Local Burger Franchising

The vendor opportunity at Local Burger Franchising

Local Burger Franchising is a nascent quick-service restaurant concept headquartered in New York. According to its 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, the system consists of just 3 total units, all of which are company-owned. No franchised locations are reported, and our corpus contains no mapped operator footprint. For software vendors, this means the total addressable market is currently confined to those three corporate stores. The average unit volume sits at $1,540,818, a figure that signals healthy per-location revenue for a young brand. A 6.0% royalty rate and a 10-year initial franchise term round out the basic commercial picture. Year-over-year unit growth is not disclosed in the available data, so vendors should monitor for any franchising acceleration that would expand the unit count and create new software buying opportunities.

Who controls software purchasing

The 2024 FDD lists two executives in Item 1: Alyssa M. DiGirolomo, Co-Founder and Director of Operations, and Andrew “Drew” Dvorkin, Co-Founder and Creative Director. In a 3-unit, founder-led organization, these individuals almost certainly constitute the entire software buying center. There is no separate IT or procurement department named in the filing. Any vendor pitching operational, financial, or marketing software should expect to engage directly with Ms. DiGirolomo and Mr. Dvorkin. The brand appears independently owned, with no parent company on file, so decisions are made at the HQ level without external corporate oversight.

Mandated and current tech stack

Local Burger Franchising’s 2024 FDD mandates three technology systems. Toast by Toast, Inc. is the required point-of-sale platform, a common choice in the quick-service segment that brings integrated payment processing, online ordering, and kitchen display capabilities. Sling is mandated for employee scheduling, covering shift planning and labor management. The FDD also lists Blanket as a mandated system. No other mandated or recommended technology vendors are disclosed. This stack leaves clear whitespace for vendors in areas such as inventory management, loyalty, delivery aggregation, accounting, and HRIS, provided they can integrate with the Toast ecosystem.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

The FDD does not include an Item 8 extract, so the brand’s procurement model—whether designated supplier, approved supplier, or open—is not publicly disclosed. Vendors should clarify this directly during discovery conversations. On the renewal side, Item 17 provides a detailed framework: franchisees may renew for two consecutive 5-year terms, subject to conditions including no default, satisfaction of all monetary obligations, performance above the bottom quartile of net sales for all franchised restaurants, and an average quality assurance score of at least 85% across the three most recent inspections. Because no franchised units currently exist, these renewal triggers are not yet active, but they signal a performance-driven culture that may extend to vendor relationships. Software contract windows are most likely to open when the brand begins franchising in earnest or when existing corporate agreements come up for renewal on their natural cycles.

How to read the Local Burger Franchising FDD

The full 2024 Local Burger Franchising Franchise Disclosure Document is embedded below. This is the primary source for understanding the franchisor’s obligations, unit economics, and mandated supplier relationships. Key sections for software vendors include Item 11 (franchisor’s assistance, advertising, computer systems, and training), which lists the mandated Toast and Sling systems, and Item 17 (renewal, termination, transfer, and dispute resolution), which outlines the contract renewal conditions. Item 1 identifies the executives who control purchasing. Because the FDD is filed with state franchise regulators, it carries legal weight and reflects the franchisor’s current commitments. For a ranked target list of franchise brands matched to your software category, talk to FranCloud.