From the filings
TFS Burger Works is a quick-service restaurant franchise whose 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) provides limited public detail on its technology stack and purchasing hierarchy. The FDD does not disclose total unit counts, average unit volumes, or specific mandated software vendors, meaning vendors must rely on direct discovery to qualify this account. The addressable market size and decision-making structure remain unconfirmed from the regulatory filing alone.
For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.
Franchisor behaviours
22 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 5 explicit no's; 7 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?
YesFranchise agreement
You must provide us with independent access to all of the information generated and stored on your computer system if we request it, including the delivery of a backup of your database.
How the franchisor buys
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
0Franchise agreement
Neither TFS Franchise Works LLC nor its affiliates derived any revenue, rebates, or other material consideration from required purchases and leases to TFS Burger Works franchisees or suppliers in the calendar year 2024.
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?
50Franchise agreement
approximately 50% of your ongoing costs of operating your TFS Burger Works Franchised Business
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesFranchise agreement
If you want us to approve a supplier for the purchase of a designated product or service Reimbursement of costs and Supplier When other than the supplier we expenses Franchisor incurs in Approval applicable designate, we may require approving a supplier that you reimburse us for the costs and expenses we incur in…
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesFranchise agreement
If desired, we may request a physical inspection of the supplier’s place of business or manufacturing facility.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Upon the termination, you must: cease to operate your Franchised Business and not hold itself out as a present or former TFS Burger Works franchisee of Franchisor; cease to use the TFS Burger Works System or TFS Burger Works Marks; make modifications to the Franchised Business Site to prevent the operation of any…
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
You must reimburse us for audit expenses if the audit is Audit All costs of inspection and audit Upon demand initiated due to your non- compliance with the terms herein or the Operating TFS Burger Works 2025 12 Name of Fee Amount Due Date Remarks Manual or if an inspection reveals an understatement of Gross Revenues…
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
We may modify the Operating Manual from time to time.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesFranchise agreement
Your site is subject to our approval (Section IV of the Franchise Agreement).
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesFranchise agreement
You may not establish or maintain a domain name, an internet website, or a webpage that relates to or advertises your TFS Burger Works Franchised Business or displays the Marks, as we reserve the exclusive right to control any websites or web pages concerning TFS Burger Works Franchise Businesses and the Marks.
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
Currently, it is required that you spend 2% of Gross Revenues on local marketing (Local Marketing).
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesFranchise agreement
You must fully participate in all guest loyalty, consumer relations management programs (CRM), or frequent customer programs now or in the future adopted or approved by us.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesFranchise agreement
For any product or service, we designate an approved supplier, you may not purchase these products and services from any other suppliers.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
For any product or service, we designate an approved supplier, you may not purchase these products and services from any other suppliers.
Payments
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesFranchise agreement
You must participate in all gift certificates, loyalty programs, and gift card administration programs, as we may be designated occasionally.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesFranchise agreement
OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE FRANCHISE BUSINESS You must maintain a designated full-time on-premise manager of the franchised business who we approve devotes his/her full-time and energy to the operation of the Franchised Business and successfully complete the initial training program to…
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Your TFS Burger Works employees and staff may be required to wear uniforms that conform to TFS Burger Works specifications, which are contained in the TFS Burger Works Operating Manual.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must use the POS system that we designate.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesFranchise agreement
You must provide us with independent access to all of the information generated and stored on your computer system if we request it, including the delivery of a backup of your database.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must fully participate in all guest loyalty, consumer relations management programs (CRM), or frequent customer programs now or in the future adopted or approved by us.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesFranchise agreement
We may provide additional training programs at reasonable times and locations selected by us during the Franchise Agreement term.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesFranchise agreement
You must attend the national convention.
Who buys here
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.
TFS Burger Works operates in the quick-service restaurant segment, a vertical known for high transaction volumes and a reliance on integrated point-of-sale, back-office, and labor management systems. For software vendors, the opportunity hinges on the brand's total footprint and its degree of centralized technology control. However, the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document leaves both of these variables unanswered. The total number of US units—whether franchised, company-owned, or a mix—is not disclosed. Without a unit count, vendors cannot size the addressable market from the FDD alone. Similarly, no average unit volume (AUV) figure is provided, making it impossible to model the per-location revenue opportunity or the typical operator's budget for software.
The brand appears to be independently owned; no parent company is on file. This independence could mean a leaner corporate structure where technology decisions are made by a small group or even a single owner-operator, but that is speculation. The FDD does not confirm any such structure. Vendors approaching TFS Burger Works should treat the initial outreach as a discovery exercise: the unit count, ownership model, and financial health are all facts to be surfaced in conversation, not assumed from the regulatory filing.
The 2025 FDD does not list any executives in its Item 1 disclosures. No CEO, CIO, VP of Technology, or Director of Operations is named. This absence means the software buying center is entirely opaque from the public filing. In many franchise systems of unknown scale, the founder or a general manager doubles as the technology decision-maker, but that pattern cannot be confirmed here. Vendors should prepare for a flat organizational structure where the person who answers the phone may also control the checkbook for software. Until an org chart is obtained, assume that the decision-making level is unknown and that any initial contact must qualify both the buyer's identity and their authority.
The FDD contains no extracts naming mandated or recommended technology systems. There is no mention of a required point-of-sale vendor, no online ordering platform, no loyalty or gift card processor, and no back-office or inventory management system. This silence can mean one of two things: either the franchisor imposes no technology standards and operators choose their own tools independently, or the brand simply does not disclose its tech stack in the FDD. Either way, a vendor cannot rely on the FDD to identify incumbent systems or integration points. Direct questioning during the sales process is the only way to map the current technology landscape at TFS Burger Works.
Item 8 of the FDD, which typically outlines purchasing restrictions and designated suppliers, was not captured in the available extracts. Without this information, the procurement model remains unknown. The brand may operate an open procurement environment where franchisees buy from any vendor, or it may have unpublished preferred-supplier relationships. Similarly, Item 17 renewal terms and the initial franchise term length are not disclosed. These data points are critical for timing a software pitch: knowing when franchise agreements renew can reveal windows when operators are most likely to switch systems. For TFS Burger Works, those windows are invisible in the 2025 filing. Vendors should ask about contract cycles early in the conversation to avoid investing time in an account that is locked into long-term agreements.
The full 2025 FDD is embedded below for your own review. Focus your reading on Items 1, 8, and 11—these sections, when populated, reveal the executive team, purchasing restrictions, and any franchisor-mandated technology obligations. In this case, the absence of data in these items is itself a signal: TFS Burger Works either operates with minimal franchisor-level technology governance or chooses not to disclose its stack in the regulatory filing. Either scenario demands a hands-on discovery approach. Use the document to confirm what is not publicly mandated, then build your pitch around filling the gaps you identify. For a ranked target list of franchise brands with richer technology signals, FranCloud can help you prioritize accounts where the FDD answers more of these questions upfront.
Questions vendors ask
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FDD alert
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Operator footprint
No franchisee network yet. TFS Burger Works’s latest FDD reports no franchised locations.
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Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.