ChowbusChowbus
Mandatoryvices, which will vary depending on transaction volume. On‐Line Ordering; Mobile Application You must accept online orders through any mobile application(s) we approve. Currently, Chowbus is our only
From the filings
HQ-led decisions
Sing Choi Kee
Quick service restaurantSing Choi Kee operates one company-owned restaurant, with a 7% royalty and a 10-year initial term. The FDD obliges the unit to run Chowbus, and Item 8 sets an approved-supplier procurement model — a small but concrete data point for vendors mapping the quick-service restaurant segment.
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Live signals
Total units
1
0 franchised
Unit growth YoY
—
vs prior filing
AUV
—
Item 19, 2025
Royalty
7%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$30K
per unit
Investment range
$526K–$1.54M
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.
9%of gross sales (FY2025)
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.
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
25 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 6 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 will have independent access to the information generated and stored in your POS System,
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
12.2.2 Within forty‐five (45) days following the end of each calendar quarter during the Term, Franchisee shall submit to Franchisor financial statements for the preceding quarter, including a balance sheet and profit and loss statement, prepared in the form and manner prescribed by Franchisor and in accordance with…
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor and its Affiliates may be, but are not obligated to become, Sing Choi Kee Approved Suppliers of certain Sing Choi Kee Branded Products, Sing Choi Kee Proprietary Products, and Non‐Proprietary Products and may act as the sole Sing Choi Kee Approved Suppliers of certain Sing Choi Kee Branded Products, Sing…
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 11
We may change our approved supplier of the POS System at any time with 90 days’ notice.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 6
You must pay us a fee equal to the reasonable cost of the inspection and the actual cost of the test.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you wish to procure any items from a supplier other than us or a Sing Choi Kee Approved Supplier, you 17 2025 SCK FDD (NY) must obtain our approval.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
The goodwill associated with all phone and fax numbers, email addresses, domain names, Websites or webpages, social media and other Internet addresses used in operation of the Franchised Restaurant (“Electronic Communications and Media”) is an asset that belongs to Franchisor.
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall at all times be compliant with (i) the NACHA ACH Security Framework; (ii) the Payment Rules;(iii) Applicable Law regarding data privacy, data security and security breaches; and (iv) Franchisor’s security policies and guidelines, all as may be adopted and/or amended from time to time (collectively…
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 11
We may examine your Franchised Restaurant to confer with your supervisorial or managerial employees, inspect and check operations, food, beverages, furnishings, interior and exterior décor, supplies, fixtures and equipment, and determine whether your Franchised Restaurant is being operated in accordance with your…
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
We may, from time to time, update or change the Manuals in our sole discretion.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
You may not open your Franchised Restaurant at the Franchised Location for business until you have received our written authorization, which may be subject to our satisfactory inspection of the Franchised Restaurant at the Franchised Location.
Marketing
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 7
You must, during the period beginning 10 days before the scheduled opening of your Franchised Restaurant and continuing for 30 days after your Franchised Restaurant opens for business, spend $13,500‐$26,800 to conduct grand opening marketing and promotion per the Grand Opening Plan approved by us.
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall fully participate in all guest loyalty or frequent customer programs now or in the future adopted or approved by Franchisor.
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 11
If we create a Cooperative Marketing Program for a defined coverage area (a “Marketing Coverage Area”) in which your Franchised Restaurant is located, you (and, if we or an affiliate own Franchised Restaurant in the Marketing Coverage Area, then we and/or our affiliate), must become a subscriber and member of the…
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
All “Sing Choi Kee Branded Products”, “Sing Choi Kee Proprietary Products”, and “Non‐Proprietary Products” designated by us for use and sale at or from the Franchised Restaurant must be purchased from Sing Choi Kee Approved Suppliers.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must purchase these items from a Sing Choi Kee Approved Supplier or us.
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must use our designated merchant services provider, which is currently is Chowbus.
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
Unless otherwise noted, all fees are uniformly imposed by and payable to us by electronic funds transfer or other automatic payment mechanism we designate and are non‐refundable.
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesItem 8
You must participate in all gift certificate and/or gift card administration programs as we may designate from time to time.
People
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall cause all employees, while working in the Franchised Restaurant, to wear uniforms of the 22 2025 SCK FDD (NY) Franchise Agreement color, design and other specifications that Franchisor may designate from time to time and to present a neat and clean appearance.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must purchase the POS System designated by us.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We will have independent access to the information generated and stored in your POS System,
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall purchase, enroll in or subscribe to, as applicable, all CRM, social media analytics, and online and mobile ordering software or programs as specified by Franchisor in its Manual or otherwise in writing.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 6
Post‐Opening $500 per day for each On demand We may require your general Additional Training of our representatives manager, you and other supervisorial Program Fee who provide or managerial personnel to attend Additional Post‐ additional and remedial training Opening
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
The Principal Owner and each General Manager must attend the Annual Franchise Conference.
The filing answers no to 6 questions
- Must the franchisee use an accounting or bookkeeping system designated or approved by the franchisor?Franchise agreement
- Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Franchise agreement
- Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?Franchise agreement
- Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?Item 11
- Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?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 franchisee/operator personally, or a small franchisor still owner-run. Wears every hat.
OwnerCEOPresidentPrincipal
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The vendor opportunity at Sing Choi Kee Sing Choi Kee is a single company-owned restaurant in the quick-service restaurant segment, with a 7% royalty and a 10-year initial term. The FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. It's a small account, but the Chowbus mandate makes it a concrete, contractually confirmed data point rather than a guess.
Who controls software purchasing Item 2 of the FDD names Sing Choi Kee's corporate officers, who set the standards that apply to the brand's one unit — with a single company-owned location, there is no franchisee layer to route around.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required Chowbus is the one system in the filing, and Item 11 makes it mandatory: Sing Choi Kee's unit must run it. No other technology is named.
Procurement, renewals, and timing Item 8 runs an approved-supplier-list model: franchisees buy from Sing Choi Kee Approved Suppliers, proprietary products come from the franchisor or an affiliate — currently only the franchisor — and an alternative-supplier approval process covers everything else. Renewal into a 5-year successor term requires notice at least 12 months before the 10-year initial term ends, compliance with the existing agreement, possible modernization, current training, a renewal fee, and a general release signed by all equity owners and their spouses; royalty and other payments reset to then-current new-franchisee rates.
How to read the Sing Choi Kee FDD The filing is filed with state franchise regulators in 2025. The embedded PDF viewer below carries Item 8's supplier rules and Item 11's Chowbus requirement in full.
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Questions vendors ask
Sing Choi Kee, answered from the filing
Item 2 of the FDD names Sing Choi Kee's corporate officers, who set technology and purchasing standards for the brand's single, company-owned unit.
The FDD requires Chowbus under Item 11 — the only system named in the filing, and a contractual obligation rather than an option.
1 unit, company-owned, in the quick-service restaurant segment as of the 2025 FDD.
Item 8 sets an approved-supplier-list model: purchases come from Sing Choi Kee Approved Suppliers, proprietary products come from the franchisor or an affiliate, and an alternative-supplier approval process exists for the rest.
Renewal into a 5-year term requires notice at least 12 months before the 10-year initial term ends, compliance with obligations, possible modernization, training, a renewal fee and a general release — that notice period is when a vendor pitch should land.
It's filed with state franchise regulators in 2025. Use the embedded PDF viewer below to read Item 8's supplier rules and Item 11's Chowbus requirement directly.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
3 operators run 3 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit3
Top states by locations
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| MA | 1 |
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