Oracle MICROSOracle
Mandatoryof Sale System You must obtain and install, at your expense, the hardware, software and network connections that we periodically specify. Currently, you must purchase or lease the Micros 3700 System,
From the filings
HQ-led decisions
La Bottega Franchise
Quick service restaurantSoftware purchasing at La Bottega Franchise is controlled from its New York headquarters, where President Giuseppe Ruta and Senior Vice President Marisa Ruta are the key executives on file. The system mandates the Oracle Micros 3700 POS and currently operates just 8 total units, with 3 franchised locations representing the addressable market for third-party vendors.
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Live signals
Total units
8
3 franchised
Unit growth YoY
-25%
vs prior filing
AUV
—
Item 19, 2022
Royalty
4%
of gross sales
Ad fund
1.5%
national + local
Initial fee
$20K
per unit
Investment range
$156K–$616K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
Non-compete
2 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.
5.5%of gross sales (FY2022)
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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urchases by La Bottega Italian Gourmet Restaurants in the System, paid monthly; (b) Coca Cola pays $1.00 per case and $1.00 per gallon on BIB boxes paid quarterly to LB Foods; (c) Ecolab pays a quarte
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Social Media; Intranet. You are not permitted to promote your Franchised Restaurant or use any of the Proprietary Marks in any manner on any social or networking websites, such as Facebook, LinkedIn o
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ia; Intranet. You are not permitted to promote your Franchised Restaurant or use any of the Proprietary Marks in any manner on any social or networking websites, such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter,
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. You are not permitted to promote your Franchised Restaurant or use any of the Proprietary Marks in any manner on any social or networking websites, such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter, without our
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
24 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 4 explicit no's; 6 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.
Accounting
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You shall, within fifteen (15) days after the end of each calendar quarter, submit such financial statements to us.
How the franchisor buys
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesFranchise agreement
from time to time the facilities and products of any such approved supplier and to revoke our approval upon the supplier’s failure to continue to meet any of our then-current criteria.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
0Item 8
As of December 31, 2021, our affiliate LB Foods, received no money from rebates or other payments received from approved suppliers.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We and our affiliates reserve the right to receive fees, rebates, commissions, royalties or other payments from third-party suppliers based on your purchases from them.
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?
90Item 8
We estimate that the purchase of products that are subject to our standards and specifications represent approximately 72% to 83% of your overall purchases in establishing the Franchised Restaurant, and approximately 90% of your overall purchases in operating the Franchised Restaurant.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
You must pay to us a reasonable fee, not to exceed the actual cost of the inspection and testing the proposed product or evaluating the proposed supplier, including personnel and travel costs, whether or not the product or supplier is approved.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you would like to offer products or services that we have not approved, or purchase from a supplier that we have not approved, you must submit a written request for approval.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement, we may exercise our authority, pursuant to such documents, to obtain any and all of you rights to the telephone numbers of the Franchise Business and all related telephone directory listings and other business listings, and all internet listings, domain names…
Franchise management
Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
YesFranchise agreement
To participate in any customer satisfaction measurement programs developed or required by us, as such programs may from time to time be modified.
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 11
Conduct inspections of the Franchised Location and the Franchised Restaurant, interview your employees, suppliers and customers and review your business records if we choose to do so.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
We have the right to add to or modify the Manuals from time to time to, among other reasons, change operating procedures, maintain the goodwill associated with the Marks, and enable the System to remain competitive.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesFranchise agreement
No site may be used for the Location of the Restaurant unless it is first accepted in writing by us.
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 not permitted to promote your Franchised Restaurant or use any of the Proprietary Marks in any manner on any social or networking websites, such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter, without our prior written consent.
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
You must conduct an opening advertising campaign to promote the opening of your Franchised Restaurant.
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
Currently you must spend 1% of Gross Sales on local marketing on an annual basis according to your annual written plan approved by us (as described below).
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesFranchise agreement
If a Cooperative is established for a geographic area that includes the Designated Territory, you shall execute the Cooperative documents, if any, promptly upon our request and participate as a member of the Cooperative.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesFranchise agreement
If we have approved suppliers for any particular item (including manufacturers, distributors and other sources) or for any services related to the development or operation of the Restaurant (including, but not limited to, general contractor services), you must obtain these items or services from those suppliers.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
If we have approved suppliers for any particular item (including manufacturers, distributors and other sources) or for any services related to the development or operation of the Restaurant (including, but not limited to, general contractor services), you must obtain these items or services from those suppliers.
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
The royalty fee, Brand Fund contribution (described in Section 8.2 below) and any other continuing amounts owed to us or our affiliates will be automatically withdrawn from your designated bank account by electronic funds transfer (“EFT”) as described in Section 4.5 below.
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesFranchise agreement
You shall sell or otherwise issue gift cards or certificates (together “Gift Cards”) that have been prepared utilizing the standard form of Gift Card provided or designated by us, and only in the manner specified by us in the Manuals or otherwise in writing.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesFranchise agreement
You affirm, warrant and understand that you may staff your La Bottega Restaurant with as many employees as you desire at any time so long as our minimal staffing levels are achieved.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase or lease the computerized point of sale system that we require.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 6
we have the right to charge a reasonable fee for additional training, whether mandatory or optional.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesFranchise agreement
If we host such events, your Operating Principal and/or Restaurant General Manager must attend, and participate in, such annual conventions/conferences, provided that attendance at such conventions/conferences will not be required more than once during any twelve (12) month period.
The filing answers no to 4 questions
- Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?Item 11
- Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?Item 8
- Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 11
- Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?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 La Bottega
La Bottega is a quick-service restaurant concept headquartered in New York. The 2022 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) reports a total system of 8 units, comprising 5 company-owned locations and 3 franchised locations. This represents a -25.0% year-over-year decline in total units, making the addressable market for third-party software vendors extremely small at just 3 franchised doors. The initial franchise term is 10 years, and the ongoing royalty fee is 4.0% of gross sales. Average unit volume (AUV) is not disclosed in the most recent FDD. For a software vendor, the opportunity here is not in volume but in establishing a relationship with a tightly controlled, HQ-driven system that may be open to modernization.
Who controls software purchasing
Software purchasing decisions are centralized at the brand's headquarters. The 2022 FDD lists Giuseppe Ruta as President and Marisa Ruta as Senior Vice President. In a system of this size, these executives are the de facto buying center for any operational or back-of-house technology. There are no multi-unit operators mapped in our corpus, meaning every franchised location likely reports directly to the corporate team for technology standards and procurement. A vendor's pitch should be directed squarely at the C-suite in New York.
Mandated and current tech stack
The 2022 FDD explicitly mandates the Micros 3700 System by Oracle Corporation for point-of-sale operations across the system. This is a legacy POS platform, and a mandate of this nature signals that the franchisor exerts strict control over core operational technology. No other mandated or recommended technology systems are named in the FDD. For a software vendor, this creates a clear conversation starter around POS-adjacent integrations, above-store reporting, or a migration path to a modern cloud-based system, though any change would require HQ approval.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
The FDD does not contain an Item 8 procurement signal, leaving the designated supplier or approved vendor model undisclosed. However, the Item 17 renewal terms provide some insight into potential contract windows. Franchisees in good standing may sign a successor agreement for two additional terms of five years each, subject to conditions including a general release, potential renovation requirements, and signing the then-current form of franchise agreement. Critically, the franchisor may require a new agreement with substantially different terms, including higher royalty fees. This renewal trigger, combined with the 10-year initial term, means that any franchisee approaching the end of their first decade is a candidate for a tech stack evaluation, though the current unit count makes such events rare.
How to read the La Bottega FDD
The full 2022 La Bottega Franchise Disclosure Document is available below. For software vendors, the most actionable sections are Item 1 (the franchisor and its executives), Item 11 (the franchisor's assistance and mandated technology, where the Micros 3700 mandate is listed), and Item 17 (renewal and termination conditions). Because the system is small and HQ-controlled, the executive names in Item 1 are your direct path to a conversation. Use the embedded viewer to search for these specific items and build a concise, fact-based pitch. For a ranked target list of franchise systems that match your ideal customer profile, FranCloud can help.
Questions vendors ask
La Bottega Franchise, answered from the filing
The 2022 FDD lists Giuseppe Ruta (President) and Marisa Ruta (Senior Vice President) as the executive team. With a small, HQ-controlled system, purchasing decisions likely rest with these individuals.
La Bottega mandates the Micros 3700 System by Oracle Corporation for its point-of-sale operations, as disclosed in the 2022 FDD.
According to the 2022 FDD, La Bottega has 8 total units: 5 are company-owned and 3 are franchised. The system saw a -25.0% year-over-year unit decline.
The 2022 FDD does not include an Item 8 procurement signal, so the designated or approved supplier model is not publicly disclosed.
With a 10-year initial term and a -25% unit decline, renewal activity is limited. Franchisees in good standing may sign a successor agreement for two additional 5-year terms, subject to strict conditions including potential renovation and a new-form agreement.
The 2022 La Bottega FDD was filed with state franchise regulators. You can review the full document using the embedded PDF viewer below.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
5 operators run 5 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit5
Top states by locations
| NY | 4 |
|---|---|
| WI | 1 |
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