reement). Presently, we require you to purchase the following hardware and software: Hardware 1 desktop or laptop computer with internet access, a printer/copier/scanner, Toast or Revel POS Hardware 0
From the filings
Krave It
Quick service restaurantKrave It's most recent FDD, from 2025, discloses 3 locations, all 3 company-owned, at an average unit volume of $1,107,569 — which makes software purchasing an HQ decision with no franchisee body to sell around. Item 1 names Vishvdeep Mandahar as Chief Executive Officer and Jenna Massa Mandahar as Chief Marketing Officer; no CIO or CTO is disclosed in the most recent FDD. The filing mandates one system, Revel, and separately names QuickBooks Online and Toast in a fee or usage clause without requiring either.
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Live signals
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 (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.
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Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
27 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 2 explicit no's; 5 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
Franchisee shall utilize an accounting software such as Quickbooks.com (or other Franchisor approved accounting software) to manage its books.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor shall have full access to all of Franchisee’s computer, data and systems and all related information by means of direct access, either in person or by telephone, modem or Internet.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall, at its expense, submit to Franchisor within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar year, an income statement for the calendar year just ended and a balance sheet as of the last day of the calendar year.
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
We are currently an approved supplier of advertising material, but not the only approved supplier of such items.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may revoke its approval of any item, service or supplier at any time by notifying Franchisee and/or the supplier.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
0Item 8
In our last fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, we did not earn revenue or other material consideration from required purchases or leases by franchisees.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor has the right to retain volume rebates, markups, and other benefits from suppliers or in connection with the furnishing of supplies.
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
We estimate that approximately 30% of your expenditures on an ongoing basis will be for goods and services that must be purchased either from us, an Affiliate, an approved supplier or another party according to our standards and specifications.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
We charge any costs incurred, up to $1,000, to test another supplier that you propose.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you wish to propose to us another supplier, you may submit the proposed supplier that you wish for us to consider in writing.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
assign all telephone listings and numbers for the Franchised Business to Franchisor
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor or its designee has the right, during normal business hours without notice, to examine, copy, and audit the books, records and tax returns of Franchisee.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may make such additions or modifications without prior notice to Franchisee.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
You must secure a location for the Business within 45 days of the signing of the Franchise Agreement; this includes the requirement of obtaining our approval for your selected location.
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 are restricted from establishing a presence on, or marketing on the Internet without our written consent.
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
You agree to spend a minimum of $2,500 - $5,000 on Grand Opening Advertising to promote the opening of your business, pursuant to our guidelines.
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
Franchisee shall spend a minimum of one percent (1%) of Gross Revenues each month on Local Advertising, based upon our guidelines.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase inventory and supplies from approved suppliers that we designate or pursuant to our specifications.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must purchase computer hardware and software designated by us.
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must purchase and use any hardware and software programs we designate.
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
Royalty and other fees shall be payable to us by direct deposit.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesFranchise agreement
The Franchised Business shall, at all times, be under the direct supervision of Franchisee or its approved manager.
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall abide by all uniform and dress code requirements stated in the Operations Manual or otherwise.
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 any hardware and software programs we designate.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor shall have full access to all of Franchisee’s computer, data and systems and all related information by means of direct access, either in person or by telephone, modem or Internet.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 6
FA 8.3 whichever is greater Currently, we charge $250 per day per person plus expenses for We may charge you for training newly-hired training at our personnel; for refresher training courses; for location, and the conventions, seminars, conferences, and $250 per day per When training webinars; and for additional or…
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee agrees to pay to Franchisor $500 to attend the National Franchise Convention.
The filing answers no to 2 questions
- Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 11
- Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?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 franchisee/operator personally, or a small franchisor still owner-run. Wears every hat.
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The vendor opportunity at Krave It
Krave It is a quick-service restaurant brand headquartered in New York, and the most recent FDD on file is from 2025. That filing reports 3 total locations, all 3 of them company-owned; the franchised unit count is not disclosed in the most recent FDD, and year-over-year unit growth is not available. Average unit volume is $1,107,569, the royalty is 6.0%, and the initial term runs 10 years. At that AUV a three-unit system carries roughly $3.3M of annual volume, which puts Krave It in design-partner or reference-account territory rather than a volume play.
Who controls software purchasing
Item 1 names two people. Vishvdeep Mandahar is Chief Executive Officer and Jenna Massa Mandahar is Chief Marketing Officer. No CIO, CTO, or other technology officer is disclosed in the most recent FDD, and no operations officer is either, so the buying center is those two: the chief executive signs, and anything customer-facing routes through the chief marketing officer. No parent company is on file, so Krave It appears independently owned and there is nothing above the franchisor to route a decision through.
With all 3 disclosed units company-owned, this is an HQ decision in the plainest sense — there is no franchisee association and no multi-unit operator to sell around. Our operator mapping finds no operators for this brand in our corpus, which is consistent with a franchisor that has not yet placed franchised units.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required
One system is mandated: Revel. The FDD obliges the franchisee to use it, which makes point of sale the single category with a contractual incumbent. Two further names appear without that obligation. QuickBooks Online and Toast each surface in a fee or usage clause, and the filing does not require either one. That distinction is the whole finding — a system named in an FDD shows the drafter had it in mind, not that a vendor is installed — so accounting, back office, and anything adjacent to the register should be read as open on the face of this filing rather than as incumbent-held. For a vendor, a three-unit system with one mandate is close to a greenfield: the categories that are not written into the agreement have no contract to argue with.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 is where designated-supplier and approved-supplier obligations normally sit, and this filing produced no Item 8 extract, so whether Krave It runs a designated, approved, or open procurement model is not established by the data we hold. Item 17 is detailed. The franchise may be renewed for additional 10-year terms by signing the then-current franchise agreement, which the filing warns may carry materially different terms and conditions than the original. Renewal requires full compliance with the agreement, capital expenditures made as necessary to maintain uniformity with the System, all monetary obligations satisfied, no default under any agreement with the franchisor or its affiliates, timely written notice of intent to renew, current qualifications and training, a general release where state law allows, and payment of a renewal fee. The capital expenditure condition is the one a vendor should mark: renewal is a spending event, and spending events are when system refreshes get approved.
How to read the Krave It FDD
The 2025 document was filed with state franchise regulators, and the full PDF is embedded in the viewer below. Item 1 gives the entity chain and the two executives named above; Item 8 covers supplier obligations; Item 11 covers computer systems and required technology, which is where the Revel mandate is enforced; Item 17 covers renewal and the 10-year successor terms; Item 20 carries the unit tables behind the 3-unit count. If you want Krave It scored against the rest of the US franchise corpus and returned as a ranked target list, talk to FranCloud.
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Operator footprint
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