Computer. You must keep your books and business records according to our formats. To facilitate your reporting to us and other communications, you must maintain certain systems in operating the Franchised Business. We currently require that you use the Chowbus point of sale system and hardware that we have been using since March 2022. The system costs approximately $4,000 per self-ordering kiosk and has additional monthly charges for the software of currently $30-40 per month, plus merchant processing costs. We have independent access to the information and data you maintain; and there are no contractual limitations on our right to access the information and data. We are not obligated to repair the computer system. No organization has the contractual right or obligation to provide maintenance, repairs, upgrades or updates. We recommend that you obtain a maintenance contract with a reputable organization for your computer system. You may be required to upgrade or update any computer hardware or software program during the term of the Franchise Agreement. There are no contractual limitations on the frequency or costs associated with this obligation. Upgrades, support and maintenance could cost $2,000 to $3,000 or more annually. You shall execute any required license and/or services agreement for any software program we require and including without limitation for changes or increases to fees and/or changes to any aspects of the software may be made effective upon ten (10) days prior notice to you.
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TE'AMOTE'AMO and Te'Amo Boba Bar
Quick service restaurantSoftware purchasing decisions for TE'AMOTE'AMO and Te'Amo Boba Bar are controlled at the headquarters level by Yimei (“Mia”) Wan, Member and Manager. The franchise system currently mandates Chowbus for its operational technology stack. With 16 total units and rapid 77.78% year-over-year growth, the addressable market is small but expanding quickly for vendors who align with the brand's tech requirements.
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Recorded percentage components
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1recorded components (FY2025)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
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Except as provided above, or as approved by us in writing, you may not develop, maintain or authorize any website, domain name, URL address, email address, other online presence or other electronic medium that mentions your Franchised Business, links to any Franchise System Website or displays any of the Marks, or engages in any promotional or similar activities, whether directly or indirectly, through or on the internet, or any other similar proprietary or common carrier electronic delivery system. If we approve the use of any such websites, other online presences or electronic mediums, including social networking websites (such as LinkedIn®, Twitter®, Instagram®, Facebook®, or YouTube®) in the operation of your Franchised Business, or the posting of messages relating to your Franchised Business on other websites, you will do so only in accordance with our guidelines. We will have access credentials (username and password or similar that provide the ability to author, delete, and respond to any posts or messages) to such social networking websites, and we will be the sole owner of all such posts, messages, content, etc. We reserve the right to require our approval of any message you compose for a social networking website or commentary for any other website before you post such message or commentary. We reserve the right to manage and implement all social media content and messages related to the Franchised Business and may do so ourselves or through a designated third-party. (Franchise Agreement - Section 5.L.)
Except as provided above, or as approved by us in writing, you may not develop, maintain or authorize any website, domain name, URL address, email address, other online presence or other electronic medium that mentions your Franchised Business, links to any Franchise System Website or displays any of the Marks, or engages in any promotional or similar activities, whether directly or indirectly, through or on the internet, or any other similar proprietary or common carrier electronic delivery system. If we approve the use of any such websites, other online presences or electronic mediums, including social networking websites (such as LinkedIn®, Twitter®, Instagram®, Facebook®, or YouTube®) in the operation of your Franchised Business, or the posting of messages relating to your Franchised Business on other websites, you will do so only in accordance with our guidelines. We will have access credentials (username and password or similar that provide the ability to author, delete, and respond to any posts or messages) to such social networking websites, and we will be the sole owner of all such posts, messages, content, etc. We reserve the right to require our approval of any message you compose for a social networking website or commentary for any other website before you post such message or commentary. We reserve the right to manage and implement all social media content and messages related to the Franchised Business and may do so ourselves or through a designated third-party. (Franchise Agreement - Section 5.L.)
Except as provided above, or as approved by us in writing, you may not develop, maintain or authorize any website, domain name, URL address, email address, other online presence or other electronic medium that mentions your Franchised Business, links to any Franchise System Website or displays any of the Marks, or engages in any promotional or similar activities, whether directly or indirectly, through or on the internet, or any other similar proprietary or common carrier electronic delivery system. If we approve the use of any such websites, other online presences or electronic mediums, including social networking websites (such as LinkedIn®, Twitter®, Instagram®, Facebook®, or YouTube®) in the operation of your Franchised Business, or the posting of messages relating to your Franchised Business on other websites, you will do so only in accordance with our guidelines. We will have access credentials (username and password or similar that provide the ability to author, delete, and respond to any posts or messages) to such social networking websites, and we will be the sole owner of all such posts, messages, content, etc. We reserve the right to require our approval of any message you compose for a social networking website or commentary for any other website before you post such message or commentary. We reserve the right to manage and implement all social media content and messages related to the Franchised Business and may do so ourselves or through a designated third-party. (Franchise Agreement - Section 5.L.)
Except as provided above, or as approved by us in writing, you may not develop, maintain or authorize any website, domain name, URL address, email address, other online presence or other electronic medium that mentions your Franchised Business, links to any Franchise System Website or displays any of the Marks, or engages in any promotional or similar activities, whether directly or indirectly, through or on the internet, or any other similar proprietary or common carrier electronic delivery system. If we approve the use of any such websites, other online presences or electronic mediums, including social networking websites (such as LinkedIn®, Twitter®, Instagram®, Facebook®, or YouTube®) in the operation of your Franchised Business, or the posting of messages relating to your Franchised Business on other websites, you will do so only in accordance with our guidelines. We will have access credentials (username and password or similar that provide the ability to author, delete, and respond to any posts or messages) to such social networking websites, and we will be the sole owner of all such posts, messages, content, etc. We reserve the right to require our approval of any message you compose for a social networking website or commentary for any other website before you post such message or commentary. We reserve the right to manage and implement all social media content and messages related to the Franchised Business and may do so ourselves or through a designated third-party. (Franchise Agreement - Section 5.L.)
Except as provided above, or as approved by us in writing, you may not develop, maintain or authorize any website, domain name, URL address, email address, other online presence or other electronic medium that mentions your Franchised Business, links to any Franchise System Website or displays any of the Marks, or engages in any promotional or similar activities, whether directly or indirectly, through or on the internet, or any other similar proprietary or common carrier electronic delivery system. If we approve the use of any such websites, other online presences or electronic mediums, including social networking websites (such as LinkedIn®, Twitter®, Instagram®, Facebook®, or YouTube®) in the operation of your Franchised Business, or the posting of messages relating to your Franchised Business on other websites, you will do so only in accordance with our guidelines. We will have access credentials (username and password or similar that provide the ability to author, delete, and respond to any posts or messages) to such social networking websites, and we will be the sole owner of all such posts, messages, content, etc. We reserve the right to require our approval of any message you compose for a social networking website or commentary for any other website before you post such message or commentary. We reserve the right to manage and implement all social media content and messages related to the Franchised Business and may do so ourselves or through a designated third-party. (Franchise Agreement - Section 5.L.)
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
27 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 2 explicit no's; 5 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?
YesFranchise agreement
Use the bookkeeping, accounting, and record keeping system prescribed by the Company and submit to the Company such periodic reports, forms, and records as specified, and in the manner and at the time specified, in the Operations Manual.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
We have independent access to the information and data you maintain; and there are no contractual limitations on our right to access the information and data.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
by the fifteenth day after each calendar month, a profit and loss statement for the preceding calendar month and a year-to-date profit and loss statement and balance sheet; and (iv) within seventy-five days after the end of each calendar year, a calendar year end balance sheet and an annual profit and loss statement…
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
ITEM 8. RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Required Purchases Other than inventory (for example and without limitation, proprietary ingredients such as teas, syrups, boba (tapioca balls), jellies, toppings, and product mixes), equipment (e.g. the boba cooker), packaging, branded items, and other…
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
We may revoke our approval of a supplier at any time for any reason.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
acknowledges that Company reserves the right, without accountability to Franchisee, to receive and retain commissions, rebates, allowances and other similar amounts received by Company from any supplier who has been approved by Company from time to time in connection with the supply of goods, fixtures, furnishings…
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?
70Item 8
We estimate that your required purchases and leases in compliance with the above specifications of goods, services, supplies, fixtures, equipment, inventory, computer hardware and software, real estate and comparable items will represent 70% to 80% of your overall purchases and leases in establishing and operating…
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
To have an alternate supplier or goods or services approved, you must first notify us in writing, submit sufficient specifications, samples and information, along with our then current fee (which is currently not expected to exceed $5,000 per request, plus reimbursement of our expenses).
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
To have an alternate supplier or goods or services approved, you must first notify us in writing, submit sufficient specifications, samples and information, along with our then current fee
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee acknowledges that as between the Company and Franchisee, the Company has the sole rights to and interest in all e-mail and internet addresses, websites, domain names, social media sites and search engine identifiers, and all telephone and facsimile numbers and directory listings associated with the Marks
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee agrees to comply with the then-current Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards as those standards may be revised and modified by the PCI Security Standards Council, LLC (see www.pcisecuritystandards.org), or any successor organization or standards that Company may reasonably specify.
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
The Company may contract with third-party firms to perform periodic quality assurance audits of the Franchised Business.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
The Operations Manual may be modified periodically to reflect changes in the specifications, standards, operating procedures and other obligations in operating Franchised Businesses.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
You must obtain our approval of the site location and the lease.
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 as provided above, or as approved by us in writing, you may not develop, maintain or authorize any website, domain name, URL address, email address, other online presence or other electronic medium that mentions your Franchised Business, links to any Franchise System Website or displays any of the Marks, or…
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
Within one month before and one month after the opening of your Franchised Business, you must spend a minimum of $3,000 on local advertising, marketing and promotion of the opening of the Franchised Business in accordance with an opening marketing plan approved by us.
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
You must spend quarterly for local advertising and promotion of the Franchised Business and the Marks up to two percent of your Gross Sales, as determined by us.
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 11
Provided that a majority of the Te’Amo Boba Bar locations in your ad-coverage area agree to participate in the program, you must participate in and contribute your share to additional advertising and promotional programs in your ad-coverage area.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase or lease or use only the accounting firms and software, architecture services and providers, real estate services and providers, construction and/or general contractor services and providers, financial analysis and management product(s) or service(s), insurance agents and products, merchant…
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You may contract only with suppliers whom we have approved.
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Maintain, at all times, credit-card relationships with the credit and debit card issuers or sponsors, check or credit verification services, gift card providers, financial-center services, merchant service providers, and electronic-funds-transfer systems (together, “Credit Card Vendors”) that Company may periodically…
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee agrees to use only those accounting firms and software, architecture services and providers, real estate services and providers, construction and/or general contractor services and providers, financial analysis and management product(s) or service(s), insurance agents and products, merchant processing…
People
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
qualifications, training, appearance and attitude of the Franchised Business’ employees
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
We currently require that you use the Chowbus point of sale system and hardware that we have been using since March 2022.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We have independent access to the information and data you maintain; and there are no contractual limitations on our right to access the information and data.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
The fee for additional training programs or meetings is provided in Item 6 plus you pay all your travel and living expenses.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesFranchise agreement
Shall attend, if Company requires, a national business meeting or convention of franchisees for up to four days once per calendar year at Franchisee’s expense.
The filing answers no to 2 questions
- Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Franchise agreement
- Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?Item 8
The vendor opportunity at TE'AMOTE'AMO
TE'AMOTE'AMO and Te'Amo Boba Bar present a compact but high-growth target for software vendors. The 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document reports 16 total units, with 14 company-owned locations and just 2 franchised outlets. This is a 77.78% year-over-year unit growth rate, signaling aggressive expansion. The brand operates in the quick-service restaurant segment and is headquartered in Illinois. For a vendor, the immediate addressable market is limited to these 16 locations, but the growth trajectory suggests a window to establish a relationship early. The system is independently owned with no parent company on file.
Who controls software purchasing
Purchasing control is centralized. The 2025 FDD lists Yimei (“Mia”) Wan as the sole Member and Manager. In a system of this size, with a heavy company-owned footprint, Ms. Wan is the de facto decision-maker for technology procurement. Vendors should direct all outreach to this individual at the Illinois headquarters. There are no multi-unit franchisees on file; the three mapped operators each control a single unit, reinforcing that franchisees have no meaningful purchasing autonomy. The operator footprint is concentrated in Illinois (2 units) and Ohio (1 unit).
Mandated and current tech stack
The technology landscape is defined by a single mandate: Chowbus. The FDD explicitly requires franchisees to use this system, which typically covers point-of-sale, online ordering, and operational management for restaurant concepts. No other mandated or recommended technology vendors are disclosed in the 2025 filing. For a software vendor, this means any pitch must either integrate with Chowbus or displace it at the HQ level. The absence of other named systems suggests potential whitespace for complementary tools in areas like payroll, scheduling, or inventory management, but the current tech stack beyond Chowbus is not disclosed.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Procurement rules are not detailed in the available FDD extracts. Item 8, which typically outlines designated or approved supplier requirements, provided no extractable signal. This opacity means vendors must clarify the purchasing process directly with HQ. The franchise agreement has a 7-year initial term. Franchisees who substantially comply can renew for two additional 7-year terms, creating potential 21-year relationships. With the system's recent rapid growth, many units are likely early in their initial terms, but the renewal structure provides long-term predictability for vendor contracts once established.
How to read the TE'AMOTE'AMO FDD
The 2025 FDD is the primary source for understanding this franchise system's obligations and structure. The document lists 16 total units and identifies the single HQ executive. For software vendors, the FDD is essential reading to verify the decision-making hierarchy and any updated technology requirements before engaging. Use the embedded viewer below to examine the full filing and identify any additional supplier terms that may apply.
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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
Top states by locations
| IL | 2 |
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| OH | 1 |
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