PaytronixPaytronix
Mandatoryredit card processing rates which vary based on method of entry of credit card information and whether the card is presented at the time of purchase. You must purchase and use the Paytronix loyalty an
From the filings
HQ-led decisions
SilverLake Ramen
Quick service restaurantSilverLake Ramen's most recent FDD, from 2026, reports 34 locations — 31 franchised and 3 company-owned — at an average unit volume of $2,008,859, the highest-volume tier in quick service. Item 1 names one person, founder Jitaek Lim, and there is no parent company on file, so the buying decision starts and ends with him. The filing mandates one system, Paytronix; DoorDash, Grubhub, Toast and Uber Eats are named in it, and none of those is required.
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Live signals
Total units
34
31 franchised
Unit growth YoY
0%
vs prior filing
AUV
$2.01M
Item 19, 2025
Royalty
5%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$40K
per unit
Investment range
$961K–$1.88M
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
Non-compete
2 years
from the filing
Item 19
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.
7%of gross sales (FY2026)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
1 of these are mandated in the franchise agreement. Each is named in Item 11 of the filing, the incumbents a challenger must displace or integrate with.
DoorDashDoorDash
nagement Monthly Subscription $50 1 $50 Software Monthly Subscription $45 1 $45 Online Ordering Subscription $75 1 $75 UberEats Integration $17 1 $17 GrubHub Integration $17 1 $17 Doordash Integration
EsriEsri
o 5-mile radius from your Restaurant. We may determine population density using then-current demographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the American Community Survey, Claritas, Esri, or another com
GrubhubGrubhub
equired Fee Enterprise Data Management Monthly Subscription $50 1 $50 Software Monthly Subscription $45 1 $45 Online Ordering Subscription $75 1 $75 UberEats Integration $17 1 $17 GrubHub Integration
ToastToast
OS System hardware and the associated pricing are listed in the table below: Price Units POS System Hardware Total Price (per unit) Required Total Flex, Toast Tap (direct attach), Toast Printer, Cash
Uber EatsUber
em Monthly Fees (per license) Required Fee Enterprise Data Management Monthly Subscription $50 1 $50 Software Monthly Subscription $45 1 $45 Online Ordering Subscription $75 1 $75 UberEats Integration
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
29 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 4 explicit no's; 1 question 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 will have independent unlimited access to the data collected through your POS system and Paytronix and there are no contractual limits imposed on our access.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
No later than the 15th day of each month, you must prepare and send us a monthly balance sheet and profit and loss statement for your Business for the prior month.
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
We are currently the exclusive designated supplier for all employee uniforms and certain items bearing our Marks (such as plates and bowls).
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 11
We may change the components
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
213561Item 8
During that year, we generated $213,561 in revenue (including $186,173 in rebates and $27,388 in product sales revenues) as a result of franchisee purchases or leases, which represents 5.8% of our total revenue for that year.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We may receive rebates, payments or other material benefits from suppliers based on your purchases and leases.
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?
85Item 8
We estimate nearly 90% of the total purchases and leases to establish your Restaurant and nearly 85% of ongoing operating expenses will consist of source-restricted goods or services, as further described below.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesFranchise agreement
You must reimburse all costs we incur to review suppliers or goods/services you propose.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you wish to purchase or lease a source-restricted item from a non-approved supplier, you must send us: (a) a Franchise Disclosure Document (2026) Page 12 written request for approval; and (b) product samples for testing purposes; and (c) all additional information we request.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
you authorize us, and appoint us and any officer we designate as your attorney-in-fact to direct these companies to transfer the telephone numbers, domain names and listings to us if you fail or refuse to do so
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You further agree to: (a) obtain, maintain and adhere to all applicable compliance standards established by PCI-DSS
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
purposes we may periodically: (a) inspect your Restaurant in accordance with §6.4 and §15.1; and/or (b) hire mystery shoppers or quality assurance firms to inspect your Restaurant.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
We can modify the Manual at any time.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 12
Each Franchise Agreement grants you the right to operate one Restaurant from a site we approve.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesItem 11
Except for the webpage we provide, you may not: (a) develop, host, or otherwise maintain a website (or other digital presence) bearing our Marks; (b) utilize the Internet to conduct digital or online advertising; or (c) engage in ecommerce.
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
You must spend at least $3,000 on your grand opening marketing campaign.
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
After opening, you must spend a minimum monthly amount equal to your Local Marketing Commitment on local advertising.
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesFranchise agreement
You must fully participate and implement all required customer loyalty, rewards and other affinity programs designed to increase customer loyalty, generate new customers or improve overall demand for Restaurants.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase or lease certain source-restricted goods and services for the development and operation of your Restaurant.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
Certain operating equipment must be purchased from approved or designated suppliers while other operating equipment may be purchased from any supplier of your choosing.
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
in place with Visa, MasterCard, American Express and all other credit card issuers we designate, in order for you to be able to accept such methods of payment from customers.
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
You must sign an ACH Authorization Form (attached to the Franchise Agreement as ATTACHMENT "E") permitting us to electronically debit your designated bank account for all amounts owed to us and our affiliates (other than fees due less than 15 days after signing the Franchise Agreement).
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesFranchise agreement
You must participate in any gift card program we establish and honor all gift cards, even if purchased from us or another Restaurant.
People
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
Your employees must wear the uniforms we require.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must purchase and use all Technology Systems we designate from time to time.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We will have independent unlimited access to the data collected through your POS system and Paytronix and there are no contractual limits imposed on our access.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must purchase and use all Technology Systems we designate from time to time.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
We may charge you a training fee of up to $300 per person per day for each person who attends: (a) initial training after you open (such as a new Managing Owner); (b) retraining (after failing a prior attempt); (c) remedial training; or (d) additional training you request.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesFranchise agreement
Attendance is mandatory unless: (a) we designate attendance as optional; or (b) we waive your obligation to attend based on showing of good cause.
The filing answers no to 4 questions
- Must the franchisee use an accounting or bookkeeping system designated or approved by the franchisor?Franchise agreement
- Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
- Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?Item 11
- 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 SilverLake Ramen
SilverLake Ramen is a quick-service restaurant brand headquartered in California, and the most recent FDD on file is from 2026. That filing reports 34 total locations — 31 franchised and 3 company-owned — at an average unit volume of $2,008,859, with a 5.0% royalty and a 10-year initial term. Year-over-year unit growth is not available. The AUV is the number that should move a vendor: at just over $2M a unit, 34 locations imply roughly $68M of annual system volume. This is a small system with large units — a better pitch than the unit count suggests.
Who controls software purchasing
Item 1 names one person: Jitaek Lim, founder. No chief executive, CIO, CTO, or operations officer beyond that is disclosed in the most recent FDD, and no parent company is on file — the brand appears independently owned. For a vendor that is an unusually short chain: no group IT function to clear, no sibling brand standard, no committee named in the filing. The franchisor sets the standard, and 31 of the 34 disclosed units are franchised, so anything written into the system agreement propagates across the base rather than needing to be sold store by store. Our own operator mapping finds 43 operators, none of them multi-unit, across roughly 43 located units — more units than the filing discloses — with California carrying 27, Texas 3, North Carolina 2, and Georgia and Washington 1 each. Where the two disagree, the FDD figure is the filed one.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required
The 2026 filing mandates exactly one system: Paytronix, which the FDD obliges the franchisee to use. Loyalty and guest engagement is therefore the occupied category here, and a vendor selling into it is arguing against a contractual obligation rather than a habit.
Four further systems appear in the filing without being required. DoorDash, Grubhub, Toast and Uber Eats are each named only — mentions in the document, not obligations. Nothing in the filing requires a franchisee to adopt any of them, so none is a contracted incumbent to displace, and reading a POS name in the text as a POS standard would be a mistake. What that leaves open, on the face of this FDD, is point of sale, delivery and marketplace integration, back-office and inventory, labour and scheduling. For a 34-unit system at $2M a box, that is a lot of uncommitted category behind one mandated system.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 is where designated-supplier and approved-supplier obligations normally sit, and this filing produced no Item 8 extract, so whether SilverLake Ramen runs a designated, approved, or open procurement model is not established by the data we hold. Item 17 is specific. The initial term is 10 years and the renewal term is another 10. To renew, the franchisee must not be in default, must give timely notice, must sign the then-current form of franchise agreement, must sign a general release subject to state law, must pay a renewal fee, must remodel the restaurant and upgrade furniture, fixtures and equipment to current standards, and must extend the lease term. The FF&E upgrade is the vendor-relevant clause: renewal here is a scheduled hardware refresh, and hardware refreshes are when point-of-sale and in-store systems get re-decided.
How to read the SilverLake Ramen FDD
The 2026 document was filed with state franchise regulators, and the full PDF is embedded in the viewer below. Item 1 gives the founder and the entity chain; Item 8 covers supplier obligations; Item 11 covers computer systems and required technology, where the Paytronix obligation belongs; Item 17 covers renewal and the FF&E condition; Item 20 carries the unit tables behind the 34-unit count. If you want SilverLake Ramen scored against the rest of the US franchise corpus and returned as a ranked target list, talk to FranCloud.
Questions vendors ask
SilverLake Ramen, answered from the filing
Item 1 names one person: Jitaek Lim, founder. No CIO, CTO, or other executive is disclosed in the most recent FDD, and there is no parent company on file, so the founder is both the evaluator and the signer. A single-name Item 1 means a short buying chain and no group standard to clear.
One system: Paytronix, which the FDD obliges the franchisee to use — loyalty and guest engagement is therefore an occupied category. DoorDash, Grubhub, Toast and Uber Eats are named only; the filing requires none of them, so point of sale and delivery read as open rather than incumbent-held.
The 2026 FDD reports 34 total locations, 31 franchised and 3 company-owned, in the quick-service restaurant segment; year-over-year unit growth is not available. Our mapping locates 43 units — more than the filing discloses — led by California (27), then Texas (3), North Carolina (2), Georgia (1) and Washington (1).
Not established. Item 8 — where designated-supplier and approved-supplier requirements live — produced no extract from this filing, so we cannot say whether the brand runs a designated, approved, or open model. The one hard procurement signal we hold is the Paytronix mandate.
The initial term is 10 years, with a 10-year renewal. Renewing requires no default, timely notice, the then-current franchise agreement, a general release, a renewal fee, remodelling the restaurant, upgrading furniture, fixtures and equipment to current standards, and extending the lease. The equipment upgrade makes renewal a hardware refresh point.
It was filed with state franchise regulators in 2026. The full PDF is embedded in the viewer below — read Item 1 for the founder and entity chain, Item 8 for supplier obligations, Item 11 for computer systems and required technology, Item 17 for renewal, and Item 20 for the unit tables.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
43 operators run 43 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit43
Top states by locations
| CA | 27 |
|---|---|
| TX | 3 |
| NC | 2 |
| GA | 1 |
| WA | 1 |
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Primary franchise filings · updated August 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.