Aloha
vendor and is subject to vendor $250 per month) and/or service selection. Aloha Replacement Price will be dependent on hardware Only for franchisees on the legacy Hardware ordered Aloha POS system Thi
From the filings
HQ + multi-unit
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop
Quick service restaurantFuzzy’s Taco Shop's most recent FDD, from 2026, reports 106 locations — 105 franchised and 1 company-owned — at an average unit volume of $1,608,581, with unit count down 9.5% year over year. No HQ executives are on file from Item 1 in our data, but the brand sits under Dine Brands Global alongside Applebee's and IHOP, so a group-level standard is worth checking before pitching it in isolation. The filing mandates no technology at all: Aloha, NCR, Delphi (Amadeus Hospitality), FreedomPay, Radiant Systems and Toast are named in it, and none of them is required.
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Total units
106
105 franchised
Unit growth YoY
-9.483%
vs prior filing
AUV
$1.61M
Item 19, 2025
Royalty
5%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$40K
per unit
Investment range
$1.10M–$3.04M
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Franchisor controlled
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.
7%of gross sales (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.
Delphi (Amadeus Hospitality)
itchen Display System (Aloha System) • Toast KDS (Toast System) • Freedompay 3600 Deluxe or compatible system • Managed Network Systems (and associated license and service fees) • Delphi® Digital Menu
FreedomPay
oast System) f. Epson L90 Label Printer(s) (Toast System) • NCR Kitchen Display System (KC5 Win10) or comparable Kitchen Display System (Aloha System) • Toast KDS (Toast System) • Freedompay 3600 Delu
NCR
ms identifies the system; for example, caps, and t-shirts, equipment, and decor items. Our then-current fee (currently $100 to $450 per month for Fees may increase depending on if NCR depending on pac
Radiant Systems
omponents or software applications that do not conform to the Standards or that we have not approved in writing. Currently, the components of the Computer System consist of: • One Radiant Systems® Alo
Toast
e (Guest Facing Display) (Toast System) f. Epson L90 Label Printer(s) (Toast System) • NCR Kitchen Display System (KC5 Win10) or comparable Kitchen Display System (Aloha System) • Toast KDS (Toast Sys
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
30 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 2 explicit no's; 2 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 shall keep and maintain, in accordance with any procedures set forth in the Manual, complete and accurate books and records pertaining to the Franchised Business in the format and using the accounting software that Franchisor requires.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
We may independently access from a remote location, at any time, all information input to, and compiled by, your computer system or an off-site server, including information concerning sales, purchase orders, inventory, and expenditures.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You shall, at your expense, submit to Franchisor no later than 30 days after the expiration of each calendar quarter (or other three-month period designated by Franchisor), in the form prescribed by Franchisor, a quarterly profit and loss statement and balance sheet (both of which may be unaudited).
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
You must purchase all proprietary sauce from our affiliate, Fuzzy’s Retail, via an approved distributor.
Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?
YesItem 20
A Franchise Advisory Council of current franchisees was created by and is sponsored by Franchisor and/or its affiliates.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may, in its sole discretion, change or modify from time to time the System, any components of this System, and the requirements applicable to you by means of supplements or amendments to the Manual, including, but not limited to, modifications to the menu and menu formats, the required equipment, the…
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
0Item 8
FTO’s total revenues from all sources was $11,706,447, and its revenue from purchases or leases of products and services required to be purchased by franchisees from us or another supplier was $0, representing 0% of its total revenues.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We and our affiliates may periodically derive revenue from Designated Suppliers on the basis of your purchases and leases.
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
We estimate that the products and services that you obtain from our approved and designated suppliers and according to our specifications will represent 50% to 60% of all products and services you will purchase to establish your business and 75% to 90% of all products and services you will purchase during operation…
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you propose to purchase from a previously unapproved source, you must first obtain our approval.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree that, as between Franchisor and you, Franchisor reserves the right to all telephone numbers, fax numbers, online listings, and/or any other type of contact information or directory listing for your Restaurant
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must implement all administrative, physical and technical safeguards that Franchisor requires to protect any information that can be used to identify an individual, including names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, employee identification numbers, signatures, passwords, financial information…
Franchise management
Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
YesFranchise agreement
You shall present to your customers those evaluation forms as are periodically prescribed by Franchisor and shall participate and/or ask your customers to participate in any surveys as Franchisor may direct.
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
These inspections may take the forms of operations assurance audits and mystery shops.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may supplement, amend, or modify the Manual from time to time by letter, email, bulletin, CD, DVD, MP3, or other communications concerning the System, all of which will be considered a part of the Manual and will, upon delivery to you, become binding on you as if originally set forth in the Manual.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
You must receive our approval of a proposed site before you may begin constructing your Restaurant.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesItem 13
Without our approval, you may not (1) develop, establish, maintain or authorize any website, domain name, email address, social media account, user name, other online presence or presence on any electronic medium of any kind (each an “Online Presence”) that reflects or includes any of the Proprietary Marks or any…
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
You must pay us an amount we approve and specify in your Franchise Agreement prior to your signing it, in accordance with the Standards to promote the opening of your Restaurant.
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesItem 16
You must participate in and offer to your customers all customer loyalty and reward programs and all contests, sweepstakes, and other prize promotions.
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 11
If we form an advertising cooperative for the region in which your Restaurant is located, you must participate in the advertising cooperative.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase all proprietary sauce from our affiliate, Fuzzy’s Retail, via an approved distributor.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must purchase the following items from us or from suppliers and/or distributors we designate or approve (each a “Designated Supplier”): fixtures, furniture, equipment, signs, items of décor; food products and ingredients developed by or for us based on a special recipe, formula, or specifications; all fountain…
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Within a reasonable period of time following Franchisor’s request, you shall accept debit cards, credit cards, stored value cards, or other non-cash systems specified by Franchisor to enable customers to purchase authorized products, and you shall obtain all necessary hardware and/or software used in connection with…
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
give Franchisor an authorization in the form designated by Franchisor to initiate debit entries and/or credit correction entries to the Account for payments of the Royalty Fee, Development Fund Contributions, and other amounts payable under this Agreement, including any interest charges
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesItem 8
New franchisees must sign a Gift Card Participation Agreement with us and our third-party supplier of gift card processing services, Stored Value Solutions, Inc. (or any future supplier of gift card processing services) in form and substance approved by us.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
Your Restaurant must be supervised at all times by your Designated Manager, or another individual who has completed to our satisfaction our initial training program and all other training that we require and who meets our then-current criteria.
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
uniforms, shirts, and all merchandise and items intended for retail sale (whether or not bearing our Proprietary Marks)
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must acquire and use all computer systems that we prescribe for use by our franchisees (the “Computer System”) and may not use any computer system or components or software applications that do not conform to the Standards or that we have not approved in writing.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We may independently access from a remote location, at any time, all information input to, and compiled by, your computer system or an off-site server, including information concerning sales, purchase orders, inventory, and expenditures.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may charge, and you agree to pay, a reasonable fee for each day of additional and/or remedial training provided plus, when applicable, reimbursement of Franchisor’s out of pocket costs it incurs in connection with providing such training, including travel, lodging, and dining costs for the individual(s)…
The filing answers no to 2 questions
- Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?Item 11
- Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?Franchise agreement
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.
HQ leadership: CEO/President + VP Ops/Franchise + a first dedicated IT/systems owner.
VP SalesHead of SalesCROSales Director
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The vendor opportunity at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop is a quick-service restaurant brand headquartered in California, and the most recent FDD on file is from 2026. That filing reports 106 total locations — 105 franchised and 1 company-owned — at an average unit volume of $1,608,581, with a 5.0% royalty and a 10-year initial term. At that AUV, 106 units imply roughly $170M of annual system volume. The number to read first, though, is the growth rate: unit count is down 9.483% year over year. This is a contracting system, and what lands in a contracting system is cost, labour, and throughput, not expansion tooling.
Who controls software purchasing
No HQ executives from Item 1 are on file in our data for this brand, so we cannot name a buying center, a technology officer, or a signer — a gap in our extract, not a statement about the company. What we can say is structural. Fuzzy’s Taco Shop is part of Dine Brands Global, a strategic multi-brand parent whose portfolio in our corpus also includes Applebee's and IHOP. A group-level technology standard is therefore live, and worth qualifying before pitching the brand in isolation. Below the parent, 105 of the 106 disclosed units are franchised and the filing imposes no technology obligation on any of them, which pushes adoption toward the operator rather than an HQ decree: mixed, with the standard set centrally and the buying done locally. Our own operator mapping is thin here: 2 mapped operators, neither multi-unit, across roughly 2 located units, both in Wisconsin — a sample, not the system.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required
The 2026 FDD mandates no technology at all. Six systems appear in the document, in two kinds of clause. Aloha and NCR appear in a fee or usage clause; Delphi (Amadeus Hospitality), FreedomPay, Radiant Systems and Toast are named only, as mentions. Neither category is a requirement — nothing in the filing obliges a franchisee to adopt any of the six, so none of them is a contracted incumbent to argue against.
For a vendor that is the open case, and a useful one at 106 units. Point of sale, payment processing, and event and catering software all sit uncommitted on the face of this filing. The absence of a mandate cuts both ways: no franchisor contract to displace, but no franchisor mandate to ride either.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 is where designated-supplier and approved-supplier obligations normally sit, and this filing produced no Item 8 extract, so whether the brand runs a designated, approved, or open model is not established by the data we hold. Item 17 is detailed. A franchisee in good standing may elect two additional 10-year successor terms. Doing so requires notice, no default under the franchise agreement or any other, renovation and remodelling to then-current requirements, current training compliance, the right to possess the approved location or a secured substitute, a general release from the franchisee and its guarantors, payment of the then-current fee, and signature of the then-current franchise agreement — which may carry materially different terms. The remodel condition is the vendor's opening: renewal is a capital event.
How to read the Fuzzy’s Taco Shop FDD
The 2026 document was filed with state franchise regulators, and the full PDF is embedded in the viewer below. Item 1 gives the entity chain up to Dine Brands Global and the executives our extract lacks; Item 8 covers supplier obligations; Item 11 covers computer systems and required technology; Item 17 covers renewal; Item 20 carries the unit tables behind the 106-unit count and the decline. If you want Fuzzy’s Taco Shop scored against the rest of the US franchise corpus and returned as a ranked target list, talk to FranCloud.
Questions vendors ask
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, answered from the filing
No Item 1 executives are on file in our data, so we cannot name the buying center — that is a gap in our extract, not a finding. Structurally, the brand is part of Dine Brands Global, alongside Applebee's and IHOP in our corpus, so start with the parent's technology standard.
None. The 2026 FDD mandates no technology system. Aloha and NCR appear in fee or usage clauses, and Delphi (Amadeus Hospitality), FreedomPay, Radiant Systems and Toast are named only — the filing requires none of the six, so point of sale, payments and catering software read as open rather than incumbent-held.
The 2026 FDD reports 106 total locations, 105 franchised and 1 company-owned, in the quick-service restaurant segment. Unit count fell 9.5% year over year. Our mapping places roughly 2 of those units at a physical address, both in Wisconsin; the rest are not located in our data.
Not established. Item 8 — where designated-supplier and approved-supplier requirements live — produced no extract from this filing, so we cannot say whether the brand runs a designated, approved, or open model. The closest signal we hold is that the filing mandates no technology.
The initial term is 10 years, with two additional 10-year successor terms available in good standing. Renewal requires notice, no default, renovation and remodelling to then-current standards, current training compliance, secured premises, a general release, and the then-current agreement — a capital event where refreshes get approved.
It was filed with state franchise regulators in 2026. The full PDF is embedded in the viewer below — read Item 1 for the entity chain and executives, Item 8 for supplier obligations, Item 11 for computer systems, Item 17 for renewal, and Item 20 for the unit tables.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
2 operators run 2 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit2
Top states by locations
| WI | 2 |
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Ownership
The portfolio behind Fuzzy’s Taco Shop
strategic_multibrand of Dine Brands Global.
Sibling brands
Related Quick service restaurant brands
Primary franchise filings · updated August 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.