You must obtain the currently approved point-of-sale system provided by and proprietary to Signature Systems, Inc. The system’s approximate cost is $25,000 to $55,000, and monthly maintenance and support fees are approximately $250 to $500 depending on the configuration chosen and approved. The configuration is determined by multiple factors, including whether the Restaurant is a drive-thru location. This system generates various sales reports, master vouchers, inventory reports, gross-sales statements, and store-control information reports. The system is intended to include network hardware and security services to help you achieve Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards compliance, and validate your compliance as may be periodically required. You must comply with the most current version of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards. You must have an approved online ordering system. The only approved system is provided by Mobo System, Inc. d/b/a Olo, and costs approximately $150 for the set-up and $85 per month. You also must purchase certain computer equipment and pay the required monthly fees in order to participate 59 Jimmy John’s | 2026 FDD 1625469766.4 in the approved JIMMY JOHN’S® customer loyalty program. The equipment costs approximately $800 to $1,200 depending on the number of card readers, and the monthly fees are approximately $100.
From the filings
Jimmy John's
Quick service restaurantJimmy John's mandates the Signature Systems point-of-sale platform and Olo for franchisees across its 2,777-unit sandwich system — 2,737 franchised, 40 company-owned. With CTO & AI Acceleration Officer Yasir Anwar at headquarters and a $1,007,437 Item 19 average for its 2,581-restaurant cohort, the software buying center runs through Jimmy John's own designated-supplier program.
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Mandated & recommended tech
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2 technology requirements are recorded in this filing. A required choice lists alternatives for one obligation. Read each cited clause for its conditions.
You must have a “back-of-office” Windows-compatible desktop computer that is not a laptop, which you may purchase through your own vendor. The computer must have an Ethernet adapter for network and Internet connectivity. You must have a functioning email address to receive notices and otherwise communicate with you by email. You must provide network cabling in your Restaurant according to our specifications. The operating system of the “back-of-office” computer must be a version of Windows that is currently supported by Microsoft. You must install and maintain a currently-supported version of Microsoft Excel for the weekly sales report. We estimate the computer system’s cost to be $800 to $2,000. Because this computer is purchased “off the shelf” at any store, there are no service contracts and no expected annual costs for maintenance, repairs, upgrades, or updates (and therefore no third parties have any contractual right or obligation to provide them). You must obtain the currently approved point-of-sale system provided by and proprietary to Signature Systems, Inc. The system’s approximate cost is $25,000 to $55,000, and monthly maintenance and support fees are approximately $250 to $500 depending on the configuration chosen and approved. The configuration is determined by multiple factors, including whether the Restaurant is a drive-thru location. This system generates various sales reports, master vouchers, inventory reports, gross-sales statements, and store-control information reports. The system is intended to include network hardware and security services to help you achieve Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards compliance, and validate your compliance as may be periodically required. You must comply with the most current version of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards.
In addition to your Fund and Cooperative Program (defined below) contributions, you must spend, beginning 120 days after you open the Restaurant, at least 0.5% of the Restaurant’s weekly Gross Sales to advertise and promote your Restaurant locally (including the costs of sampling and special promotions). At our request, you must send us within 30 days after the end of each month an accounting of your expenditures, in the manner we require, for local advertising and promotion during the preceding month, with receipts showing those expenditures. We may designate during the franchise term which expenditures will, or will not, count toward these required advertising expenditures. You may not develop, maintain, or authorize any website, or user-generated content (including social media pages and content for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, SnapChat, Pinterest, X (f/k/a Twitter), and other similar social media sites) we have not had the opportunity to approve or have disapproved that mentions or describes the Restaurant or displays any of the Marks.
In addition to your Fund and Cooperative Program (defined below) contributions, you must spend, beginning 120 days after you open the Restaurant, at least 0.5% of the Restaurant’s weekly Gross Sales to advertise and promote your Restaurant locally (including the costs of sampling and special promotions). At our request, you must send us within 30 days after the end of each month an accounting of your expenditures, in the manner we require, for local advertising and promotion during the preceding month, with receipts showing those expenditures. We may designate during the franchise term which expenditures will, or will not, count toward these required advertising expenditures. You may not develop, maintain, or authorize any website, or user-generated content (including social media pages and content for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, SnapChat, Pinterest, X (f/k/a Twitter), and other similar social media sites) we have not had the opportunity to approve or have disapproved that mentions or describes the Restaurant or displays any of the Marks.
In addition to your Fund and Cooperative Program (defined below) contributions, you must spend, beginning 120 days after you open the Restaurant, at least 0.5% of the Restaurant’s weekly Gross Sales to advertise and promote your Restaurant locally (including the costs of sampling and special promotions). At our request, you must send us within 30 days after the end of each month an accounting of your expenditures, in the manner we require, for local advertising and promotion during the preceding month, with receipts showing those expenditures. We may designate during the franchise term which expenditures will, or will not, count toward these required advertising expenditures. You may not develop, maintain, or authorize any website, or user-generated content (including social media pages and content for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, SnapChat, Pinterest, X (f/k/a Twitter), and other similar social media sites) we have not had the opportunity to approve or have disapproved that mentions or describes the Restaurant or displays any of the Marks.
In addition to your Fund and Cooperative Program (defined below) contributions, you must spend, beginning 120 days after you open the Restaurant, at least 0.5% of the Restaurant’s weekly Gross Sales to advertise and promote your Restaurant locally (including the costs of sampling and special promotions). At our request, you must send us within 30 days after the end of each month an accounting of your expenditures, in the manner we require, for local advertising and promotion during the preceding month, with receipts showing those expenditures. We may designate during the franchise term which expenditures will, or will not, count toward these required advertising expenditures. You may not develop, maintain, or authorize any website, or user-generated content (including social media pages and content for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, SnapChat, Pinterest, X (f/k/a Twitter), and other similar social media sites) we have not had the opportunity to approve or have disapproved that mentions or describes the Restaurant or displays any of the Marks.
In addition to your Fund and Cooperative Program (defined below) contributions, you must spend, beginning 120 days after you open the Restaurant, at least 0.5% of the Restaurant’s weekly Gross Sales to advertise and promote your Restaurant locally (including the costs of sampling and special promotions). At our request, you must send us within 30 days after the end of each month an accounting of your expenditures, in the manner we require, for local advertising and promotion during the preceding month, with receipts showing those expenditures. We may designate during the franchise term which expenditures will, or will not, count toward these required advertising expenditures. You may not develop, maintain, or authorize any website, or user-generated content (including social media pages and content for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, SnapChat, Pinterest, X (f/k/a Twitter), and other similar social media sites) we have not had the opportunity to approve or have disapproved that mentions or describes the Restaurant or displays any of the Marks.
You may not develop, maintain, or authorize any website, or user-generated content (including social media pages and content for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, SnapChat, Pinterest, X (f/k/a Twitter), and other similar social media sites) we have not had the opportunity to approve or have disapproved that mentions or describes the Restaurant or displays any of the Marks.
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
30 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 1 explicit no; 3 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 agree to establish and maintain at your own expense a bookkeeping, accounting, and recordkeeping system conforming to the requirements and formats we prescribe from time to time.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree to give us in the manner and format we prescribe from time to time: (a) on or before Wednesday of each week, a report on the Restaurant’s Gross Sales during the week ending on the preceding Tuesday; (b) within fifteen (15) days after the end of each of our four (4) week sales periods, the operating…
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
Besides Trade Secret Food Products and Branded Products, you currently must buy all of your Restaurant’s equipment and point-of-sale system from our designated suppliers.
Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?
YesItem 20
The JIMMY JOHN’S® Franchisee Advisory Council originally created by JJF is a franchisee association associated with us.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
If you receive our prior written approval (which we may revoke at any time or for any reason) or if we require, then you must commence and continuously use the third-party food ordering, drop- off/catering, and/or delivery services and systems we designate or approve periodically (collectively, “Third-Party Delivery…
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
0Item 8
During the 2025 fiscal year, neither we nor our affiliates sold products or services directly to franchisees for their JIMMY JOHN’S® Restaurants; therefore, they derived no revenue from those activities.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
However, we and certain of our affiliates received payments and/or licensing fees from designated and approved suppliers on account of JIMMY JOHN’S® franchisees’ purchases of required and approved items from those 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?
100Item 8
Collectively, the purchases and leases described above are virtually 100% of your overall purchases and leases to establish and operate the Restaurant.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
We may charge you or the supplier a reasonable evaluation fee and will decide within a reasonable time (no more than 30 days).
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesFranchise agreement
If you want to buy for sale or use at the Restaurant any product brand, ingredient, supply, or service (including construction-related services) we have not then approved as meeting our minimum specifications and standards, or to purchase any item or service from a supplier we have not then approved or designated…
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
to authorize, and not to interfere with, the transfer of these numbers and directory listings to us or at our direction
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must comply with the most current version of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards.
Franchise management
Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree to present to your customers the evaluation forms we periodically prescribe and to participate and/or request your customers to participate in any surveys performed by or for us.
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 11
Audit and inspect the Restaurant, report on your compliance with the Franchise Agreement and all Brand Standards, and communicate with Restaurant managers and customers.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
We periodically may modify Brand Standards, which may accommodate regional or local variations, and these modifications may obligate you to invest additional capital in the Restaurant and/or incur higher operating costs.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 12
You will operate the Restaurant at a specific location that we first must accept.
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 develop, maintain, or authorize any website, or user-generated content (including social media pages and content for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, SnapChat, Pinterest, X (f/k/a Twitter), and other similar social media sites) we have not had the opportunity to approve or have disapproved that mentions or…
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
you must spend, beginning 120 days after you open the Restaurant, at least 0.5% of the Restaurant’s weekly Gross Sales to advertise and promote your Restaurant locally (including the costs of sampling and special promotions).
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesFranchise agreement
You must participate in, and comply with the requirements of, our gift card and other customer loyalty programs;
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 11
If we establish a Cooperative Program in your area, you and your Restaurant must participate in, and will automatically become a member of (without further action), the Cooperative Program as described below.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
Besides Trade Secret Food Products and Branded Products, you currently must buy all of your Restaurant’s equipment and point-of-sale system from our designated suppliers.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
Besides Trade Secret Food Products and Branded Products, you currently must buy all of your Restaurant’s equipment and point-of-sale system from our designated suppliers.
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
We may auto-debit all fees and payments you owe us, our affiliates, or any designated or approved suppliers of Operating Assets, Trade Secret Food Products, Branded Products, Permitted Brands, and other items and services related to the Restaurant’s operation.
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesFranchise agreement
You must participate in, and comply with the requirements of, our gift card and other customer loyalty programs;
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
Brand Standards may regulate the Restaurant’s minimum staffing levels necessary to meet those Brand Standards, certified manager training, and uniform dress code.
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
(9) the number of shifts in the Restaurant each week that must be covered by certified managers (as provided in Subsections 4.A. and B above), certified manager training, and uniform dress code.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
Besides Trade Secret Food Products and Branded Products, you currently must buy all of your Restaurant’s equipment and point-of-sale system from our designated suppliers.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We have independent, unlimited access to the information the system generates.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
We may charge reasonable registration or similar fees for these courses.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
Besides attending these courses, at our request (in our sole discretion) you agree to attend an annual meeting of all JIMMY JOHN’S® Restaurant franchisees at a location we designate.
The filing answers no to 1 question
- Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?Franchise agreement
The vendor opportunity at Jimmy John's Item 19 states a $1,007,437 average for the cohort of 2,581 franchised restaurants operating at year-end 2025, excluding units opened that year, closed for extended periods, or at Multi-Brand Locations. Franchised outlets grew 3.4% year over year.
Who controls software purchasing Chief Technology & AI Acceleration Officer Yasir Anwar and Chief Information Security Officer Haddon Bennett sit at the center of technology decisions, under Inspire Brands CEO Paul J. Brown, President Darin Dugan and Global Brand Ambassador James North. The POS platform is set at headquarters and applies to every location.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required Jimmy John's requires the Signature Systems point-of-sale platform, proprietary to Signature Systems, Inc., and mandates use of Olo. Franchisees must buy computer equipment and pay monthly fees to run the loyalty program, and Jimmy John's may condition use of Third-Party Delivery Platforms on purchasing specific hardware and software from designated or approved suppliers. Franchisees must also run a back-of-office Windows desktop with a currently supported version of Microsoft Excel for the weekly sales report, participate in the learning management system Jimmy John's affiliate has contracted, and join the current gift card program. Item 11 bars social media content on sites such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Pinterest and X (f/k/a Twitter) that Jimmy John's has not had the chance to approve.
Procurement, renewals, and timing Item 8 designates suppliers directly for Trade Secret Food Products and Branded Products — sourced only from Jimmy John's, its affiliates, or other specified exclusive sources — while equipment and the POS system currently must come from designated suppliers; franchisees may propose alternative suppliers for approval. A successor franchise runs the shorter of 10 years or the remaining lease term, requiring a full remodel to current standards, a successor franchise fee, training, and Jimmy John's then-current agreement. Franchised outlets grew 3.4% year over year.
How to read the Jimmy John's FDD The embedded PDF viewer below carries Jimmy John's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document in full — Items 8, 11, 17 and 19 hold the procurement, technology, renewal and financial-performance language summarized here. Talk to FranCloud for a ranked target list across the rest of the franchise universe.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
34 operators run 34 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
| NY | 4 |
|---|---|
| NJ | 3 |
| OH | 3 |
| IL | 3 |
| TX | 3 |
Ownership
The portfolio behind Jimmy John's
Ownership: Inspire Brands.
Sibling brands
Related Quick service restaurant brands
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