pe management software HR management platform Approved supplier $500 $50 and $250 monthly Online Ordering Olo Online Ordering $500 to $1,000 $250 to $750 monthly Gift card program Givex $1,000 $259 to
From the filings
Curry Up Now
Quick service restaurantSoftware purchasing at Curry Up Now is controlled by its HQ leadership, including CEO Akash Kapoor and VP of Operations S. Gill Gosal. The brand mandates a specific, modern tech stack across its 18 total units (10 franchised, 8 company-owned). This small but growing fast-casual Indian concept presents a concentrated, 25% year-over-year growth opportunity for vendors who can align with its existing mandated systems.
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Live signals
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 (FY2023)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
7 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.
nline Ordering $500 to $1,000 $250 to $750 monthly Gift card program Givex $1,000 $259 to $400 monthly Loyalty card program Thanx $1,000 $259 to $400 monthly Table tracker app and LRS Table Tracker $6
st pay an ongoing monthly fee of $20 to $50 to Spotify for a premium account. • You must purchase the following software from designated suppliers and pay ongoing monthly fees: 1. Margin Edge invoice
software Restaurant inventory & Margin Edge $200 $150 to $250 monthly recipe management software HR management platform Approved supplier $500 $50 and $250 monthly Online Ordering Olo Online Ordering
ined in the computer system. The approved suppliers for the computer system, if we designate one, will be included in the Manual. We expect that the computer system, including the Revel point-of-sale
hem to our franchisees. This affiliate has never offered franchises in this or any other line of business. Our affiliate sells our proprietary sauces, spices and paper products to Sysco who is a desig
ing monthly fees: 1. Margin Edge invoice management/bill pay and restaurant inventory and recipe management software 2. Olo Online Ordering Curry Up Now FDD 2023 B2 20 3. Givex 4. Thanx 5. LRS Table T
comments about the Franchised Business or the System, other than on a website established or authorized by us (“social media” includes personal blogs, common social networks like Facebook, Instagram,
about the Franchised Business or the System, other than on a website established or authorized by us (“social media” includes personal blogs, common social networks like Facebook, Instagram, FourSquar
o the Proprietary Marks. You are not permitted to promote your Restaurant or use any of the Proprietary Marks in any manner on any social or networking websites, such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter,
ial media” includes personal blogs, common social networks like Facebook, Instagram, FourSquare and MySpace, professional networks like LinkedIn, live-blogging tools like Twitter, TikTok, virtual worl
etary Marks. You are not permitted to promote your Restaurant or use any of the Proprietary Marks in any manner on any social or networking websites, such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter, without our
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
26 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 1 explicit no; 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?
YesItem 8
You must use our designated supplier, One Point Accounting as your third-party bookkeeping service and accounting service, during the term of your agreements with us, to prepare reports, forms, income statements and you must allow them to disclose these to us on a monthly basis.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
The computer system will give us immediate and independent access to the information generated and stored by the system, and there is no contractual limitation on our access or use of the information we obtain.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You shall, at your expense, submit to us, in the forms prescribed by us, a profit and loss statement of the Franchised Business for each month (which may be unaudited) within fifteen (15) days after the end of each month during the term hereof.
How the franchisor buys
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
We can, and expect to, modify our standards and specifications as we deem necessary.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We have the right to collect and retain any and all allowances, rebates, credits, incentives, or benefits (collectively, “Allowances”) offered by manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors to you, to us, or to our affiliate, based upon your purchases of products (including proprietary products) and services from…
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?
75Item 8
approximately 75% to 85% of your total purchases in the continuing operation of the Restaurant.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
You or the supplier must reimburse our costs related to our evaluation of the proposed product or supplier, but not more than $2,500.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you wish to purchase, lease or use any unapproved products or other items, obtain them from an unapproved supplier, or use any unapproved supplier for services, you must submit a written request for approval or you must request the supplier to do so.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement, Franchisor may exercise its authority, pursuant to such documents, to obtain any and all of Franchisee’s rights to the telephone numbers of the Franchised Business and all related telephone directory listings and other business listings, and all Internet listings…
Franchise management
Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
YesFranchise agreement
You shall participate in all customer surveys and satisfaction audits, which may require that you provide discounted or complimentary products, provided that such discounted or complimentary sales shall not be included in the Gross Sales of the Restaurant.
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 11
As we reasonably determine necessary, visits to inspect the Restaurant and evaluate the products and services provided to make sure that our high standards of quality, appearance and service of the System are maintained (Franchise Agreement, Articles 5.5).
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
We may from time to time revise the contents of the Manual and the contents of any other manuals and materials created or approved for use in the operation of the Franchised Business.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesFranchise agreement
No site may be used for the location of the Franchised Business unless we have first approved the site request in writing, and as outlined above.
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 maintain your own website; otherwise maintain a presence or advertise on the Internet or any other mode of electronic commerce with your Restaurant; establish a link to any website we establish at or from any other website or page; or at any time establish any other website, electronic commerce presence…
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
You must spend $10,000 for a smaller Restaurant and $15,000 for a larger Restaurant on a Grand Opening Advertising Campaign during the initial 6 months of operations to promote the opening of the Franchised Business.
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
Local Opening Advertising Campaign: In addition to the Grand Opening Advertising Campaign and ongoing advertising contributions set forth herein, you shall spend $1,667 per month for a small Restaurant and ($2,500) per month for a large restaurant during the 7th through 12th month that your Franchised business is…
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesItem 11
Loyalty card program Thanx $1,000 $259 to $400 monthly
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 11
If a Cooperative has been established in the region where your Restaurant is located when the Franchise Agreement is signed, or if any Cooperative is established during the term of the Franchise Agreement, you must become a member of the Cooperative and contribute to that Cooperative.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You must use Sysco to purchase our proprietary sauces, spices and paper products.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must obtain all food and beverage items, ingredients, supplies, materials, fixtures, furnishings, brand clothing/uniforms, equipment, computer system, other products used or offered for sale at the Restaurant and online ordering and food delivery services solely from approved suppliers who demonstrate, to our…
Payments
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesFranchise agreement
To sell or otherwise issue gift or loyalty cards or certificates (together “Gift Cards”) that have been prepared utilizing the standard form of Gift Card provided or designated by us, and only in the manner specified by us in the Manuals or otherwise in writing.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
During the entire term of the Franchise Agreement and any successor agreements, you must consistently employ a minimum of one General Manager, Kitchen Manager and Assistant General Manager to be responsible for the supervision and management of the Restaurant.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must purchase or lease and use an approved computer system (including point-of- sale system, software and hardware) that meets our specifications and that is capable of electronically interfacing with our computer system.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
The computer system will give us immediate and independent access to the information generated and stored by the system, and there is no contractual limitation on our access or use of the information we obtain.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
We may charge a fee of up to $1,000 per person for refresher training program or the franchisee meeting.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
After the opening of the Restaurant, you must attend and successfully complete annual or periodic refresher training programs and attend annual meetings of our franchisees.
The filing answers no to 1 question
- Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?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.
The franchisee/operator personally, or a small franchisor still owner-run. Wears every hat.
- 41.9% of quick service brands mandate no POS system, leaving a massive blind spot in your target list.By instantly identifying the 452 brands with no POS mandate, you replace weeks of manual FDD research and focus your pipeline on high-fit displacement targets, cutting customer acquisition cost by over 60%.
- Only 17 out of 1,079 quick service brands mandate a CRM, yet unit counts and AUVs prove these are high-value accounts.Instead of spending 40+ hours manually combing FDDs to find CRM-needy brands, FranCloud delivers the 17 mandate-holders and their financials in one query, letting your team close deals 10x faster.
- 97.5% of brands mandate no inventory system, but the 27 that do represent immediate displacement opportunities.By replacing weeks of manual FDD research with one FranCloud query, your operations team can build a target list of 27 inventory-mandate brands in minutes, accelerating time-to-pipeline by 90%.
The vendor opportunity at Curry Up Now
Curry Up Now is a quick-service restaurant brand based in California with 18 total units, 10 of which are franchised. The brand grew its unit count by 25% year-over-year, signaling an active expansion phase. For software vendors, the addressable market is currently limited to these 10 franchised locations and any new units in the pipeline. The average unit volume is not disclosed in the most recent FDD. Franchisees operate under a 10-year initial term and pay a 6.0% royalty.
Who controls software purchasing
Software purchasing authority is centralized at the franchisor’s headquarters. The FDD lists Akash Kapoor as Chief Executive Officer and S. Gill Gosal as Vice President of Operations. These executives, along with Chief Operations Officer Rana Saluja-Kapoor, form the core buying center. Vendors should direct any outreach to this HQ team, as the fully mandated tech stack leaves no room for franchisee-level discretion on core systems.
Mandated and current tech stack
The brand mandates a comprehensive suite of technology vendors. The point-of-sale system is Revel. Online ordering is handled by Olo. Customer loyalty and engagement run through Thanx, while gift card programs are managed by Givex. For in-store operations, LRS Table Tracker is mandated for table management, and Margin Edge provides back-office and analytics support. This is a locked, fully mandated environment; any new vendor must either replace an incumbent or integrate tightly with this existing ecosystem.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Specific procurement rules from Item 8 are not available in our corpus, but the mandate of six named systems strongly suggests a designated-supplier model. The franchise agreement’s initial term is 10 years. Item 17 outlines that franchisees in good standing may sign a successor agreement for an additional 10 years, though the franchisor can require renovations and the new contract may contain materially different terms. The most actionable sales trigger is new unit growth, given the 25% recent expansion rate. Contract renewal cycles are a secondary, longer-term window.
How to read the Curry Up Now FDD
The 2023 Franchise Disclosure Document provides the legal and operational foundation for the brand. Key items for software vendors include Item 11 (franchisor’s obligations), which lists the mandated technology vendors, and Item 17 (renewal, termination, transfer), which outlines the 10-year term and renewal conditions. The full document is embedded below for your review. For a ranked target list of franchise brands aligned with your software, reach out to FranCloud.
Questions vendors ask
Curry Up Now, answered from the filing
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
16 operators run 16 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
| TX | 6 |
|---|---|
| CA | 4 |
| GA | 2 |
| UT | 2 |
| NJ | 1 |
Ownership
The portfolio behind Curry Up Now
unknown of the great indian food.
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Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.