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From the filings
+1.786% units YoYHQ-led decisions
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
Quick service restaurantPopeyes Louisiana Kitchen, the Florida-based quick-service chain under Restaurant Brands International, centrally designates sole suppliers for payment hardware, card processing and firewall services. At 3,229 restaurants and franchised-outlet growth of 1.786% year over year, procurement decisions point back to HQ.
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Total units
3,229
3,134 franchised
Unit growth YoY
+1.786%
vs prior filing
AUV
—
Item 19, 2026
Royalty
—
of gross sales
Ad fund
—
national + local
Initial fee
$13K
per unit
Investment range
$505K–$1.97M
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
Item 19
Claims
from the filing
Mandated & recommended tech
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Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
17 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 1 explicit no; 16 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
Franchisee shall, at its expense, submit to Franchisor within ninety (90) days following the end of each calendar or fiscal year during the Term of this Agreement, an unaudited financial statement for the preceding calendar or fiscal year, including an income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flow, with…
How the franchisor buys
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
We will also have the right to revoke our approval if we find that a supplier no longer meets our standards or satisfies our criteria or to change suppliers, for any reason, in our sole discretion.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
You or the supplier must pay a charge to cover the costs and expenses actually incurred by us, including those of any third party acting on our behalf, to conduct any inspection, including the actual cost of testing.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you ask us to approve a new proposed supplier (other than for Trade Secret Products and Proprietary Products), you (or the supplier) must make a written request to us seeking approval.
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall also comply with the then current Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI/DSS) as those standards may be revised by the PCI Security Standards Council, LLC (see www.pcisecuritystandards.org) or successor organization, including (i) implementing (at Franchisee’s expense) all security…
Franchise management
Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall, in accordance with such requirements as Franchisor may from time to time prescribe in the Manual, participate in a guest feedback program offered through a third party service provider designated by Franchisor.
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor or its designated agents or auditors shall have the right at all reasonable times to audit, review and examine by any means, including electronically through the use of telecommunications devices or otherwise, at its expense, the books, records, accounts, and tax returns of Franchisee related to the…
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor retains the right to modify, add to, or rescind any requirement, standard, or specification set forth in the Manual in order to adapt the Popeyes System to changing conditions, competitive circumstances, business strategies, business practices, and technological innovations and other changes that…
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 12
You may only operate the Franchised Restaurant from the location we have approved.
Operations
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must purchase or lease, install, and use pin pads provided by our approved supplier, and you must also use our approved supplier to process all credit card, debit card and gift card transactions.
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase or lease, install, and use pin pads provided by our approved supplier, and you must also use our approved supplier to process all credit card, debit card and gift card transactions.
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall participate in Franchisor’s then-current electronic funds transfer program authorizing Franchisor to utilize a pre-authorized bank draft system.
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesItem 8
You must purchase or lease, install, and use pin pads provided by our approved supplier, and you must also use our approved supplier to process all credit card, debit card and gift card transactions.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 11
Throughout the term of the Franchise Agreement, you must employ at the Franchised Restaurant at least one restaurant general manager and three or more shift managers who have satisfactorily completed PTP for their applicable management roles at the Franchised Restaurant and who have a current ServSafe Food Safety…
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall purchase, install and use a point-of-sale system (“POS System”) and a back-of-house system (“BOH System”), in each case, that has been approved in writing by Franchisor and that meets Franchisor’s specifications.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee agrees that Franchisor (or Franchisor’s designated vendor) shall have the right to retrieve any data and information from Franchisee’s POS System and its BOH System as Franchisor, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, including electronically polling sales, menu mix, transaction-level data, inventory…
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor reserves the right to test any and all Popeyes Certified Managers on an annual basis, and may require such individuals to attend and complete additional training at a training facility designated by Franchisor, and at Franchisee’s sole cost and expense, in the event they fail to achieve a satisfactory…
The filing answers no to 1 question
- Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?Item 13
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.
Formal HQ procurement; C-suite sponsor + cross-functional committee + IT/security/legal; often PE-backed.
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The vendor opportunity at Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen operates 3,229 quick-service restaurants nationwide, 3,134 franchised and 95 company-owned. Franchised-outlet count grew 1.786% year over year. The FDD makes a financial performance representation.
Who controls software purchasing
Jill Granat is a Director and Secretary; Sami Siddiqui is a Director, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President; Vicente Tome is a Director and Vice President, Legal, US & LAC; Patrick Doyle is Executive Chairman of Restaurant Brands International Inc.; Joshua Kobza is Chief Executive Officer of Restaurant Brands International Inc. Popeyes centrally controls its technology-adjacent procurement — it designates sole suppliers for payment hardware, card processing and firewall services — which points a vendor pitch at HQ.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required
Item 11 of the FDD sets Popeyes' technology requirements. On the procurement side, franchisees "must purchase or lease, install, and use pin pads provided by our approved supplier, and ... use our approved supplier to process all credit card, debit card and gift card transactions," and Popeyes has one sole supplier for the pin pads, one sole supplier for card transactions and one sole supplier of managed firewall services. Manager training runs partly on an online learning management system Popeyes designates.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Popeyes runs an approved-supplier list: certain items must come from sole or approved suppliers Popeyes designates, and other items must meet Popeyes' specifications with its prior written approval; franchisees may propose an alternative supplier for approval. Item 17 of the FDD sets Popeyes' renewal, transfer and termination terms. The operator base is 186 mapped operators, none running more than one location, concentrated in Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, New York and Texas.
How to read the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen FDD
The embedded PDF viewer below is Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document. Talk to FranCloud for a ranked list of franchise systems that fit your product.
Questions vendors ask
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, answered from the filing
Sami Siddiqui is a Director, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President; Joshua Kobza is Chief Executive Officer of Restaurant Brands International Inc. Popeyes centrally designates sole suppliers for payment hardware, card processing and firewall services, pointing a vendor pitch at HQ.
Item 11 of the FDD sets Popeyes' technology requirements. Popeyes has one sole supplier for pin pads and one for credit, debit and gift-card processing, plus a sole managed-firewall-services vendor. Manager training runs partly on an online learning management system Popeyes designates.
Popeyes operates 3,229 quick-service restaurants nationwide — 3,134 franchised, 95 company-owned — with franchised-outlet count up 1.786% year over year.
Popeyes runs an approved-supplier list: certain items must come from sole or approved suppliers Popeyes designates, and other items must meet Popeyes' specifications with prior written approval. Franchisees may propose an alternative supplier for approval.
Item 17 of the FDD sets Popeyes' renewal, transfer and termination terms. Its sole-supplier arrangements for pin pads, card processing and firewall services are the recurring vendor relationships to track.
The embedded PDF viewer below holds Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
186 operators run 186 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit186
Top states by locations
| MS | 33 |
|---|---|
| LA | 31 |
| TN | 26 |
| NY | 9 |
| TX | 5 |
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Primary franchise filings · updated September 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.