From the filings

Tahini

Quick service restaurant

Tahini's is a single-unit, fully franchised quick-service restaurant, with the franchise agreement in its first year of activity. Software purchasing at this stage runs through the small executive team named in the filing rather than a distributed franchisee network, since there is exactly one location today.

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Live signals

Total units
1
1 franchised
Unit growth YoY
vs prior filing
AUV
Item 19, 2026
Royalty
5%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$30K
per unit
Investment range
$374K–$657K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Franchisor controlled
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.

7%of gross sales (FY2026)

Ongoing fees: 7% of gross sales (FY2026)Royalty 5%, Ad fund 2%. Total 7% of gross sales. Drawn against a 15% reference scale.

15% reference

Royalty 5%Ad fund 2%

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.

FacebookMeta
MarketingItem 11

t your Franchised Business location on our website located at www.tahinis.com. We may require you to sign up for telephone and/or online directly listings. We currently maintain a Facebook page, Linke

LinkedInLinkedIn
MarketingItem 11

ed Business location on our website located at www.tahinis.com. We may require you to sign up for telephone and/or online directly listings. We currently maintain a Facebook page, LinkedIn page, TikTo

RevelRevel Systems
POSItem 2

and the Chief Development Officer of TFC in London ON since September 2023. Mr. Saraga has also been a registered real estate broker since 2006, currently holding his license with Revel Realty Inc in

TikTokTikTok
MarketingItem 11

ation on our website located at www.tahinis.com. We may require you to sign up for telephone and/or online directly listings. We currently maintain a Facebook page, LinkedIn page, TikTok page, YouTube

Uber EatsUber
DeliveryItem 8

u may be required to participate in any delivery, ordering, or catering programs including online platforms operated by us, our affiliates, or a supplier that we designate such as UberEATS (collective

YouTubeGoogle
MarketingItem 11

website located at www.tahinis.com. We may require you to sign up for telephone and/or online directly listings. We currently maintain a Facebook page, LinkedIn page, TikTok page, YouTube page and X a

Franchisor behaviours

What the franchisor requires

24 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 2 explicit no's; 8 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.

Accounting

Must the franchisee use an accounting or bookkeeping system designated or approved by the franchisor?

Yes

Franchise agreement

12.1 Use of Designated Accounting System ..............................................................41 12.2 Online Access ....................................................................................................41 12.3 Maintenance of Records…

Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?

Yes

Item 11

We will have unrestricted, independent access to your POS system over the internet.

How the franchisor buys

Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?

Yes

Item 8

Currently, we and our affiliates are the sole approved supplier of promotional and branded items.

Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?

Yes

Item 8

We reserve the right at any time to add, delete or change any component of our franchise system

How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?

0

Item 8

As of the issuance date of this Disclosure Document, neither we nor our affiliates derived revenue from selling products or services to franchisees or received any rebates from suppliers on account of purchases by franchisees except for the site supervision fee, but we intend to receive such revenue and rebates in…

Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?

Yes

Item 8

We and our affiliates reserve the right to receive tenant allowances in connection with the site supervision services for our franchisees’ restaurant premises.

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?

80

Item 8

We estimate that your purchases from us or approved suppliers, or that must conform to our specifications, will represent approximately 80% to 100% of your total purchases in establishing and operating the Franchised Business.

Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?

Yes

Item 8

If you would like to propose for our consideration, an alternative product, supply, material, furnishing or equipment for use in the operation of your Restaurant which has not yet been approved by us as conforming to our specifications and quality standards and/or from a supplier not yet approved in writing by us as…

Franchise management

Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?

Yes

Item 8

We have the right to inspect the Franchised Business, equipment, fixtures and products at your premises;

Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?

Yes

Item 14

We may revise the contents of the Manual and you must comply with each new or changed standard.

Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?

Yes

Item 11

Any site selected for the Franchised Business, whether preliminarily identified by us or you, will be subject to our approval and using our site submittal forms and/or criteria.

Marketing

Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?

Yes

Item 11

You may not operate a website for the Franchised Business, although we will list your Franchised Business location on our website located at www.tahinis.com.

Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?

Yes

Item 11

You must pay us a Grand Opening Advertising Fee for this assistance of $5,000.

Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?

Yes

Item 6

You must spend at least 1% of your Gross annually Sales annually on local or regional advertising we designate or approve.

Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?

Yes

Item 11

If a Cooperative is established during the term of the Franchise Agreement, you must become a member of the Cooperative.

Operations

Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?

Yes

Item 8

You must purchase all food products, including ingredients and all restaurant accessories, supplies, and equipment (including, without limitation, containers, smallwares, cutlery, furniture, napkins, and uniforms) from sources or suppliers approved or designated in writing by us (which sources or suppliers may…

Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?

Yes

Item 8

You must purchase all furniture, fixtures, equipment and signage for your Franchised Business from our designated suppliers, which may include us or our affiliates.

Payments

Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 8

You must also enter into an agreement with an approved payment processor to provide credit/debit payment terminals and process transactions.

Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?

Yes

Item 6

You must participate in a pre- authorized debit system whereby Royalty Fees, Advertising Fees, and other amounts payable to us and our affiliates are automatically debited from your bank account.

People

Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 8

You must sell, display and use in your Franchised Business only those types, brands and styles of products and services, and only such smallwares, equipment, fixtures, posters, signs, furnishings, paper goods, forms, menu boards, uniforms that we have approved.

Point of sale

Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 11

You will be required to use the POS system that we designate as well as purchase any applicable software license and related hardware.

Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?

Yes

Item 11

We will have unrestricted, independent access to your POS system over the internet.

Training

Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?

Yes

Item 11

In addition to initial training, you and your key staff and management level employees must complete such additional continuing education and training programs as we may require from time to time, and we have the right to charge you for such training an amount between $1,000 to $3,000 per week.

Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?

Yes

Item 11

You will also be required to attend any and all mandatory seminars, conferences, or other continuing education and training programs that we may organize for franchisees, at your cost.

The filing answers no to 2 questions
  • Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 11
  • Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?

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.

Sales LeaderSingle 1 19

The franchisee/operator personally, or a small franchisor still owner-run. Wears every hat.

OwnerCEOPresidentPrincipal
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The vendor opportunity at Tahini's

Tahini's operates a single franchised quick-service restaurant on a 5.0% royalty. Item 19 makes no financial performance representation. This is a brand at the very start of franchising — one unit, a young 2026 FDD, and a leadership team still running development directly. The opportunity for vendors here is about getting in early, before the network scales and buying processes calcify.

Who controls software purchasing

Item 2 names a small, hands-on executive team: CEO and CFO Omar Hamam, CMO Aly Hamam, Chief Development Officer Shawn Saraga, Chief Operating Officer and CFO Ahmed Dessouki, and Chief Operations Officer Khalid Sariffodeen. At one unit, this team is effectively the entire buying center.

Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required

No system in this filing is mandated. Revel appears under Item 2; Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube appear under Item 11; and Uber Eats appears under Item 8 — all named in the document, none required.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

Item 8 runs on designated suppliers only: franchisees must buy promotional and branded items from the franchisor or its affiliates, and where no supplier is designated, a franchisee may propose an alternative for approval, though it cannot use another supplier once one is designated. With just one unit operating, near-term timing will track new development rather than renewal cycles.

How to read the Tahini's FDD

The 2026 FDD is filed with state franchise regulators. Use the embedded PDF viewer below to jump to Items 2, 8, and 11.

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Questions vendors ask

Tahini, answered from the filing

CEO and CFO Omar Hamam, CMO Aly Hamam, and Chief Development Officer Shawn Saraga lead the brand, alongside Chief Operating Officer Ahmed Dessouki and Chief Operations Officer Khalid Sariffodeen — a compact team that owns purchasing decisions at this early stage.
No system is required. Revel is named under Item 2, and Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, and Uber Eats are named under Item 11 and Item 8, all without a mandate attached.
One, fully franchised, in the quick-service restaurant segment.
Designated suppliers only under Item 8: franchisees must buy promotional and branded items from the franchisor or its affiliates, and may propose alternative suppliers for approval elsewhere.
Royalty runs 5.0% of sales under this early-stage agreement. With only one location and Item 17 renewal terms not yet part of this filing, timing will follow how quickly the brand adds units.
The 2026 FDD was filed with state franchise regulators. Use the embedded PDF viewer below to review Items 2, 8, and 11 directly.
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Operator footprint

Who runs the locations

4 operators run 4 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.

Operators by units owned

Single-unit4

Top states by locations

AL2
NJ1
IL1

Ownership

The portfolio behind Tahini

unknown of tahinis franchising.

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Primary franchise filings · updated September 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.