From the filings

HQ-led decisions

Cleanest Restaurant Group Franchise

Quick service restaurant

Software purchasing at Cleanest Restaurant Group Franchise is controlled at the HQ level by a small leadership team led by President Howie Lemon Jr. and COO Carolina Pereira-Lemon. The brand operates 17 total units (16 franchised, 1 company-owned) and has not disclosed any mandated or recommended technology systems in its 2026 FDD. For vendors, this means a greenfield opportunity with a compact, centrally managed prospect where every new tool is evaluated by the C-suite.

For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.

Live signals

Total units
17
16 franchised
Unit growth YoY
vs prior filing
AUV
$421K
Item 19, 2026
Royalty
8%
of gross sales
Ad fund
1%
national + local
Initial fee
$60K
per unit
Investment range
$103K–$144K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
Non-compete
2 years
from the filing
Item 19
Claims
from the filing

Ongoing fee load

What the operator pays every month

The recurring percentage of gross sales named in this filing, before rent, labour or any technology fee.

9%of gross sales (FY2026)

Ongoing fees: 9% of gross sales (FY2026)Royalty 8%, Ad fund 1%. Total 9% of gross sales. Drawn against a 15% reference scale.

15% reference

Royalty 8%Ad fund 1%

Mandated & recommended tech

The systems vendors compete with

1 of these are mandated in the franchise agreement. Each is named in Item 11 of the filing, the incumbents a challenger must displace or integrate with.

QuickBooks Online
Mandatory
AccountingItem 8

d to purchase, license and utilize a business management system as designated by us in our Manuals or otherwise in writing with one configured hardware terminal. You must also use QuickBooks Online an

Franchisor behaviours

What the franchisor requires

25 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 3 explicit no's; 6 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

You must also use QuickBooks Online and any other software designated by us in our Manuals.

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

Yes

Item 11

At all times, we will possess direct access to the Business Management System used by you and we will have access to all information entered into these systems, including information about your sales and customers.

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

Yes

Franchise agreement

within 30 days of the end of each calendar month Franchisee shall submit to Franchisor monthly financial statements and other reports related to the operations of the Franchised Business

How the franchisor buys

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

Yes

Item 8

We may designate a supplier (which may include us or our affiliates) as the exclusive supplier for the System.

How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?

0

Item 8

During the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, we did not earn any revenue from approved suppliers based on our franchisees’ purchases.

Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?

Yes

Franchise agreement

shall pay to Franchisor a supplier evaluation fee per requested product, service, equipment, supply, supplier and/or distributor to be considered

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

Yes

Item 8

If you want to purchase or lease a source restricted item from a supplier that has not been previously approved or designated by us in writing, you must send us a written request for approval and submit additional information that we may request.

Communications

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

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisee agrees that in the event of the termination of this Agreement, for any reason, that the accounts related to all telephone numbers associated with the Franchised Business and all rights in and to the telephone numbers associated with the Franchised Business, shall, at Franchisor’s election, be transferred…

Franchise management

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

Yes

Item 6

You must subscribe to and participate in the customer review tracking and reputation management services and providers that we designate.

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

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisor has the right at any time during business hours, and without prior notice to Franchisee, to inspect Franchisee’s non-residential Administrative Office, Service Vehicles and System Supplies.

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

Yes

Item 11

At all times, we reserve the right to supplement, modify and update the Manuals.

Marketing

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

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisee’s use of Digital Media shall be subject to and require Franchisor’s express written consent which shall and may be withheld by Franchisor for any or no reason at all.

Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?

Yes

Franchise agreement

Not less than 30 days prior to the opening of the Franchised Business and during the initial three-month period following the Actual Opening Date, Franchisee shall spend not less than $3,000 to market and promote the grand opening of the Franchised Business in accordance with Franchisor’s standards and specifications;

Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?

Yes

Item 11

On an on-going monthly basis, you must spend not less than $500 per month plus $300 per month for each Additional Territory on the local marketing of your Cleanest Restaurant Group Business to customers located within your Operating Territory and in accordance with our standards and specifications.

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

Yes

Item 11

You will also be required to utilize those customer reward programs and systems that we designate.

Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?

Yes

Franchise agreement

If Franchisee’s Cleanest Restaurant Group Business or Operating Territory is located within the geographic area of an Advertising Cooperative, franchisee must participate in and contribute to the Advertising Cooperative.

Operations

Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?

Yes

Item 8

You must purchase the System Supplies, as designated by us, from us, our affiliates, and/or our designated suppliers.

Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?

Yes

Item 8

You must purchase the System Supplies, as designated by us, from us, our affiliates, and/or our designated suppliers.

Payments

Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 8

You must use our designated supplier and vendor for credit card processing which may be integrated with the point-of-sale system that we designate.

People

Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 11

For the protection of the System, you must ensure that all employees wear and maintain the proper uniforms with our approved System branded apparel and uniforms including, but not limited to, the apparel and uniforms comprising System Supplies.

Point of sale

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

Yes

Item 8

You must use our designated supplier and vendor for credit card processing which may be integrated with the point-of-sale system that we designate.

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

Yes

Item 11

We will have independent access to all of the information and data that is electronically collected and stored on your Business Management System and, as such, will have access to all data related to the sales, inventory and financial performance of your Franchised Business.

Sales and CRM

Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?

Yes

Franchise agreement

“Business Management System” refers to and means the software, internet, web based and/or cloud- based system or systems, point-of-sale system or systems and customer relationship management system or systems as same may be individually or collectively designated by us, in our Reasonable Business Judgment, as being…

Training

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

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisee or, if Franchisee is a Corporate Entity, Franchisee’s Managing Owner and Manager, at Franchisee’s sole cost and expense, must attend and successfully complete all refresher training courses or system-wide training courses, additional training programs and seminars as Franchisor periodically may designate…

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

Yes

Item 6

If we offer a franchisee annual conference in a given year you will be required to attend the conference on the dates and at the location that we designate.

The filing answers no to 3 questions
  • Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?Item 8
  • Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 20
  • Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?Item 8

Who buys here

The buyer at this brand

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.

Sales LeaderSingle 1 19

The franchisee/operator personally, or a small franchisor still owner-run. Wears every hat.

OwnerCEOPresidentPrincipal
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The vendor opportunity at Cleanest Restaurant Group

Cleanest Restaurant Group Franchise is a quick-service restaurant concept headquartered in New York. According to its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, the system comprises 17 total units—16 franchised and 1 company-owned. The brand does not report an average unit volume (AUV) in the FDD, and year-over-year unit growth is not disclosed. For software vendors, the addressable market is small but concentrated: 17 locations with a single HQ buyer. The royalty rate is 8.0%, and the initial franchise term is 5 years.

Because the system is compact and centrally managed, a vendor can reach the entire decision-making apparatus with a single conversation. There is no parent company on file; the brand appears independently owned. No field operators are mapped in our corpus, which further concentrates purchasing power at headquarters.

Who controls software purchasing

The 2026 FDD lists four executives in Item 1: Howie Lemon Jr. (President), Carolina Pereira-Lemon (Chief Operating Officer), Victor Cruz (Operation Manager), and Latisha Beck (Assistant Operation Manager). With no regional or area operators identified, the buying center is almost certainly this HQ group. The President and COO are the most likely sponsors for any enterprise software evaluation. Vendors should prepare to engage directly with the C-suite rather than a dedicated IT or procurement function.

Mandated and current tech stack

Cleanest Restaurant Group does not disclose any mandated or recommended technology systems in its 2026 FDD. No POS vendor, back-office platform, payroll provider, or inventory management tool is named. This absence of a tech mandate means the brand either allows franchisees to choose their own tools or has not yet standardized its stack. For a software vendor, that represents an open field: you are not displacing an incumbent, and you can shape the conversation around best practices from the ground up.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

Item 8 of the FDD—which typically describes procurement obligations—contains no extract in our data. It is not publicly known whether the franchisor designates specific suppliers, maintains an approved-supplier list, or operates an open procurement model. Vendors should clarify this directly in early conversations.

On renewals, Item 17 provides a clear signal. Franchisees must be in compliance with their agreement, give 180 days’ prior written notice, sign the then-current form of Franchise Agreement, execute a general release, pay a renewal fee, and meet all other renewal conditions. Owners must also personally guarantee the renewal agreement. The renewal term is 5 years. Because the system is small and growth data is absent, the most predictable software evaluation windows will align with these 5-year renewal cycles. A vendor who maps the initial signing dates of the 16 franchised units can anticipate when franchisees will be re-underwriting their tech stack as part of renewal.

How to read the Cleanest Restaurant Group FDD

The full 2026 FDD is available below in our embedded viewer. It contains the franchisor’s litigation history, audited financials, territory protections, and the complete franchise agreement. For software vendors, the most actionable sections are Item 1 (executives), Item 8 (procurement obligations), Item 11 (franchisor assistance and required purchases), and Item 17 (renewal). Because Item 8 and Item 11 are not populated in our extract, the embedded document is the best way to verify whether any tech mandates or preferred vendors have been added since our last update. Use the FDD to confirm the decision-maker names and to understand the contractual hooks that could drive a technology evaluation.

If you are building a ranked target list of franchise systems that fit your software, FranCloud can help you identify opportunities like Cleanest Restaurant Group and surface the decision-makers who control purchasing.

Questions vendors ask

Cleanest Restaurant Group Franchise, answered from the filing

President Howie Lemon Jr. and COO Carolina Pereira-Lemon are the named executives in the 2026 FDD. With no field operators mapped, purchasing decisions likely run through this tight HQ team.
The 2026 FDD does not disclose any mandated or recommended POS, back-office, or operational technology systems. The tech stack appears to be undefined or left to franchisee discretion.
The system has 17 total units: 16 franchised and 1 company-owned. It is a small, quick-service restaurant concept headquartered in New York.
The 2026 FDD does not include an Item 8 procurement extract. Whether the brand uses designated suppliers, an approved-supplier program, or an open model is not publicly disclosed.
Franchise agreements run 5 years. Renewal requires 180 days’ written notice and signing the then-current agreement. With no YoY growth data, watch for renewal cycles tied to the initial term.
The 2026 FDD is filed with state franchise regulators. You can view the embedded PDF viewer below to read the full disclosure document directly on this page.
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Operator footprint

Who runs the locations

3 operators run 3 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.

Operators by units owned

Single-unit3

Top states by locations

NY3

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