QuickBooksIntuit Inc.
MandatoryToast® and Quickbooks® provide software support through their 24-hour technical support help desks
+18.605% units YoYHQ-led decisions
Just Love Coffee Cafe
Quick service restaurantSoftware purchasing at Just Love Coffee Cafe is controlled at the franchisor level, with mandated systems covering point-of-sale, accounting, and retail strategy. The brand currently operates 53 total units—51 franchised and 2 company-owned—and mandates Toast, QuickBooks, and The Retail Strategy. For vendors selling into quick-service restaurant franchises, this represents a small but growing addressable market with a clear tech stack and centralized decision-making.
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
3 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.
The Retail Strategy
Mandatoryyou must use The Retail Strategy to locate sites
ToastToast, Inc.
MandatoryOur current approved Computer System is provided by Toast.
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 the corpus 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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Live signals
Total units
53
51 franchised
Unit growth YoY
+18.605%
vs prior filing
AUV
$521K
Item 19, 2025
Royalty
—
of gross sales
Ad fund
—
national + local
Initial fee
$39K
per unit
Investment range
$149K–$263K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
The vendor opportunity at Just Love Coffee Cafe
Just Love Coffee Cafe is a quick-service restaurant brand headquartered in Tennessee with 53 total units—51 franchised and 2 company-owned—as disclosed in its 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. The system grew 18.6% year-over-year, adding new franchised locations. Average unit volume sits at $521,270.44. For software vendors, the immediate addressable market is small: 53 locations across two states, Tennessee (3 mapped operators) and Alabama (1 mapped operator). All current franchisees are single-unit operators; there are no multi-unit owners in the system.
The brand is part of Just Love Enterprises, LLC, the parent company. The franchise agreement carries a 10-year initial term with three 10-year renewal options, creating long-term relationships and periodic re-evaluation points for technology. Royalty percentages are not disclosed in the most recent FDD.
Who controls software purchasing
Software purchasing authority sits at the franchisor level. The executive team listed in Item 1 of the 2025 FDD includes Alan Thompson (Chief Executive Officer), Robert A. Speck (President), and Richard S. Wozniak (Chief Operating Officer). Founder Rob Webb remains on file. Kevin Bauerle serves as Vice President of Franchise Development and may be a point of entry for vendor conversations, particularly around new-unit onboarding. Because the system has no multi-unit franchisees, individual operators are unlikely to have independent software procurement authority; mandates flow from HQ.
Mandated and current tech stack
The 2025 FDD mandates three systems across the franchise network. Point-of-sale is handled by Toast, Inc. Accounting runs on QuickBooks by Intuit Inc. The Retail Strategy platform is also mandated, though its specific function—likely related to operations, inventory, or marketing—is not detailed in the FDD extract. These three systems form the core operational technology stack. Vendors offering complementary or replacement solutions should understand these incumbents before approaching HQ.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 of the 2025 FDD does not include a procurement signal, meaning the franchisor’s policy on designated versus approved suppliers is not publicly disclosed in the document. Vendors should clarify this directly with the executive team. Renewal terms in Item 17 offer three successor franchises of 10 years each, contingent on good standing, site compliance, updated training, and signing a new Franchise Agreement with a general release. The renewal monthly fee will not exceed what the franchisor charges similarly situated renewing franchisees. These renewal windows, combined with 18.6% unit growth, create recurring opportunities for software evaluation and vendor switching.
How to read the Just Love Coffee Cafe FDD
The full 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document is embedded below. It contains the legal and operational disclosures franchisors must provide to prospective franchisees, including Item 1 (executives), Item 11 (mandated systems), Item 8 (procurement restrictions), and Item 17 (renewal conditions). Reviewing the FDD is the first step for any software vendor building a pitch for this franchise. For a ranked target list of franchise brands matched to your software category, talk to FranCloud.
Questions vendors ask
Just Love Coffee Cafe, answered from the filing
The executive team controls software decisions. Key contacts include Alan Thompson (CEO), Robert A. Speck (President), and Richard S. Wozniak (COO). Kevin Bauerle (VP Franchise Development) may also influence vendor selection.
The 2025 FDD mandates Toast by Toast, Inc. for POS, QuickBooks by Intuit Inc. for accounting, and The Retail Strategy platform. These are required for all franchisees.
53 total units as of the 2025 FDD: 51 franchised and 2 company-owned. All are single-unit operators concentrated in Tennessee (3) and Alabama (1).
The FDD does not disclose a specific procurement model in Item 8. Vendors should inquire directly about designated vs. approved supplier processes when pitching.
Franchise agreements run 10-year initial terms with three 10-year renewal options. With 18.6% YoY unit growth, new location openings and renewal cycles create recurring vendor evaluation opportunities.
The 2025 FDD is filed with state franchise regulators. You can view the full document in the embedded PDF viewer below this page.
Source
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
4 operators run 4 mapped locations — 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit4
Top states by locations
| TN | 3 |
|---|---|
| AL | 1 |
Ownership
The portfolio behind Just Love Coffee Cafe
parent_company of Just Love Enterprises, LLC.
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Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.