Administrative $19,565.52 Amazon Web Services $6,516.07 Apparel Giveaways $12,725.43 Employee Wages $629,089.07 Google Advertising/Email $12,398.36 Photography $25,054.72 Public Relations $150,988.76 Rebates/Incentives $196,094.11 Mobile App/Loyalty Plan $125.00 Shared Insight $35,562.00 Social Media & Marketing $288,857.80 Social Media Giveaways/Contests $23,864.95 Travel & Lodging $77,441.12 Video Production $14,055.26 22 4936-3464-3108, v. 1 Website Updates $98,307.19 Yelp $23,174.93 $1,613,820.29 Cooperatives In our discretion, we may designate geographic areas for the establishment of Cooperatives. We have the right to require you to pay an amount we designate up to four hundred dollars ($400) on a monthly basis. If your Storefront is within one of these geographic areas, you must become a member of the Cooperative. You need not join more than one Cooperative for the same Franchised Storefront. All Storefronts (including Storefronts owned by us or our affiliates) must become members in any Cooperatives that we establish for geographic regions in which they own locations. Your Cooperative contribution will be credited towards your local advertising requirement.
From the filings
CML Storefront
Quick service restaurantItem 8 requires lobster, seafood and several other food categories from designated sources, and Item 11 names only Yelp as technology, without requiring it.
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Live signals
Ordinary royalty terms
2% component; full terms unconfirmed
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Recorded percentage components
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1recorded components (FY2026)
15% reference
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.
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
29 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 3 explicit no's; 2 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.
Accounting
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
We will have independent access to the information generated and 23 4936-3464-3108, v.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Within thirty (30) days of the end of each calendar quarter, you must submit to us a financial statement prepared according to generally accepted accounting principles for that calendar quarter, and it must be signed and sworn by you to be true and correct.
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
Our affiliate, CSD, is currently the sole authorized supplier and distributor of certain seafood and related food products, including lobster, soups, bread, and seafood inventory.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
We may change approved or required suppliers, products, specifications, or standards from time to time, and we will notify you of those requirements in the manner we deem appropriate.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
38610600.92Item 8
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, our affiliate, CSD, derived $38,610,600.92 from the sale of products and services to our and CMLS’s franchisees, collectively.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
Our designated suppliers make payments to us or our affiliates based on franchisee purchases, which generally range from approximately 0.25% to 18.66% on food and foodservice-related items and from approximately 0.7% to 30.15% on apparel.
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?
25Item 8
will be between 45% and 85% of your total cost to establish a Storefront and between 25% and 50% of your total cost of operating a Storefront
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
We may require you to reimburse us for our reasonable costs incurred in evaluating any proposed supplier or product.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
Except where we designate a single-source supplier, you may request our written approval to purchase products or services from a supplier that we have not approved.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
you assign to us all telephone numbers, telephone and internet listings, website addresses, domain names, and social media identities you use in the operation of the franchise.
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree to comply with the then- current Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards as those standards may be revised and modified by the PCI Security Standards Council, LLC (see www.pcisecuritystandards.org), or any successor organization or standards that we may reasonably specify.
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
We and/or our designated agents have the right at all reasonable times to examine and copy, at our expense, your books, records, accounts, sales tax records, Customer Information, and business tax returns relating to your Storefront.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
We may modify the Operations Manual at any time.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
you are required to obtain our approval for any site you choose.
Marketing
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesFranchise agreement
You must spend a minimum of between $1,000 and $2,500 on grand opening advertising before you begin operating, and within the first two (2) months of beginning to operate, your Storefront.
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
We require you to spend four hundred dollars ($400) per month on your local advertising and marketing efforts.
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesItem 16
you must participate in and comply with any programs we implement through the CML Mobile App or other platforms we designate.
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesFranchise agreement
If your Storefront is within the area of an existing Cooperative when you begin operations, or if a Cooperative applicable to your Storefront is established during the Term, you must participate in the Cooperative as we direct.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must purchase Authorized Products, ingredients, supplies, and materials only from suppliers we designate or approve, which may include us or our Affiliates, and you acknowledge that we may change approved suppliers, brands, types, models, or specifications from time to time.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We require you to purchase your POS system, Digital Signage System, Networking System, Mobile App Equipment, related software, and other technology and software products from our designated suppliers.
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You must obtain a merchant services account from an approved supplier for credit card processing.
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
You authorize us to initiate debit entries (and corrective credit entries, if necessary) to your designated bank account for amounts owed to us or our Affiliates, including interest on overdue amounts.
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesFranchise agreement
You must acquire and use all computer software and hardware necessary to process the sale of gift certificates and/or stored value cards, loyalty cards and/or customized promotional receipts, and to process purchases made using them and be solely responsible for the service charges related to such processing.
People
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must require your employees to wear uniforms while working at or for your Storefront of such design and color as we may prescribe in the Operations Manual.
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 in your Storefront a POS System meeting our requirements from our approved vendor(s).
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We will have independent access to the information generated and 23 4936-3464-3108, v.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must lease or purchase equipment and software for the Technology Products only from Approved Suppliers.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
We have the right to charge you our then-current fee as published in the Operations Manual (currently, $500 per day).
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
Besides attending these courses, you must attend an annual meeting of all franchisees at a location we designate.
The filing answers no to 3 questions
- Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 11
- Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
- Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?Item 11
The vendor opportunity at CML Storefront
Ownership includes Jim Tselikis, Sabin Lomac and Barbara Corcoran.
Who controls software purchasing
President Shaun Higgins and General Counsel and Corporate and Franchise Manager Nick Loukes run day-to-day operations named in Item 2, alongside owners Jim Tselikis, Sabin Lomac and Barbara Corcoran. With only 2 locations, both franchised, headquarters is the practical counterpart for any system-wide pitch.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required
Item 11 names Yelp. The FDD does not require it.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 runs a designated-suppliers-only model, with lobster and seafood inventory, bread, whoopie pies, soups and other food items all required from designated sources; franchisees may propose alternative suppliers for approval on other items. Renewal requires 6 to 9 months' advance notice, no more than one breach per 12-month period, signing the then-current agreement (which may carry a smaller territory), a remodel, and a $10,000 successor-agreement fee.
How to read the CML Storefront FDD
The FDD was filed with state franchise regulators in 2026 and makes a financial performance representation under Item 19. Read the full filing in the embedded viewer below, and talk to FranCloud for a ranked list of similar targets.
Ordinary royalty terms
Complete royalty terms are not confirmed.
Questions vendors ask
CML Storefront, answered from the filing
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
6 operators run 6 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
| NJ | 2 |
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| ME | 1 |
| NC | 1 |
| NY | 1 |
| CA | 1 |
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