Note 7: Online Ordering, Customer Rewards, and Gift Cards – As designated by us from time to time you must pay to us, our affiliate or our designated vendors, monthly, weekly, and/or per transaction fees related to online, point of sale integrated, web based, and/or app based, ordering, customer rewards, and/or gift card systems. Currently our designated vendor for these systems is Revel. As you access and utilize these systems you will pay usage fees based on a percentage of your processed Gross Sales. See, Item 11 for additional details.
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Denino’s Franchising
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You will be required to offer and sell beverages that we designate and you must purchase these beverages, including fountain soda, and supplies from our designated supplier, Pepsico and the Pepsico distributors that we designate. We will receive rebates from your purchase of Pepsico products. We will also receive upfront rebates from Pepsico when you equip your Denino’s Restaurant with Pepsico soda fountains and displays. You will also be required to offer delivery services exclusively through Uber Eats. Our Right to Receive Compensation and Our Revenue from Source Restricted Purchases We and/or our affiliates may receive rebates, payments and other material benefits from suppliers based on your purchases and we reserve the right to institute and expand rebate programs in the future. During the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, we earned $3,253 in rebates from franchisee purchases of Pepsico products. This represents 2.3% of our total revenue of $142,428. We do not provide our franchisees with any material benefits based on a franchisee’s purchase of particular products or services or use of particular suppliers.
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
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 all of the information and data that is electronically transmitted on your point of sale system and will have access to all data related to the financial performance of your Restaurant.
How the franchisor buys
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
We will notify you of any changes to our specifications or list of approved or designated suppliers.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
3253Item 8
During the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, we earned $3,253 in rebates from franchisee purchases of Pepsico products.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
Our Right to Receive Compensation and Our Revenue from Source Restricted Purchases We and/or our affiliates may receive rebates, payments and other material benefits from suppliers based on your purchases and we reserve the right to institute and expand rebate programs in the future.
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?
45Item 8
We estimate that your purchase of goods and services from suppliers according to our specifications, including your purchase of goods or services from our designated exclusive suppliers, to represent approximately 45% of your total purchases and leases in establishing the Franchised Business and approximately 45% of…
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
We may charge you a fee equal to the costs and expenses that we incur in reviewing and evaluating an alternate supplier, product, and/or service requested by you.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 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, samples, and testing data that we may request.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesItem 17
pay all sums that you owe to us under the termination/non-renewal Franchise Agreement and all other agreements with us; cease owning and operating the Franchised Business; cease representing yourself as a franchisee of ours; permanently cease using and/or accessing the System, the Licensed Marks, our confidential…
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 9
Inspections and audits FA:
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
At all times, we reserve the right to supplement, modify and update the Manuals.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
You must obtain our approval of your Restaurant 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
We strictly control how you may or may not use websites and digital media and you must assign all website media and digital media accounts to us.
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 7
Grand Opening Marketing Expense – You must spend a minimum of $5,000 prior to the opening of your Restaurant to promote your grand opening.
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
On an on-going monthly basis, you must spend not less than $1,000 on the local marketing of your Restaurant.
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 6
If a local or regional advertising cooperative is established within a designated market that includes your Restaurant(s), you will be required to participate in the cooperative and make on-going payments to the cooperative in such amounts and subject to such caps as established by the cooperative members.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You will be required to offer and sell beverages that we designate and you must purchase these beverages, including fountain soda, and supplies from our designated supplier, Pepsico and the Pepsico distributors that we designate.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
5. Point of Sale System and Computer Equipment – Currently you are required to purchase, license and utilize a Revel point of sale system with a minimum three and a maximum eight configured hardware terminals.
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
6. Credit Card Processing – 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.
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
ITEM 6 OTHER FEES Type of Fee Amount Due Date Remarks (Note 1) Royalty (Notes 2 and 3) 6% of Gross Sales Weekly on the Will be debited automatically from Thursday of each your bank account by ACH or other If weekly Gross Sales week for the means designated by us. exceed $1,499,999.99 preceding week on an annualized…
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesItem 8
You must use our designated supplier and vendor for the ability to access and use online, point of sale integrated, web based, and/or app based, ordering, customer rewards, and/or gift card systems.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
At all times, your Restaurant must be managed and supervised on-site by either a Managing Owner or Operating Manager.
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesItem 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?
YesItem 11
Computer System You must purchase, license and use the computer, point of sale, business management, and ordering systems that we designate.
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 all of the information and data that is electronically transmitted on your point of sale system and will have access to all data related to the financial performance of your Restaurant.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
You will be required to pay our then current supplemental training fee, currently $300 per on-site trainer per day, plus travel expenses, meals and accommodation expenses incurred by us.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 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 1 question
- Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?Item 8
Ordinary royalty terms
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