From the filings
Software purchasing at Nana's Green Tea is steered by its small executive team in California, led by President Kazuto Kutami and Director Yuichiro Soeda. The most recent FDD does not name any mandated back-of-house, POS, or operational software systems. With approximately 1 total US location—all franchised—the immediate addressable footprint is limited but presents a potential pilot opportunity.
For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.
Live signals
Ongoing fee load
The recurring percentage of gross sales named in this filing, before rent, labour or any technology fee.
7%of gross sales (FY2025)
15% reference
Franchisor behaviours
27 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 4 explicit no's; 3 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.
Accounting
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
We (or our designee) have the right to independently access the electronic information and data relating to your Nana’s Green Tea Business and to collect and use your electronic information and data in any manner, including to promote the System and the sale of Franchises.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You will deliver a balance sheet, profit and loss statement, statement of cash flows and explanatory footnotes prepared under generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis (“Financial Statements”) to us within the time period required by the Franchise Operations Manual.
How the franchisor buys
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesFranchise agreement
We may change the Technology you must use for your Franchised Business at any time.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
0Item 8
During our last fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, neither we nor our affiliates derived revenue or other material consideration as a result of franchisees’ required purchases or leases.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We and our affiliates may receive rebates from some suppliers based on your purchase of products and services and we have no obligation to pass them on to our franchisees or use them in any particular manner.
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?
50Item 8
We estimate that approximately 65% to 85% of purchases required to open your Nana’s Green Tea Business and 50% to 70% of purchases required to operate your Nana’s Green Tea Business will be from us or from other approved suppliers or under our specifications.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
We reserve the right to charge a fee to evaluate the proposed product, service or supplier.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you want to use or sell a product or service that we have not yet evaluated, or if you want to purchase or lease a product or service from a supplier or provider that we have not yet approved (for products and services that require supplier approval), you must notify us and submit to us the information…
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Immediately stop using all telephone numbers, advertisements, domain names and social media accounts associated with the Franchised Business.
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree to comply with the then-current Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards as those standards may be revised and modified by the PCI Security Standards Council, LLC, or any successor organization or standards we may reasonably specify.
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
We have the right, at any time, to have an independent audit made of the books and financial records of your Franchised Business.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
We can modify the Franchise Operations Manual at any time.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
We must approve the site before you sign the lease.
Marketing
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesFranchise agreement
You will spend at least $5,000 on approved grand opening marketing, advertising and promotion for your Franchised Business (“Grand Opening Program”) during the period commencing 30 days before the opening of your Franchised Business and ending 90 days after the date on which your Franchised Business opens for business.
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
In addition to the Brand Fund Contributions, you must spend 1% of Gross Sales on local advertising (“Local Advertising Requirement”).
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesItem 11
You will be required to participate in any loyalty programs that we establish.
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesFranchise agreement
You must participate in any advertising cooperative that we require for the purpose of creating and/or purchasing advertising programs for the benefit of all franchisees operating within a particular region.
Operations
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must purchase the proprietary products we or our affiliates develop from time to time for proprietary recipes or formulas and purchase them only from us or a third party who we have licensed to prepare and sell the products.
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree to maintain, at all times, credit card relationships with the credit and debit card issuers or sponsors, check or credit verification services, financial center services, payment providers, merchant service providers, loyalty and gift cards, and electronic fund transfer systems (together, “Payment Vendors”)…
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
We currently require you to pay fees and other amounts due to us or our affiliates via electronic funds transfer (“EFT”) or other similar means.
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesItem 11
You must also participate in any gift card and loyalty programs and accept those as payment.
People
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
All non-proprietary ingredients, beverage products, cooking materials, containers, cartons, bags, menus, napkins, other paper and plastic products, utensils, uniforms and other supplies and materials used in your Nana’s Green Tea Business must strictly conform to our quality standards and reasonable specifications.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You must use the computer hardware and software, including the point-of-sale system that we periodically designate to operate your Nana’s Green Tea Business.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We (or our designee) have the right to independently access the electronic information and data relating to your Nana’s Green Tea Business and to collect and use your electronic information and data in any manner, including to promote the System and the sale of Franchises.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You must use the computer hardware and software, including the point-of-sale system that we periodically designate to operate your Nana’s Green Tea Business.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
From time to time, we may require that you or your Responsible Owner, Franchise Manager and other employees attend system-wide refresher or additional training courses.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
In addition to participating in ongoing training, you will be required to attend any national or regional meeting or conference of franchisees.
Who buys here
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 franchisor's owner/CEO decides; an ops or franchise-development lead may evaluate.
Nana's Green Tea is a quick-service restaurant concept headquartered in California and operating as part of the nanaha group. For a software vendor, the immediate addressable market is exceptionally small: approximately 1 total location is mapped in the United States, all of which is franchised, with the top state footprint being Wisconsin (1 unit). No average unit volume is disclosed in the most recent FDD.
The franchisor collects a royalty of 5.0% on sales, and the initial franchise term runs for 5 years. Year-over-year unit growth data is not available. While a single-site operator does not represent a large licensing deal, it can be valuable as a launch partner or reference account if the brand begins to expand.
All franchisor-level purchasing decisions appear to route through a lean management structure. The 2025 FDD lists two executives in Item 1: Kazuto Kutami, who serves as President, Secretary and Treasurer, and Yuichiro Soeda, who serves as Director. In a system of this size, those are the individuals most likely to evaluate, select, and mandate any franchise-wide technology. There are no named CIO, VP of IT, or separate operations leadership in the filing, so a vendor’s initial outreach should address the president directly.
On the operator side, the footprint is made up of 1 mapped operator, with zero multi-unit franchisees reported. The operator-band split shows a single franchisee in the 1-unit bracket. This means every store-level software decision likely involves the same franchisee and the same HQ executives.
The FDD does not capture any mandated or recommended systems by name. No POS vendor, payroll processor, inventory management tool, online ordering platform, or loyalty provider is listed in the filings reviewed. Vendors must therefore assume the existing stack is either homegrown, inherited through the parent nanaha group, or left to the franchisee’s discretion. This blank slate can be an advantage: an incoming vendor with a modern, lightweight tech bundle tailored to quick-service tea concepts faces no incumbent displacement challenge, at least according to the document.
Item 8 procurement signals are absent from the FDD extract, so whether the franchisor operates a designated-supplier program, an approved-vendor list, or an open procurement model is not disclosed in the filing. In practice, a system of this size often runs on informal HQ approval rather than a structured RFP process, but that should be confirmed directly.
The renewal framework offers a window where software evaluations could become formalized. If a franchisee is in good standing and meets other requirements, they may add two successor terms of five years each. To exercise that option, the franchisee must sign the then-current Franchise Agreement and ancillary documents, and the FDD explicitly warns that the successor agreement may have materially different terms—including higher royalty and advertising contributions. This clause gives the franchisor leverage to introduce new technology mandates at renewal. With only one unit in operation, the practical impact is limited, but the contractual pathway exists.
The 2025 franchise disclosure document is the central source for the numbers cited above. The embedded viewer below contains the full filing as submitted to state franchise regulators. When you open it, look first at Item 20 for the outlet table, which confirms unit count and state dispersion, and Item 11 for any mention of franchisor obligations around technology. Because the document identifies no mandated systems, your own discovery call with the HQ team will be the most productive next step. For a ranked list of franchise targets prioritized by likelihood to buy, talk to FranCloud.
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Operator footprint
1 operators run 1 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
| WI | 1 |
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Ownership
unknown of nanaha.
Related Quick service restaurant brands
Primary franchise filings · updated August 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.