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HQ-led decisions
Village Inn Unit
Quick service restaurantSoftware purchasing at Village Inn is controlled at the corporate level by the leadership team at its Minnesota headquarters, including CEO Eric Lefebvre and COO Al Hank. The brand currently mandates Olo by Olo Inc. across its system, which consists of 109 total units (84 franchised, 25 company-owned). For vendors, this represents a concentrated addressable market with a single, known technology gatekeeper.
For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.
Live signals
Total units
109
84 franchised
Unit growth YoY
—
vs prior filing
AUV
$1.98M
Item 19, 2025
Royalty
4%
of gross sales
Ad fund
1%
national + local
Initial fee
$35K
per unit
Investment range
$1.08M–$2.75M
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
Non-compete
1 years
from the filing
Item 19
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.
5%of gross sales (FY2026)
15% reference
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.
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OloOlo
d operate required systems such as back-office management, enablement platform for training and communications, acquisition and recruitment platform for hiring and onboarding, and Olo for digital orde
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or any other marks as any part of an email address, any domain name or, absent Village Inn prior approval, in any online medium, including social media networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Yo
YouTubeGoogle
as any part of an email address, any domain name or, absent Village Inn prior approval, in any online medium, including social media networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and the like.
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
22 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 1 explicit no; 11 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
Village Inn will have independent access to the information and data contained on your POS System.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
14.2. Franchisee will, at its expense, prepare monthly, quarterly and year-to-date Financial Statements and will deliver those Financial Statements to Franchisor within 30 days after 16 2026 Village Inn Franchise Agreement the end of each period; provided, however, Franchisee will also prepare annual Financial…
How the franchisor buys
Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?
YesItem 11
Village Inn has a Franchise Advisory Board.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesFranchise agreement
In addition to approved vendors and approved distributor(s), we may, in our sole discretion, require you to purchase certain products or services through designated purchasing channels, programs, platforms, or contractual arrangements specified by us.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
Village Inn derives revenue from these purchases and sales.
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?
25Item 8
approximately 25% to 50% of your total purchases in the continuing operation of the Restaurant.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesFranchise agreement
either the FAB or the Franchisee may request an alternate vendor to source pies.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Upon Franchisor’s written notice to Franchisee within thirty (30) days after the termination or expiration of this Agreement, assign all telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, domain names, or other numbers, names, and telephone directory listings (collectively, “Listings”) associated with any of the Marks or the…
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Additionally, Franchisee must implement and maintain an approved Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance program for the Restaurant.
Franchise management
Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
YesFranchise agreement
10.5. In order to maintain and enhance the goodwill associated with the Marks, the System and each Village Inn Restaurant, among other reasons, Franchisee agrees to participate in and/or request that its customers participate in programs initiated to verify customer satisfaction and/or Franchisee’s compliance with…
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 11
We may conduct 2026 Village Inn FDD 43 periodic inspections of your restaurant as we deem necessary to furnish supervision and assistance in the operation of your restaurant and to assure the quality of goods and services being offered by you.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
We have the right to add to and modify the Operating Manual from time to time, in our sole discretion, to reflect changes in the specifications, standards, and operating procedures, but no such addition or modification will alter your fundamental status and rights under the Franchise Agreement.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
If applicable, you may not purchase or lease any proposed site until Village Inn has issued a “no-objection” letter, signifying the site simply meets brand standards.
Marketing
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
You must spend a minimum of $10,000 (or a higher amount as determined by Village Inn) on the grand opening celebration for your first Restaurant (see Item 7).
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
Additionally, franchisees must spend a minimum of 1% of their Gross Sales annually in each franchise location for local marketing and advertising promotions.
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 11
If a regional marketing/advertising cooperative is established by Village Inn that covers the market in which your Restaurant is located, then you will be required to participate in and contribute up to 1% of your annual Gross Sales to such regional marketing/advertising cooperative.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
Most important, you must purchase and sell directly only pies made by a Village Inn approved vendor.
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
Village Inn collects all royalties by automatic bank transfer through an automated clearinghouse.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesFranchise agreement
During the entire term of this Agreement, Franchisee shall employ, in addition to the Director of Operations, on a full time basis, not less than two (2) managers who have been approved by Franchisor and have successfully completed Franchisor’s manager training program as required in Article 12.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee must exclusively use an approved electronic point-of-sale system to record all sales during the operation of your Restaurant, the components of which may be identified in the Manual.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
Village Inn will have independent access to the information and data contained on your POS System.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
From time to time, but not more than once a year, Village Inn may require you, your Director of Operations, and your managers, at your cost and expense, to attend and successfully complete refresher or additional courses.
The filing answers no to 1 question
- Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?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.
HQ leadership: CEO/President + VP Ops/Franchise + a first dedicated IT/systems owner.
VP SalesHead of SalesCROSales Director
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The vendor opportunity at Village Inn
Village Inn presents a compact but concentrated sales target for software vendors. The system totals 109 units, with 84 franchised locations and 25 company-owned stores. Average unit volume sits at $1,978,393, and franchisees pay a 4.0% royalty under a standard 10-year initial term. The brand is a quick-service restaurant concept headquartered in Minnesota, and it appears independently owned with no parent company on file. For a vendor, the addressable market is exactly 109 locations—small enough to manage with a focused account-based strategy, large enough to matter if you can land a system-wide deal.
Who controls software purchasing
Decision-making authority rests at headquarters. The 2026 FDD lists Eric Lefebvre as Chief Executive Officer, Renee St-Onge as Chief Financial Officer, Al Hank as Chief Operating Officer, and Jeff Smit as Chief Operating Officer of Kahala Brands. Jenny Moody serves as Chief Legal Officer. For a software pitch, the likely buying center includes the CEO and COO on the operations side, with the CFO involved in financial approval and the CLO reviewing contract terms. There are no multi-unit operators mapped in our corpus, which reinforces the HQ-controlled dynamic—you are selling into a corporate team, not a fragmented franchisee base.
Mandated and current tech stack
The only mandated technology disclosed in the 2026 FDD is Olo by Olo Inc. This covers the brand's digital ordering infrastructure. No other POS, back-office, or operational systems are named as required or recommended in the filing. That silence is itself a signal: if you sell complementary technology—kitchen display systems, labor scheduling, inventory management, or loyalty platforms—there is no documented incumbent blocking your path, provided you can demonstrate integration value with Olo.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Procurement rules are not disclosed in the most recent FDD. Item 8 contains no extract, so we cannot confirm whether Village Inn uses a designated supplier model, an approved supplier list, or an open procurement process. On renewals, Item 17 provides a clear trigger: franchisees must give at least 210 days' prior notice, sign a new franchise agreement (which may contain materially different terms), pay 50% of the then-current initial franchise fee, and complete any required upgrades or remodels. Renewal terms are available for either 5 or 10 years. For a software vendor, these renewal events are natural insertion points—when a franchisee is already remodeling or renegotiating their agreement, they are more likely to evaluate new technology.
How to read the Village Inn FDD
The 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document is the authoritative source for the numbers and legal terms cited above. It is filed with state franchise regulators and available in full below. When reviewing it, pay closest attention to Item 11 (franchisor's obligations) for any additional technology requirements, Item 8 (restrictions on sources of products and services) for procurement rules that may not have been extracted into our dataset, and Item 19 (financial performance representations) for unit-level economics that can inform your ROI model. If you need a ranked target list of franchise systems that match your ideal customer profile, FranCloud can help you prioritize your outreach.
Questions vendors ask
Village Inn Unit, answered from the filing
The C-suite controls purchasing. Key executives include CEO Eric Lefebvre, COO Al Hank, and CFO Renee St-Onge. Jeff Smit, COO of Kahala Brands, may also influence decisions. Pitch to operations and finance leadership.
The 2026 FDD mandates Olo by Olo Inc. for digital ordering. No other mandated POS or operational systems are disclosed in the filing.
Village Inn operates 109 total units in the quick-service restaurant segment, comprising 84 franchised and 25 company-owned locations.
The procurement model is not disclosed in the most recent FDD. Item 8 contains no extract, so designated or approved supplier requirements are unknown.
Renewals require 210 days' notice and signing a new agreement, which may have materially different terms. With a 10-year initial term, watch for renewal cycles tied to franchise agreement dates.
The 2026 FDD is filed with state franchise regulators. You can review the full document in the embedded PDF viewer below for detailed Item 19 financials and legal terms.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
33 operators run 89 mapped locations. 12 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit21
2–9 units11
10–24 units1
Top states by locations
| FL | 18 |
|---|---|
| CO | 16 |
| KS | 7 |
| NM | 6 |
| MN | 6 |
Ownership
The portfolio behind Village Inn Unit
unknown of vi opco.
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