EcolabEcolab
Mandatorys franchisees. PepsiCo (“Pepsi”) is our Designated Supplier for certain beverage items from which we receive rebates of $750 per new outlet and $2 per gallon or case of beverages. Ecolab Inc. (“Ecolab
From the filings
+55% units YoY
Two Hands Corn Dogs
Quick service restaurantSoftware purchasing authority at Two Hands Corn Dogs is not disclosed in the 2024 FDD, leaving vendors to navigate an independently owned system with 62 franchised locations. The brand mandates DoorDash for delivery operations, but no other tech systems are named in the current disclosure. With 69 total units and 55% year-over-year unit growth, the addressable market is small but expanding rapidly for vendors who engage early.
For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.
Live signals
Total units
69
62 franchised
Unit growth YoY
+55%
vs prior filing
AUV
—
Item 19, 2024
Royalty
5%
of gross sales
Ad fund
1%
national + local
Initial fee
$35K
per unit
Investment range
$231K–$469K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Franchisor controlled
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.
6%of gross sales (FY2024)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
2 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.
SyscoSysco
Mandatoryproved suppliers to the advertising and marketing fund, it does not reduce or eliminate your obligation to pay the Marketing Fee. JFC International, Inc. (“JFC”) and Sysco Corp. (“Sysco”) are our Desi
DoorDashDoorDash
Hands Corn Dogs Outlet, including but not limited to, sales from delivery services or third party companies (including without limitation, Uber Eats, Postmates, Eat24, Grubhub and DoorDash), inclusive
Eat24Grubhub
ration of your Two Hands Corn Dogs Outlet, including but not limited to, sales from delivery services or third party companies (including without limitation, Uber Eats, Postmates, Eat24, Grubhub and D
GrubhubGrubhub
of your Two Hands Corn Dogs Outlet, including but not limited to, sales from delivery services or third party companies (including without limitation, Uber Eats, Postmates, Eat24, Grubhub and DoorDash
PostmatesUber
rom the operation of your Two Hands Corn Dogs Outlet, including but not limited to, sales from delivery services or third party companies (including without limitation, Uber Eats, Postmates, Eat24, Gr
Uber EatsUber
e accurate, complete and full disclosure of the books and accounts and give us direct access to any third parties through which revenue is generated, including but not limited to, Uber Eats, Postmates
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
Must the franchisee use an accounting or bookkeeping system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must also use POS and payment processing service providers designated by us.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
We reserve the right to use, and to have full access to, all your cash registers, computers and any other systems, their login information, and the information and data they contain.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Within sixty (60) days after the close of each twelve (12) month period, an annual profit and loss statement for the Outlet for such year and a balance sheet for the Outlet as of the end of such year, reviewed by an independent certified public accountant.
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
We and our affiliates have the right to receive payments or other considerations from our approved suppliers on account of their dealings with you and other franchise owners and to use all amounts that we and our affiliates receive without restrictions
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
We may revise the specifications and designated suppliers through written bulletins or supplements to the Operations Manuals at any time.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
1264154Item 8
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, our total revenue was $5,662,985 and we received $1,264,154 or 22% of our total revenue from required purchases from franchisees as rebates.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We and our affiliates have the right to receive payments or other considerations from our approved suppliers on account of their dealings with you and other franchise owners and to use all amounts that we and our affiliates receive without restrictions
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?
75Item 8
We estimate that your purchases from us or Designated Suppliers, or that must conform to our specifications, will represent approximately 60% of your total purchases in establishing the Outlet and approximately 75% to 85% of your total purchases in the continuing operation of the Outlet.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
We will charge you for the costs incurred by us in conducting the evaluation and will notify you of decision to approve or deny the proposed supplier within 30 days after we receive all requested information and complete the required testing.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If we institute any type of restrictive sourcing program (which, as noted above, we will do for Proprietary Products, Branded Products, and the Outlet’s equipment and may do for other items), and you want to use any item or service that we have not yet evaluated or to buy or lease from a supplier that we have not yet…
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee acknowledges and agrees that Franchisor will own all rights to and interest in each telephone number and online and telephone business directory listing and social media accounts used by Franchisee that is associated in any manner with Franchisee’s Outlet and/or with any Mark (the “Listings”).
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
It is Franchisee’s responsibility to maintain and report Franchisee’s Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance, which encompasses operational policies and practices as well as networks and computer systems hardware/software used to process credit card transactions, as well as attesting that Franchisee is abiding by (i)…
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 11
We will inspect and observe the operations of the Outlet from time to time to determine whether you and the Outlet are complying with the Franchise Agreement and all Two Hands Corn Dogs System standards.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
Franchisor reserves the right to modify the Confidential Operations Manuals from time to time to reflect changes that it may implement in the mandatory and recommended specifications, standards and operating procedures of the Two Hands Corn Dogs System
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
We must approve any site selected, but our consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee is not permitted to promote its Franchised Outlet or use any of the Marks in any manner on any social or networking websites, such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter, without Franchisor’s prior written consent.
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?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee must participate in any advertising cooperative which encompasses Franchisee’s territory.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
In addition to the Proprietary Products and Branded Products, you currently must buy all of your Outlet’s equipment requirements from our Designated Suppliers to maintain the quality of the goods, products and services that Two Hands Corn Dogs Outlets sell to the customers.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
In addition to the Proprietary Products and Branded Products, you currently must buy all of your Outlet’s equipment requirements from our Designated Suppliers to maintain the quality of the goods, products and services that Two Hands Corn Dogs Outlets sell to the customers.
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee must, at its sole cost, engage and use the payment processing service provider and other POS related service provider designated by Franchisor that meet Franchisor’s specifications and requirements.
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 fund transfer or other automatic payment mechanism we designate.
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesItem 16
You must participate in all gift certificate and/or gift card administration programs as may be designated by us from time to time.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
You must staff your Two Hands Corn Dogs Outlet with at least one (1) "Approved Manager."
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall require all personnel employed by Franchisee to wear standard related uniforms and attire during business hours in order to further enhance Franchisor’s product and format.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must also use POS and payment processing service providers designated by us.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We reserve the right to use, and to have full access to, all your cash registers, computers and any other systems, their login information, and the information and data they contain.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor reserves the right to charge its then-current tuition rate for such additional training.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
We can require that you and/or your Manager attend additional and/or refresher training programs, including national and regional conferences, conventions and meetings, as we may reasonably require, to prepare for changes in laws affecting our System and your operations (including, AB 1228) and to correct, improve…
The filing answers no to 4 questions
- Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 11
- Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?Franchise agreement
- Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?Franchise agreement
- Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?Item 6
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 Two Hands Corn Dogs
Two Hands Corn Dogs is a quick-service restaurant brand headquartered in Georgia, operating 69 total units as of its 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document. Of those, 62 are franchised and 7 are company-owned. The brand does not disclose average unit volume in the current FDD, so vendors cannot benchmark potential account sizes against revenue. What is clear is the trajectory: year-over-year unit growth sits at 55%, signaling a system in active expansion mode. For software vendors, that means a small but growing addressable market — 69 locations today, with a franchise base that could scale quickly if the growth rate holds.
The brand is independently owned, with no parent company on file. This structure often means leaner HQ operations and less formalized procurement processes, but it also means fewer layers of approval for a vendor who can reach the right decision-maker. The challenge is identifying that person: the 2024 FDD does not list any HQ executives, so the buying center remains opaque.
Who controls software purchasing
The 2024 FDD provides no names or titles for executives at Two Hands Corn Dogs. Without a disclosed CIO, VP of Technology, or operations lead, software vendors cannot pinpoint a specific buyer from the public filing alone. In independently owned systems like this, purchasing authority often sits with the founder or a small leadership team at HQ, but that is an inference — not a confirmed fact. Vendors should prepare for a direct outreach strategy that tests multiple HQ contacts, recognizing that the final decision-maker is not documented in the FDD.
Mandated and current tech stack
Two Hands Corn Dogs mandates exactly one technology system, according to the 2024 FDD: DoorDash, provided by DoorDash, Inc. This is the delivery operations backbone for the system. No other mandated or recommended technology — no POS, no inventory management, no labor scheduling, no loyalty platform — appears in the disclosure. That absence is itself a signal. It suggests the brand either leaves those decisions to franchisees or has not yet formalized a tech stack at the franchisor level. For vendors selling into this account, the DoorDash mandate is the only known incumbent. Everything else is potentially open ground, but also unvalidated by the FDD.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
The 2024 FDD does not include an Item 8 procurement signal, so the brand’s purchasing model — whether designated supplier, approved supplier, or fully open — is not disclosed. Vendors should assume no pre-approved path exists and be ready to sell directly into HQ or individual franchisees, depending on how authority is distributed in practice.
On the renewal side, Item 17 offers some timing cues. The initial franchise term is 5 years. To renew, a franchisee must give notice between 12 and 18 months before expiration and must sign the then-current Franchise Agreement, which the FDD notes “may contain materially different terms and conditions than the agreement you signed originally.” That clause creates a natural re-evaluation point: if the franchisor updates its tech mandates in a new agreement, franchisees will face a compliance window. For a software vendor, the 12-to-18-month notice period before any 5-year term ends is a potential trigger to engage, especially if you can align your solution with a new mandate cycle.
How to read the Two Hands Corn Dogs FDD
The full 2024 FDD is embedded below for your review. It is the definitive source for the facts cited here — 69 units, 5% royalty, 5-year term, DoorDash mandate, and the absence of disclosed executives or procurement rules. Use it to verify the data points that matter for your sales strategy. When you need to move from a single-brand analysis to a ranked list of franchise targets, FranCloud can build that list based on the criteria that matter to your software business.
Questions vendors ask
Two Hands Corn Dogs, answered from the filing
The 2024 FDD does not list HQ executives or a defined software buying center. Vendors should expect decisions to sit with undisclosed leadership at the Georgia-based headquarters.
The only mandated technology disclosed in the 2024 FDD is DoorDash for delivery operations. No POS or other operational systems are named as required or recommended.
The brand operates 69 total units in the US, consisting of 62 franchised and 7 company-owned locations, as reported in the 2024 FDD.
The 2024 FDD does not include an Item 8 procurement signal, so it is unclear whether the brand uses designated suppliers, an approved supplier program, or an open procurement model.
Franchise agreements run 5-year initial terms. Renewal requires notice 12–18 months before expiration, and the franchisor may impose materially different terms, creating potential re-evaluation windows.
The 2024 FDD is filed with state franchise regulators. You can review the embedded PDF viewer below for the full disclosure details relevant to software vendors.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
79 operators run 81 mapped locations. 2 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit77
2–9 units2
Top states by locations
| CA | 25 |
|---|---|
| TX | 14 |
| AZ | 14 |
| NY | 3 |
| MI | 3 |
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