From the filings
Software purchasing authority at Oromo Cafe is not detailed in the 2025 FDD, and no HQ executives are listed. The brand operates a very small footprint of 2 mapped units, all in Illinois, with no multi-unit operators captured. For vendors, this represents a limited addressable market with no publicly mandated technology stack.
For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.
Live signals
Franchisor behaviours
22 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 3 explicit no's; 9 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?
YesFranchise agreement
permit Franchisor to access Franchisee’s Computer Systems at all times via modem or other means specified by Franchisor from time to time.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Submit to Franchisor monthly, quarterly, and/or annual financial reports, including balance sheets, cash flow statements, profit and loss statements, and other reports as required by Franchisor.
How the franchisor buys
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 2
We may revoke our approval of any previously approved supplier at any time if the quality of the product or the supplier's financial condition or ability to satisfy your requirements does not continue to meet our satisfaction.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may charge a reasonable fee for inspection, review, and approval of suppliers.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesFranchise agreement
If Franchisee desires to purchase any items from an unapproved supplier, Franchisee shall submit to Franchisor a written request for such approval or shall request the supplier itself to do so.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee acknowledges that, at all times, The Franchised Business telephone number(s), electronic mail, text, and messaging account(s), and listing(s) will remain in the name, and sole property, of Franchisor
Franchise management
Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may require that Franchisee furnishes its customers with an evaluation form specified by the Franchisor pre- addressed to the Franchisor.
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may require that Franchisee furnishes its customers with an evaluation form specified by the Franchisor pre- addressed to the Franchisor.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor shall have the right to add, delete, or otherwise modify the Operations Manual from time to time to reflect changes in any of the System Standards, provided that no such addition or modification shall alter Franchisee’s fundamental status and rights under this Agreement.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesFranchise agreement
The Site must be approved by and meets Franchisor’s then-current site requirements and is identified in Exhibit 2 to this Agreement.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall not establish a separate Website or Social Media account without Franchisor’s prior written approval.
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall fully participate, honor, and comply with any and all System, local, regional, seasonal, promotional, and other programs, initiatives, and campaigns adopted by Franchisor that Franchisor requires Franchisee to participate in, including but not limited to gift certificates, specials, discounts…
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall take appropriate steps to establish and participate in a Cooperative if required to do so by Franchisor.
Operations
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall purchase all supplies, equipment, marketing materials, and other products and materials required for the operation of the Franchised Business as the Franchisor designates from time to time solely from vendors and suppliers who demonstrate to Franchisor’s continuing reasonable satisfaction the ability…
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee agrees to remit fees and any other amounts due to Franchisor hereunder via electronic funds transfer or other means as Franchisor may stipulate.
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall fully participate, honor, and comply with any and all System, local, regional, seasonal, promotional, and other programs, initiatives, and campaigns adopted by Franchisor that Franchisor requires Franchisee to participate in, including but not limited to gift certificates, specials, discounts…
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall maintain a competent, conscientious, trained staff (who shall have been adequately trained per Franchisor Standards) in numbers sufficient to service customers promptly and properly, including at least a trained manager (or other trained supervisory employees in accordance with the Operating Manual)…
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall lease and/or purchase its Computer Systems only from Franchisor Approved vendor or vendors or suppliers.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesFranchise agreement
permit Franchisor to access Franchisee’s Computer Systems at all times via modem or other means specified by Franchisor from time to time.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
E. Promotions Franchisee shall fully participate, honor, and comply with any and all System, local, regional, seasonal, promotional, and other programs, initiatives, and campaigns adopted by Franchisor that Franchisor requires Franchisee to participate in, including but not limited to gift certificates, specials…
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor reserves the right to charge a fee for a refresher, remedial, and additional training it provides.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may require Franchisee (or if Franchisee is other than an individual, the Designated Manager) to attend a regional or national meeting of Oromo Cafe franchisees at a location within the United States designated by Franchisor.
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.
Oromo Cafe is a quick-service restaurant concept with a minimal physical footprint. According to the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, only 2 mapped operator locations exist, both situated in Illinois. No company-owned units are reported, and the operator base consists entirely of single-unit franchisees—zero multi-unit operators appear in the data. For software vendors, the addressable unit count is 2, making this a very small target account. The brand appears independently owned, with no parent company on file.
Because the total unit count, average unit volume, royalty percentage, and initial term length are not disclosed in the most recent FDD, vendors cannot benchmark Oromo Cafe against larger quick-service chains. Year-over-year unit growth is also absent, so expansion trajectory is unknown. Any vendor evaluating this account should weigh the limited scale against their minimum viable deal size.
The 2025 FDD does not list any headquarters executives in Item 1. Without named officers or a designated IT or procurement contact, the software buying center remains unknown. In chains this small, purchasing decisions often rest with the owner-operator or a general manager, but no franchisor mandate signals confirm that pattern here. Vendors will need to identify the decision-maker through direct outreach, as the FDD provides no organizational chart or purchasing hierarchy.
Oromo Cafe’s 2025 FDD contains no mandated or recommended technology systems. No point-of-sale vendor, back-office platform, online ordering tool, or loyalty provider is named. This absence means the brand either does not enforce a standardized tech stack or has chosen not to disclose it in the disclosure document. For a software vendor, this creates both an opportunity—no incumbent is publicly locked in—and a challenge, because there is no documented starting point for a replacement or upsell conversation.
The FDD does not include an Item 8 procurement extract, so it is unclear whether Oromo Cafe designates specific suppliers, maintains an approved-vendor list, or allows franchisees to purchase freely. Likewise, Item 17 provides no renewal signal, and the initial franchise term is not stated. Without term length or renewal windows, vendors cannot model contract expiration cycles or predict when a franchisee might reevaluate software. Any sales cycle here will require building a business case from scratch, absent the timing triggers that larger franchisors provide.
The 2025 FDD is filed with state franchise regulators and embedded below for full review. When reading, focus on Items 1, 8, and 11—though in this case those items yield limited data. The document confirms the brand’s small Illinois-only footprint and the absence of a disclosed technology mandate. For vendors building a ranked target list, Oromo Cafe represents a low-volume opportunity unless future FDDs reveal growth or a formalized tech stack. To identify higher-potential franchise accounts with clear procurement signals and larger unit counts, connect with FranCloud for a data-driven prioritization.
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Operator footprint
2 operators run 2 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
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