The vendor opportunity at Liberty Bagels
Liberty Bagels is a quick-service restaurant concept headquartered in New York with a total of 4 units, all company-owned as of the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. The number of franchised locations is not disclosed, and year-over-year unit growth is not reported. For software vendors, this represents a small, centralized target: a single decision-making hub with no franchisee layer to navigate. The royalty rate is 5.0%, and the initial franchise term runs 10 years, with a single 10-year renewal option available under specific conditions.
Because the brand is independently owned with no parent company on file, the entire software purchasing process flows through the corporate office. The addressable market is limited to those 4 locations, but the concentration of authority means a successful pitch can result in a swift, company-wide deployment.
Who controls software purchasing
The 2025 FDD lists four executives in Item 1: Alex Vithoulkas (Chief Executive Officer), Nick Vithoulkas (Chief Financial Officer), Victor Mejia (Chief Operations Officer), and Kosta Vithoulkas (Chief Technology Officer). For software vendors, the most direct entry point is Kosta Vithoulkas as CTO, who likely owns technical evaluation and vendor selection. The CEO and CFO are also relevant for budget approval and strategic alignment, while the COO may influence operational tool decisions.
No operator footprint is mapped in our corpus, meaning there are no multi-unit franchisees with independent purchasing power. All software decisions appear to run through this small HQ team.
Mandated and current tech stack
Liberty Bagels does not mandate or recommend any specific technology systems in its 2025 FDD. There are no named POS providers, no required back-office platforms, and no prescribed digital ordering or loyalty vendors. This absence of mandates means the current tech stack is either internally built, vendor-agnostic, or simply not disclosed to franchise prospects. For a software vendor, this is a blank-slate scenario: you are not displacing an entrenched incumbent named in the franchise agreement, but you will need to discover the existing tools during discovery conversations with the CTO.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 of the FDD, which typically outlines procurement restrictions and designated suppliers, contains no extract in our data. This means the brand’s purchasing model—whether it requires franchisees to buy from specific vendors, maintain a list of approved suppliers, or operate an open procurement process—is not publicly known. Given the all-company-owned structure, procurement is likely handled internally without the franchisee-supplier dynamics seen in larger systems.
Renewal timing is governed by Item 17. The franchise agreement can be renewed for one additional 10-year term, provided the franchisee gives written notice between 6 and 9 months before expiration, executes the then-current agreement (which may have materially different terms), brings the location into full compliance with current standards including refurbishment and new equipment, meets new training requirements, satisfies all monetary obligations, executes a general release, maintains licenses and permits, enters a successor lease, and pays a successor agreement fee. For vendors, this renewal cycle creates a natural window for technology evaluation: franchisees (if any exist) must upgrade equipment and systems to meet then-current standards, which could trigger software purchases. However, with no franchised units confirmed, this renewal window is currently theoretical.
How to read the Liberty Bagels FDD
The full 2025 Liberty Bagels Franchise Disclosure Document is available below. This is the primary legal filing that governs the franchise relationship and discloses the terms, executives, fees, and obligations relevant to software vendors. Use the embedded PDF viewer to search for specific items: Item 1 lists the executives who control purchasing, Item 11 details any mandated technology (none, in this case), Item 8 covers procurement restrictions, and Item 17 outlines renewal conditions that can signal when software evaluation windows open. For a ranked target list of franchise brands matched to your software category, FranCloud can help you prioritize your outreach.