HQ-led decisions

Karahi Boys

Quick service restaurant

Software purchasing at Karahi Boys is controlled at the HQ level by a tight executive team, including President Shaikh Sultan Zahid and CEO Taha Ahmed Yasin. The franchise currently operates a single franchised unit and mandates Toast POS by Toast, Inc. With a 10-year initial term and a 6% royalty, the addressable market is extremely small but concentrated.

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.

Toast POS SystemToast, Inc.
Mandatory
POSItem 11

We currently require the Toast POS System.

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.

Sales LeaderSingle 1 19

The franchisee/operator personally, or a small franchisor still owner-run. Wears every hat.

OwnerCEOPresidentPrincipal
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Live signals

Total units
1
1 franchised
Unit growth YoY
vs prior filing
AUV
Item 19, 2025
Royalty
6%
of gross sales
Ad fund
1%
national + local
Initial fee
$50K
per unit
Investment range
$895K–$2.75M
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Franchisor controlled
from the filing

The vendor opportunity at Karahi Boys

Karahi Boys presents a micro-opportunity for software vendors. The 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document reports exactly 1 total unit, a franchised location. The number of company-owned units is not disclosed. This is a quick-service restaurant concept headquartered in Texas, with no parent company on file, appearing to be independently owned. The average unit volume (AUV) is not disclosed in the FDD. For a vendor, the total addressable market is a single location, making this a highly targeted, account-based sale rather than a volume play.

Who controls software purchasing

The buying center at Karahi Boys is centralized at the headquarters level. The 2025 FDD Item 1 names two executives: Shaikh Sultan Zahid, President, and Taha Ahmed Yasin, CEO. No other operators are mapped in our corpus, meaning these two individuals likely represent the entire decision-making unit for technology purchases. Vendors should direct all outreach to this pair, as there is no multi-unit operator layer to navigate.

Mandated and current tech stack

Item 11 of the 2025 FDD mandates one specific technology system: the Toast POS System by Toast, Inc. This is a hard requirement for the franchisee. No other technology systems—whether recommended or mandated—are disclosed in the filing. For vendors selling complementary or replacement software, the presence of Toast as the mandated POS is the single known integration point or competitive displacement target.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

The procurement model at Karahi Boys is opaque. Item 8 of the 2025 FDD contains no extract, meaning there is no public disclosure regarding designated suppliers, approved supplier programs, or purchasing cooperatives. Vendors must assume an open or undefined procurement process until clarified directly by HQ. The initial franchise term is 10 years, with a royalty rate of 6.0%. Renewal terms, per Item 17, allow a 5-year successor agreement if the franchisee is in good standing, pays 50% of the then-current initial franchise fee, and executes a new agreement—which may contain materially different terms. With only one unit and no disclosed year-over-year growth, no imminent renewal-driven software evaluation window is apparent.

How to read the Karahi Boys FDD

The full 2025 Karahi Boys Franchise Disclosure Document is available below. This legal filing, submitted to state franchise regulators, is the source for all data points on this page. Review Item 1 for executive names, Item 11 for the mandated Toast POS system, and Item 17 for renewal conditions. For vendors, the FDD is the definitive pre-sales intelligence document—verify unit counts, tech mandates, and decision-maker names here before building a pitch. For a ranked target list of franchise systems matched to your software category, talk to FranCloud.

Questions vendors ask

Karahi Boys, answered from the filing

The 2025 FDD lists Shaikh Sultan Zahid (President) and Taha Ahmed Yasin (CEO) as the sole HQ executives. With no other operators mapped, purchasing decisions likely rest with these two individuals.
The 2025 FDD mandates the Toast POS System by Toast, Inc. No other mandated or recommended technology systems are disclosed in the filing.
The 2025 FDD discloses a total of 1 unit, which is franchised. The number of company-owned units is not disclosed. This is a single-unit quick-service restaurant concept based in Texas.
The procurement model is not disclosed in the 2025 FDD. Item 8 contains no extract regarding designated or approved suppliers, leaving the purchasing restrictions unclear for vendors.
With a 10-year initial term and a single unit, no near-term renewal windows are evident. The 2025 FDD allows a 5-year successor term if the franchisee is in good standing, but no unit growth signals imminent expansion.
The 2025 FDD is filed with state franchise regulators. You can read the full document using the embedded PDF viewer below to verify all claims directly from the source.
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