SyscoSysco
Mandatoryte will receive an administrative fee based on your purchases of ingredients for their menu items. In order to obtain the pricing we or our affiliates negotiate, you must sign the Sysco Application an
From the filings
HQ-led decisions
Garbanzo Franchising Co.
Quick service restaurantSoftware purchasing at Garbanzo Franchising Co. is controlled at the headquarters level in Florida, where the executive team includes CEO Bryan Kelly Roddy and CFO Alain Souligny. The brand mandates an approved credit card processing company and a private internet site, with no other named systems disclosed in the 2025 FDD. The addressable market is small, with 26 total units, and the system contracted by 10% year-over-year.
For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.
Live signals
Total units
26
18 franchised
Unit growth YoY
-10%
vs prior filing
AUV
$978K
Item 19, 2024
Royalty
6%
of gross sales
Ad fund
3%
national + local
Initial fee
$35K
per unit
Investment range
—
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 (FY2025)
15% reference
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.
FacebookMeta
the Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh brand, we communicate with consumers in a variety of traditional and non-traditional media, including digital marketing and social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and
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TwitterX
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WorldpayWorldpay
Agreement Exhibit H Affiliate Product Line Addendum Exhibit I Sample Consent to Transfer and Termination and Release Agreement Exhibit J Sysco Application and Agreement Exhibit K Worldpay Contract Exh
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
29 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 2 explicit no's; 3 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 you record, and there are no contractual limitations on our right of access.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee agrees to provide unaudited monthly profit and loss statements for the Restaurant.
How the franchisor buys
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor has the right to change Franchisor’s standards and specifications in Franchisor’s sole discretion.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
337192Item 8
In the fiscal year ending September 29, 2024, we received $337,192 in revenue from franchisee purchases specific to Garbanzo (including fee payments from our designated prime supplier and approved suppliers), which comprised 1% of our total revenue of $32,134,573.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We and/or our affiliates may derive revenue from your purchase of certain foodstuffs and other required products, including purchases from designated or approved suppliers.
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?
30Item 8
The cost of all required purchases and leases may represent between 30% and 35% of your total purchases and leases in connection with your operation of a Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh restaurant.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 6
Your request must be submitted along with a check in the amount of $500 to cover our costs associated with such examination and/or testing.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you wish to obtain equipment, foodstuffs, beverages or paper goods (other than Proprietary Food Products or the Proprietary Trademarked Products) from a supplier or distributor that is not on our list of approved suppliers, you may request our approval of the supplier or distributor.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Upon the expiration, transfer or termination of the Franchise for any reason, Franchisee shall terminate Franchisee’s use of such telephone number and listing and assign same to Franchisor or Franchisor’s designee.
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
(i) the acquisition, operation, maintenance and upgrading of the computer hardware and Software; and (ii) any and all consequences that may arise if the computer hardware and Software is not properly operated, maintained and upgraded, including but not limited to PCI compliance for the handling of customer’s personal…
Franchise management
Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
YesFranchise agreement
The cost of Quality Assurance Measures will be borne by the Brand Development Fund; provided, however, Franchisee shall pay the then-current monthly fee for a customer survey program.
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 6
We and our designees have the right to inspect and/or audit your business records at any time during normal business hours, to determine whether you are current with suppliers and are otherwise operating in compliance with the terms of the franchise agreement and the Operations Manuals.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor has the right to change Franchisor’s standards and specifications in Franchisor’s sole discretion.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 12
You will operate your Restaurant from a specific location which we approve (“Approved Location”) which will be identified on the Data Sheet of the Franchise Agreement.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesFranchise agreement
In accordance with Section 12.5 hereof, Franchisee shall not establish or maintain a website, or otherwise maintain a presence or advertise on the internet or any other public computer network, in connection with the Restaurant.
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
You must spend at least $15,000 for the Grand Opening Advertising Program
Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
YesFranchise agreement
(a)(i) 2% of annual Net Sales if the Restaurant is located in a mall food court, less the amount paid to the mall for marketing or (ii) 2% of annual Net Sales, if the Restaurant is not located in a mall food court, and (b) at least Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for grand re-opening following any remodel of the…
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesItem 11
You must participate in our loyalty marketing program
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 11
If a Cooperative has been established that is applicable to your restaurant at the time you begin operating under the franchise agreement, you must immediately become a member of that Cooperative.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
If you are granted the right to offer menu items of any of our affiliate restaurant brands pursuant to our form of Affiliate Product Line Addendum, you will be required to purchase certain ingredients through the Prime Supplier Program at the prices negotiated by us or our affiliates.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
Recognizing that preservation of the System depends upon product and service uniformity and the maintenance of Franchisor’s trade dress, Franchisee agrees to purchase certain signs, furnishings, supplies, fixtures, equipment, inventory and other items, and certain services from Franchisor or from approved or…
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must use our approved credit card processing company for both in store and online.
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
Payment of royalty fees shall be made on a weekly basis, following receipt of each week’s Net Sales data, and shall be by an electronic funds transfer program (the “EFT Program”) under which Franchisor automatically deducts all payments owed to Franchisor under this Agreement, or any other agreement between…
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesItem 11
You also must participate in our gift card program by selling and honoring gift cards in your restaurant at all times; including those distributed digitally via our online channels.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesFranchise agreement
The Restaurant must, at all times, be staffed with a Manager who has successfully completed Franchisor’s initial training program as set forth in Section 8.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
Under the franchise agreement, you must obtain and use the required point-of-sale system (“POS System”) and other technologies that we designate in the Operations Manuals or otherwise in writing.
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 you record, and there are no contractual limitations on our right of access.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
We may also provide re-fresher programs at a reasonable fee and you will be responsible for all costs and expenses of you or your employees attending these programs.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
You must attend the Annual Convention and Regional Meeting.
The filing answers no to 2 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 11
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 franchisor's owner/CEO decides; an ops or franchise-development lead may evaluate.
VP SalesHead of SalesCROSales Director
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The vendor opportunity at Garbanzo
Garbanzo Franchising Co. operates a quick-service restaurant concept with a total of 26 locations, split between 18 franchised and 8 company-owned units. The system contracted by 10% year-over-year, a critical signal for software vendors assessing account stability and expansion potential. The brand is independently owned, with no parent company on file, and is headquartered in Florida.
For a software vendor, the immediate addressable market is small. With only 26 units, a deal here is unlikely to be a volume play. Instead, the opportunity lies in displacing an incumbent or becoming a standardized vendor as the brand potentially restructures. The 2025 FDD does not disclose average unit volume (AUV), so you cannot model a revenue-based ROI without direct discovery.
Who controls software purchasing
Purchasing authority sits at the headquarters level. The executive team listed in the 2025 FDD includes Bryan Kelly Roddy (Chief Executive Officer and President), Alain Souligny (Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer), Lauriena Borstein (Chief Operating Officer), Steve Corp (Chief Growth Officer), and Joel Bulger (Chief Marketing Officer). No dedicated technology leadership, such as a CIO or CTO, is named.
For a vendor, the CFO and COO are likely your entry points for operational and financial software. The CMO may own decisions around loyalty, CRM, or digital ordering platforms. The absence of a named technology buyer suggests that IT decisions are absorbed by these operational roles, making a business-case-driven pitch essential.
Mandated and current tech stack
The 2025 FDD mandates two technology items: an approved credit card processing company and a private internet site. No specific vendor names are disclosed for either mandate. Beyond these, the FDD does not list any required or recommended point-of-sale, online ordering, labor scheduling, inventory management, or loyalty software.
This sparse tech disclosure means the stack is largely unknown from the FDD alone. A vendor selling into Garbanzo should conduct direct discovery to map the incumbent POS, back-office, and guest-facing systems. The mandate around credit card processing creates a gatekeeper dynamic—any software touching payments must integrate with an approved processor, the identity of which you will need to uncover.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
The procurement model is opaque. Item 8 of the FDD, which typically describes whether franchisees must purchase from designated suppliers or may choose from approved suppliers, provided no extract. This leaves vendors without a clear picture of whether franchisees have any autonomy in software selection or if all decisions are centralized.
Timing a pitch is equally challenging. The initial franchise term length and Item 17 renewal conditions were not disclosed in the 2025 FDD. Without term data, you cannot map contract expirations to potential software evaluation windows. The 10% unit decline may indicate a period of consolidation rather than expansion, which could either freeze new software spending or create an urgency to improve efficiency through technology.
How to read the Garbanzo FDD
The full 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document is available below. When reviewing it, focus on Item 11 for any updates to mandated technology, Item 8 for supplier controls, and Item 19 for financial performance representations that may have been omitted from our extract. The document was filed with state franchise regulators and serves as the definitive source for compliance-level detail on the franchise system.
For software vendors building a target account list, Garbanzo represents a small, HQ-controlled account with an opaque tech stack and a contracting footprint. Use the embedded FDD to validate the current mandates and identify any new disclosures that could open a conversation. For a ranked list of franchise targets matched to your software category, FranCloud can help you prioritize systems with clearer buying signals.
Questions vendors ask
Garbanzo Franchising Co., answered from the filing
The C-suite controls purchasing. Key contacts include CEO Bryan Kelly Roddy, CFO Alain Souligny, COO Lauriena Borstein, and CMO Joel Bulger. No dedicated CIO or CTO is listed in the 2025 FDD.
The 2025 FDD mandates an approved credit card processing company and a private internet site. No specific POS, online ordering, or back-of-house software vendors are disclosed as mandated or recommended.
There are 26 total units: 18 franchised and 8 company-owned. The system shrank by 10% year-over-year, signaling a contracting footprint for software vendors to address.
The procurement model is not disclosed in the 2025 FDD. Item 8, which typically outlines designated vs. approved suppliers, provided no extract, so the supplier selection process remains unknown.
Contract renewal windows are unclear. The initial franchise term and Item 17 renewal conditions were not disclosed in the 2025 FDD, making it difficult to predict natural software evaluation cycles.
The 2025 FDD was filed with state franchise regulators. You can read the full document using the embedded PDF viewer below to analyze tech mandates and procurement signals directly.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
27 operators run 28 mapped locations. 1 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit26
2–9 units1
Top states by locations
| MO | 4 |
|---|---|
| IN | 4 |
| IA | 2 |
| CA | 2 |
| CO | 2 |
Ownership
The portfolio behind Garbanzo Franchising Co.
strategic_multibrand of CLP Dining.
Sibling brands
Related Quick service restaurant brands
Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.