OvationOvation
a third party (like Respro); or 2) if your customer sentiment score drops below 4.0 for 2 consecutive periods (which we can decide to track through a guest sentiment platform like Ovation). We will ch
From the filings
+37.5% units YoYHQ + multi-unit
HHC
Quick service restaurantHHC runs 29 US units (22 franchised, 7 company-owned) with a 6% royalty and 37.5% unit growth year over year, per its 2026 FDD. Ovation is named in use for Item 11, while Uber Eats and Yelp appear in Item 1 without being required. Purchasing runs mostly through the franchisor and Item 2's five-person leadership team, with one multi-unit operator among 13 tracked operators.
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Total units
29
22 franchised
Unit growth YoY
+37.5%
vs prior filing
AUV
—
Item 19, 2026
Royalty
6%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$50K
per unit
Investment range
$771K–$1.92M
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
Non-compete
3 years
from the filing
Item 19
No 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.
8%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.
Uber EatsUber
s, including food handling and safety audits within the then-previous 6 months and in maintaining at least a 4-star rating on our designated review platforms such as Google, Yelp, Uber Eats, etc., as
YelpYelp
aurants, including food handling and safety audits within the then-previous 6 months and in maintaining at least a 4-star rating on our designated review platforms such as Google, Yelp, Uber Eats, etc
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?
YesItem 11
You must use the designated accounting software designated by us, independent view-only access to your account upon request.
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 and data collected or generated by the computer and the POS system.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Within 30 days of the end of each calendar quarter, you shall 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
We reserve the right for us or an affiliate to be an approved supplier or the only approved supplier of any of the items listed in the above table.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesFranchise agreement
We reserve the right to modify any aspect or element of the Trade Dress and/or the System.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
82703.32Item 8
In the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, we derived $82,703.32 from the sale of equipment and merchandise to our franchisees, which represents 2.79% of our total revenues in 2025 of $2,967,947.01.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We may also derive revenue or other material consideration from required purchases or leases by franchisees from 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?
70Item 8
will be between 50% and 80% of your total cost to establish a restaurant and between 70% and 90% of your total cost of operating a restaurant
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
You must reimburse us for our costs associated with the evaluation, plus 15%, within 7 days of invoicing.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
if you desire to purchase items from an unapproved supplier, you will submit to us a written request for this approval or request the supplier itself to do so.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee hereby assigns and transfers, (or in Franchisor’s sole discretion disconnects) the telephone listings, telephone numbers, Including the telephone number(s) listed on Advertising and Social Media Accounts, URL’s, Internet sites, and web pages used in the Restaurant or used or created in any way by…
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?
YesItem 11
Conduct a performance audit of your restaurant twice per year.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
We may modify the brand standards manual at any time.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
You must pick the proposed site for your restaurant, but you must get our approval for your site.
Marketing
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
In connection with your grand opening, you must spend a minimum of $25,000 on local advertising and promotion during the first 30 days after your restaurant opens.
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 1.5% of your gross sales on a monthly basis on local advertising and marketing efforts through mediums approved by us
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesItem 11
You are required to participate in the loyalty, gift card, discount, memberships, subscription, and coupon programs we develop.
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesFranchise agreement
If your Restaurant is within the territory of an existing Cooperative at the time you open for business, you must immediately begin participating in the Cooperative.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesFranchise agreement
you shall purchase them only from Approved Suppliers.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
You shall purchase or lease approved brands, types or models of fixtures, furnishings, equipment and signs only from suppliers we have designated or approved (which may Include us and/or our Affiliates).
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You shall maintain, at all times, credit-card relationships with the credit- and debit-card issuers or sponsors, check or credit verification services, financial-center services, merchant service providers, electronic-fund-transfer systems, and near field communication vendors (together, “Credit Card Vendors”) that…
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
All fees or money that you owe to us or our affiliates must be paid by electronic transfer no later than on the date they are due.
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesItem 11
You are required to participate in the loyalty, gift card, discount, memberships, subscription, and coupon programs we develop.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
Your restaurant must at all times be under direct, day-to-day, on-premises, full-time supervision of your general manager.
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You shall require your Personnel to wear uniforms while working at or for your Restaurant of such design and color as we may prescribe in the Brand Standards 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 restaurant a point of sale “POS” system that meets our requirements.
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 and data collected or generated by the computer and the POS system.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
The cost for this additional requested training will be $20 - $35 per hour for each of our hourly employees who provide the training.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
We have the right to require your controlling owner, operator of record, and your general manager to attend these conferences.
The filing answers no to 2 questions
- Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?Franchise agreement
- Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?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 HHC
HHC runs 29 US units (22 franchised, 7 company-owned) in the quick-service restaurant segment, headquartered in Nevada and part of hhc worldwide. The 2026 FDD makes no financial performance representation. Royalty runs 6% of sales on a 10-year initial term, and unit count grew 37.5% year over year — a system growing fast enough to be worth watching for its next technology contract.
Who controls software purchasing
Item 2 names Brian Simowitz as President, Matthew Rush as Vice President of Franchise Operations, Mario Drezov as Vice President of Marketing, Chris Patterson as Vice President of Training and HR, and Andie Smirl as Director of Franchise Sales. The operator footprint covers 13 mapped operators across 14 located units, with 1 multi-unit operator, concentrated in Washington (3), California (3), Utah (2), Texas (2) and Michigan (1) — mostly single-unit franchisees, with the franchisor and one multi-unit operator carrying the most weight in purchasing conversations.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required
Ovation is in use per Item 11 — the filing describes it in use, or charges a fee for it, without making it a contractual requirement. Uber Eats, from Uber, and Yelp appear in Item 1, named without being required.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 sets an approved-supplier model: franchisees buy from a franchisor-provided list of approved manufacturers, suppliers and distributors, or according to specifications, with HHC® Sauces and Spices and advertising and promotional materials purchased directly from the franchisor. Franchisees can request approval of an unapproved supplier, subject to evaluation and reimbursement of the franchisor's costs. Item 17 lets franchisees renew for a 5-year term with 90 to 180 days' advance notice, no default or repeated breaches, current licenses and insurance, full payment of obligations, current training compliance, and a $5,000 successor agreement fee. With 37.5% year-over-year growth, this is an actively expanding system for vendor outreach.
How to read the HHC FDD
The filing was filed with state franchise regulators in 2026, and the embedded PDF viewer below has the source document. Talk to FranCloud for a ranked target list of franchise systems that fit your ICP.
Questions vendors ask
HHC, answered from the filing
Brian Simowitz, President, leads the Item 2 team alongside Matthew Rush (VP Franchise Operations) and Mario Drezov (VP Marketing); Item 8 gives the franchisor primary control over approved suppliers.
Ovation is in use per Item 11 — the filing describes it in use, or charges a fee for it, without making it required. Uber Eats and Yelp appear in Item 1 without being required.
29 units — 22 franchised and 7 company-owned — in the quick-service restaurant segment, up 37.5% year over year, per the 2026 FDD.
Item 8 sets an approved-supplier list, with HHC® Sauces and Spices and advertising materials bought directly from the franchisor and other items from a provided list of approved suppliers.
Item 17 allows a 5-year renewal with a $5,000 successor agreement fee, and with 37.5% year-over-year growth, new-unit openings are the more active near-term signal for vendors.
The FDD was filed with state franchise regulators in 2026. Use the embedded PDF viewer below to read the full filing.
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Ownership
The portfolio behind HHC
unknown of hhc worldwide.
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