software vendor, the direct addressable market within the Chopt brand is minimal: a single franchisee and a small corporate footprint. However, the parent group’s multi-brand structure may offer a wider aperture if you can engage at the Founders Table level.
Who controls software purchasing
The 2026 FDD does not list any HQ executives, so the identity of the software decision-maker is unknown. In a system this small, purchasing authority likely sits with the parent company’s leadership or, for the franchised unit, with the individual operator. The FDD’s operator footprint shows only one mapped operator, with no multi-unit owners. Without named buyers or a disclosed procurement hierarchy, vendors should treat this as an opaque, relationship-driven sale.
Mandated and current tech stack
The FDD mandates no point-of-sale, back-office, or operational technology. The only required technology is the maintenance of social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. This suggests that the brand has not standardized any operational software across its tiny network. For vendors selling POS, inventory, labor, or delivery management tools, there is no incumbent to displace and no corporate mandate to leverage—each unit likely selects its own solutions, if any.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 of the FDD contains no procurement extract, so the brand’s supplier model—whether designated, approved, or open—is not disclosed. Renewal conditions (Item 17) apply only to the single franchised unit: the franchisee must complete a business review 6–9 months before the 10-year term expires, pay a $5,000 successor fee, and sign a general release, among other requirements. With only one franchised location and no disclosed renewal timeline, there is no predictable contract window for software vendors. The corporate units may follow an entirely separate procurement cadence, but no information is available.
How to read the Chopt Creative Salad Company FDD
The 2026 FDD is embedded below for your review. It was filed with state franchise regulators and contains the limited data points summarized here. Pay particular attention to the absence of operational tech mandates and the tiny unit count—these are the defining features of this opportunity. For a broader view of the Founders Table ecosystem, including sibling brand Dos Toros Taqueria, FranCloud can generate a ranked target list tailored to your software category.
Ordinary royalty terms
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Ownership
The portfolio behind Chopt Creative Salad Company
Ownership: Founders Table.
Sibling brands
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