RevelRevel Systems
purchase a computer system capable of running MS Office and our approved point-of-sale system (the “POS System”) (collectively, the “Computer System”). The POS System is currently Revel Systems POS, b
From the filings
+8% units YoYHQ-led decisions
Rush Bowls Franchising
Quick service restaurantSoftware purchasing at Rush Bowls Franchising is controlled at the headquarters level, with Vice President of Franchise Development and Technology JD Tulloch as a key technology decision-maker. The system currently mandates Revel Systems POS across its 56 total units (54 franchised, 2 company-owned). With 8% year-over-year unit growth and a single-unit operator base, the addressable market for vendors is concentrated but expanding.
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Live signals
Total units
56
54 franchised
Unit growth YoY
+8%
vs prior filing
AUV
—
Item 19, 2026
Royalty
6%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$35K
per unit
Investment range
$199K–$550K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
Non-compete
2 years
from the filing
Item 19
No claims
from the filing
Ongoing fee load
What the operator pays every month
The recurring percentage of gross sales named in this filing, before rent, labour or any technology fee.
8%of gross sales (FY2026)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
Systems named in Item 11 of this filing. None is recorded as mandated here, which is not the same as the filing mandating nothing. Read Item 11 before treating the category as open.
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
28 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 3 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 may independently access the electronic information and data relating to your Restaurant and collect and use your electronic information and data in any manner including, without limitation, to promote the System and the sale of Restaurants.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee will prepare Financial Statements (defined below) that will be delivered to Franchisor within ten days of the end of each Accounting Period and within 90 days of Franchisee’s Accounting Year-end at Franchisee’s expense.
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor or an Affiliate may be an Approved Supplier for the foods, food items, products and services used or sold in Franchisee’s Restaurant.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
We reserve the right to revoke our approval of any supplier, product, or service that does not continue to meet our specifications.
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 December 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 services and products.
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?
75Item 8
We estimate that approximately 80% of purchases required to open your Restaurant and 75% of purchases required to operate your Restaurant will be from us, our affiliates, or from other approved suppliers or under our specifications.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 6
As incurred Payable if we inspect a new product, Evaluation Fee we estimate this cost service, or supplier you propose. to be approximately $1,500 to $2,500 Customer Issue Reasonable costs we On demand Payable if a customer of your Restaurant Resolution incur to respond to a contacts us with a complaint and we…
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 including, without limitation, local vendors for services and products requiring our approval, you will notify us and submit…
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor has the absolute right and interest in and to all telephone numbers and directory listings associated with the Marks and Franchisee authorizes Franchisor to direct the telephone company and all listing agencies to transfer Franchisee’s telephone numbers and directory listings to Franchisor or to an…
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
To the extent Franchisee will access or possess cardholder data in connection with the sale of Products and Services, Franchisee will maintain the security of cardholder data and adhere to the then-current Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (“PCI DSS”) currently found at www.pcisecuritystandards.org for…
Franchise management
Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee will participate in any quality assurance monitoring programs specified by Franchisor at Franchisee’s expense including, without limitation, telephonic or electronic customer polling or onsite “secret shopper” programs and will share the results of the programs with Franchisor.
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 11
If we conduct an inspection of your Restaurant and determine you are not operating in compliance with your Franchise Agreement, we may require that you attend remedial training to address the operational deficiencies.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may revise and update the Manual to address changes or improvements to the System and Franchisee will operate Franchisee’s Restaurant in accordance with all revisions and updates.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
We must approve the site before you sign any lease.
Marketing
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee will spend between $3,000 and $6,500 on approved grand opening marketing, advertising, and promotion for Franchisee’s Restaurant during the period commencing 30 days prior to the opening of Franchisee’s Restaurant for business and ending 90 days after the date on which Franchisee’s Restaurant opens for…
Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee will spend at least 2% of Franchisee’s Gross Sales each calendar quarter on approved local marketing and advertising as specified in the Manual for Franchisee’s Restaurant (the “Local Advertising Requirement”) in addition to payment of the Brand Fund Contributions.
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee will fully participate in all guest loyalty or frequent customer programs Franchisor designates.
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 11
If we elect to form cooperatives or if cooperatives already exist near your Protected Area, you will be required to participate in compliance with the provisions of the Manual that we may periodically modify in our discretion.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee will purchase and use in the operations of Franchisee’s Restaurant all of the brand name Products and Services specified in the Manual or otherwise in writing by Franchisor.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee will purchase certain Products and Services that will be used or sold by Franchisee at Franchisee’s Restaurant only from Approved Suppliers.
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee will use any credit card vendors and accept all credit and debit cards, other payment systems, and check verification services and compliance programs and systems relating to the same as Franchisor directs.
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 similar means.
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee will participate in all gift certificate and gift card administration programs as Franchisor designates.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You are required to purchase a computer system capable of running MS Office and our approved point-of-sale system (the “POS System”) (collectively, the “Computer System”).
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We or our designee may independently access the electronic information and data relating to your Restaurant and collect and use your electronic information and data in any manner including, without limitation, to promote the System and the sale of Restaurants.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee will pay Franchisor the then-current fee (currently up to $500 per attendee per day for additional training) for the additional training.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee (or any Operating Principal, if the Franchisee is an Entity), Franchisee’s Designated Manager, and any other persons Franchisor requires will attend any annual conventions, meetings, seminars, and other gatherings or group sessions (each, a “Convention”) held by Franchisor.
The filing answers no to 3 questions
- Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 11
- Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?Franchise agreement
- Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?Franchise agreement
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.
The franchisor's owner/CEO decides; an ops or franchise-development lead may evaluate.
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The vendor opportunity at Rush Bowls
Rush Bowls Franchising operates 56 total units, 54 of which are franchised and 2 company-owned. The system grew units by 8% year-over-year, adding locations in a footprint that spans Colorado (6 units), California (5), Texas (4), Florida (3), and Illinois (3), among other states. For a software vendor, this is a small but active target: 46 mapped operators, all single-unit franchisees with no multi-unit operators on file. That means every sale is a one-location decision, but the franchisor holds meaningful technology control through its POS mandate.
The brand is independently owned with no parent company on file. Average unit volume is not disclosed in the most recent FDD. The royalty rate is 6% of gross sales, and the initial franchise term runs 10 years. These economics suggest operators are cost-conscious and likely to rely on HQ-vetted technology rather than experimenting with independent stacks.
Who controls software purchasing
Technology purchasing authority sits at the headquarters level. The FDD lists JD Tulloch as Vice President of Franchise Development and Technology — the executive most directly responsible for technology decisions. Founder and CEO Andrew Pudalov and COO John Maggio round out the senior leadership team and are likely involved in major vendor evaluations. VP of Operations Nora Higgins and Operations Manager Cameron Hardt may influence tools that touch store-level workflows.
Because all 46 operators are single-unit franchisees, there is no multi-unit buyer with independent procurement power. Vendors should route their pitch through Tulloch and the HQ team rather than attempting bottom-up adoption at individual locations.
Mandated and current tech stack
The only mandated technology disclosed in the 2026 FDD is the point-of-sale system: Revel Systems POS by Revel Systems, Inc. This is a hard requirement across all franchised and company-owned locations. No other operational software — scheduling, inventory, accounting, loyalty, or delivery integration — is named as mandated or recommended in the available FDD data.
For vendors selling complementary or replacement technology, the Revel mandate is the anchor. Any tool that integrates with Revel or sits upstream from it (accounting, payroll, catering) has a clearer path. Tools that compete directly with Revel face a franchisor mandate that would need to be unwound at the HQ level.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
The FDD does not include an Item 8 procurement extract, meaning no designated supplier program, approved vendor list, or purchasing cooperative is disclosed. This absence suggests an open procurement environment outside of the POS mandate, though any vendor should verify current practices directly with HQ.
Renewal timing offers potential software evaluation windows. The initial franchise agreement runs 10 years. At renewal, franchisees may add three successor terms of five years each, provided they meet conditions including good standing, payment of all amounts due, compliance, and completion of required training. Critically, the renewal franchise agreement may have materially different terms — including higher royalty and advertising contributions — which could prompt operators and the franchisor to reassess technology costs and vendors at those inflection points. Notice must be given between 180 days and one year before expiration.
How to read the Rush Bowls FDD
The full 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document is embedded below. It contains the legal and operational detail vendors need to understand the franchisor-franchisee relationship, technology requirements, and procurement rules. Key sections for software vendors include Item 11 (franchisor assistance and mandated systems), Item 8 (purchasing restrictions), and Item 17 (renewal and termination). The document was filed with state franchise regulators and is the most current public disclosure available.
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Questions vendors ask
Rush Bowls Franchising, answered from the filing
JD Tulloch, Vice President of Franchise Development and Technology, is the named technology executive. Founder and CEO Andrew Pudalov and COO John Maggio may also influence major software decisions.
The 2026 FDD mandates Revel Systems POS by Revel Systems, Inc. No other mandated operational or back-of-house systems are disclosed in the filing.
56 total units as of the 2026 FDD — 54 franchised and 2 company-owned. Top states include Colorado (6), California (5), Texas (4), Florida (3), and Illinois (3).
The FDD does not disclose a designated or approved supplier program in Item 8. Procurement requirements beyond the POS mandate are not specified in the available data.
Initial franchise terms run 10 years. Renewal allows three successive 5-year terms, requiring 180 days' to one year's notice. New agreements may impose materially different terms, creating potential re-evaluation points.
The 2026 FDD was filed with state franchise regulators. You can view it directly in the embedded PDF viewer below on this page.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
46 operators run 46 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit46
Top states by locations
| CO | 6 |
|---|---|
| CA | 5 |
| TX | 4 |
| FL | 3 |
| IL | 3 |
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Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.