25 Walk-On’s Enterprises Franchising, LLC-Final FDD April 30, 2026 your own website or social media page; otherwise maintain a presence or advertise on the internet, through social media or in any other mode of electronic commerce for your Walk-On’s Restaurant, including through the use of a page or profile on any social media website such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.; establish a link to any website we establish at or from any other website or page; or, at any time establish any other website, social media or electronic commerce presence that in whole or in part incorporates the “Walk-On’s” name or any confusingly similar name. In the future, subject to our prior written approval, we may allow you to maintain a local Facebook page for your Walk-On’s Restaurant if it is developed and maintained in accordance with the Manuals and the System. In addition to these activities, we may also establish an intranet through which downloads of operations and marketing materials, exchanges of franchisee email, System discussion forums and systemwide communications (among other activities) can be affected. We alone will be, and at all times will remain, the sole owner of the copyrights to all material that appear on any Walk-On’s website we establish and maintain, including all material you may furnish to us as described above. Restaurant Technology Before the opening of your Restaurant, you must procure, install and use, at your expense all our approved hardware, software, and technology services used in the operation of the Restaurant (collectively, the “Restaurant Technology”). Restaurant Technology includes, but is not limited to, office computer(s) (i.e. laptop/desktops/tablets), office printers, point of sale system hardware and software, payment devices, kitchen displays, receipt printer, kitchen printers, networking equipment (firewall, switches, access points, patch panels), network racks, low voltage cabling, internet (fiber or broadband), cellular backup, security cameras, telephone, inventory management, online ordering, labor management, audio-visual systems (i.e. TV over IP, music and other content distribution), managed network services, and accounting systems. All Restaurant Technology must be purchased from our approved vendors. We may pay for hardware, software and technology services on your behalf and draft the corresponding amount from your bank account. Approved vendors can be found in our Manuals. You also agree to maintain at all times a functioning e- mail address for your Restaurant. You must participate in any electronic gift card program (which must be integrated into the Restaurant Technology) we establish and provide related services such as gift card issuance, redemption, reloading and balance inquiry. You must provide all assistance we require to bring your Restaurant Technology on-line with our headquarters and to maintain this connection as we require. You must input and maintain in your Restaurant Technology all data and information that we prescribe in our Manuals, in our proprietary software and manuals, if any, and otherwise, including to provide us with the state sales tax percentages applicable in the state in which the Walk-On’s Restaurant will be located. We may retrieve from your Restaurant Technology all information that we consider necessary, desirable or appropriate. You must accurately, consistently and completely record, structure, capture and provide through the Restaurant Technology all information concerning the operation of the Walk-On’s Restaurant that we require, in the form and at the intervals that we require. We will provide you with our current minimum specifications for the Restaurant Technology in the Manuals or otherwise, and you must purchase the Restaurant Technology from approved or designated suppliers. Our current specifications for the Restaurant Technology includes: the Toast POS and KDS System, the Restaurant 365 Restaurant Software System, a back-office support program, and the Viking Cloud managed network system. Currently, Toast is our only approved supplier for the Toast POS, handhelds, and KDS System. The estimated cost for the Toast POS is between $18,000 and $25,000. The estimated cost for the Viking Cloud managed network solution is $5,500. We will have access to poll information contained on your Restaurant Technology. There are no contractual limitations imposed on our right to access information generated by your Restaurant Technology.
From the filings
Walk-On's Enterprises Franchising
Full service restaurantWalk-On's Enterprises Franchising is a full-service restaurant franchisor with 78 total units (73 franchised, 5 company-owned) as of the 2026 FDD. Software purchasing is controlled at the franchisor level through named technology requirements and approved suppliers. The addressable market for vendors is 78 locations, with an Item 19 average of $4,420,387 for the defined cohort.
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ITEM 8 RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES You must only use in your Walk-On’s Restaurant ingredients, food products, spices, seasonings, mixes, beverages, materials, supplies used in the preparation of food products, furniture, fixtures, equipment, digital sound and AV equipment, smallwares and other materials that meet our specifications. You must offer for sale in your Walk-On’s Restaurant all menu items and services we specify, and only those menu items and services we specify. We may also specify certain items of clothing (such as t-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, caps and similar items), souvenirs and other novelty items bearing our Proprietary Marks that must be offered in your Walk-On’s Restaurant and purchased from designated or approved suppliers. Currently, you are not required to purchase or lease any products necessary to establish and operate your Walk-On’s Restaurant from us or our affiliates. You must purchase or lease certain products in accordance with our specifications and from suppliers we designate or approve. Reinhart Food Service/PFG is currently our required food distributor, Fintech is our required alcohol electronic payment system, EcoLab is our required vendor for dish washing machines and chemicals, Edward Don is our required small wares distributor, and Bamco is our required vendor for uniforms. Any vendor that sells produce must be an approved Fresh Concepts member. You must use our required music provider. In addition, while you are currently required to purchase proprietary products from suppliers we designate, we may require that you purchase proprietary products from us or our affiliates in the future. Currently, there are no items for which we or our affiliates are approved suppliers or the only approved suppliers. None of our officers own any interest in an approved supplier. If we have designated an approved supplier, you may contract with an alternative supplier if you meet our criteria and obtain our written approval. We do not maintain written criteria for approving suppliers, and thus these criteria are not available to you or your proposed supplier. We may examine any factor in making the determination as to whether to approve a supplier you propose. To request our written approval for the alternative supplier, you must submit a written request to us for review. The supplier must meet our specifications to our reasonable satisfaction. The supplier must demonstrate to our reasonable satisfaction that it is in good standing in the business community for financial soundness and reliability of its product or service. We may test, at your expense, the product or service of any supplier you propose. We will give you notice of our approval or disapproval within 45 days. If we revoke approval of any supplier, we will give you written notice (in our Manuals or otherwise). We will provide you with specifications governing the minimum standards of certain products, services or equipment you procure in our Manuals or in other written notices we transmit to you. We may modify our specifications in writing and may add new specifications in writing. You may purchase these items from any supplier whose product, service or equipment meets our specifications. We may issue and modify specifications in writing, through our Manuals or other written notices to franchisees.
24 Walk-On’s Enterprises Franchising, LLC-Final FDD April 30, 2026 programs; technical and professional advice for programs; public relations; and, administration of the Regional Advertising Cooperative, including legal and accounting services. The Regional Advertising Cooperative will prepare unaudited financial statements following the end of each fiscal year. The Regional Advertising Cooperative will present its unaudited financial statements to its Board of Directors as soon as practicable, and the Board of Directors will then present the report to you and the other members of the Regional Advertising Cooperative at the next regular meeting or at a special meeting. Franchise Advisory Council We formed an advisory council (the “Council”) to advise us on System policies, including to review marketing plans, menu concepts and other various initiatives. Currently, the Council consists of 8 franchisee members representing up to 5 different geographic regions. The Council’s membership may not exceed 12 franchisee members from 6 different geographic regions. Members of the Council are elected by all franchisees in the system that are in good standing with our franchise agreement and attend our annual convention. The Council serves in an advisory capacity only. We have the power to form, change or dissolve the Council. Grand Opening Marketing Funds and Local Advertising and Promotion When you sign your Franchise Agreement, you must pay us $20,000 for your grand opening marketing efforts. At least 120 days before your Walk-On’s Restaurant’s opening, we will provide you with a marketing plan detailing how and when we propose to spend the Grand Opening Marketing Funds. We will then spend the Grand Opening Marketing Funds on your behalf in support of your Walk-On’s Restaurant’s opening. You must spend at least 1% of your Gross Revenues on local advertising around your Restaurant. Other Advertising Information There is no obligation for us to maintain any advertising program or to spend any amount on advertising in your area or territory. We currently advertise using digital, print, radio and television, with local, regional and national coverage. You may develop advertising materials for your own use, at your own cost. We must approve these advertising materials in advance and in writing, but if we do not respond within 10 business days after receiving your proposed advertising material, the material is disapproved. You must participate, at your expense, in all marketing programs pertaining to the Walk-On’s loyalty app and eCommerce, including but not limited to the loyalty rewards programs, third-party delivery programs, and online ordering programs. Web Sites and Social Media We alone may establish, maintain, modify or discontinue all internet, worldwide web and electronic commerce and advertising activities pertaining to the System, including through the use of a page or profile on a social media website such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, etc. We may establish one or more websites accessible through one or more uniform resource locators (“URLs”) and, if we do, we may design and provide for the benefit of your Walk-On’s Restaurant a “click through” subpage at each of these websites for the promotion of your Walk-On’s Restaurant. If we establish one or more websites or other modes of electronic commerce and if we provide a “click through” subpage at each of these websites for the promotion of your Walk-On’s Restaurant, you must routinely provide us with updated photographs and news stories about your Walk-On’s Restaurant suitable for posting on your Walk-On’s Restaurant’s “click through” subpage if we request. We may specify the content, frequency and procedure of these in our Manuals. Any websites or other modes of electronic commerce that we establish or maintain may – in addition to being instrumental in advertising and promoting the programs, products or services available at Walk-On’s Restaurants – also be devoted in part to offering Walk-On’s Restaurant franchises for sale and be used by us to exploit the electronic commerce rights that we reserve (see Item 12). You may not maintain
24 Walk-On’s Enterprises Franchising, LLC-Final FDD April 30, 2026 programs; technical and professional advice for programs; public relations; and, administration of the Regional Advertising Cooperative, including legal and accounting services. The Regional Advertising Cooperative will prepare unaudited financial statements following the end of each fiscal year. The Regional Advertising Cooperative will present its unaudited financial statements to its Board of Directors as soon as practicable, and the Board of Directors will then present the report to you and the other members of the Regional Advertising Cooperative at the next regular meeting or at a special meeting. Franchise Advisory Council We formed an advisory council (the “Council”) to advise us on System policies, including to review marketing plans, menu concepts and other various initiatives. Currently, the Council consists of 8 franchisee members representing up to 5 different geographic regions. The Council’s membership may not exceed 12 franchisee members from 6 different geographic regions. Members of the Council are elected by all franchisees in the system that are in good standing with our franchise agreement and attend our annual convention. The Council serves in an advisory capacity only. We have the power to form, change or dissolve the Council. Grand Opening Marketing Funds and Local Advertising and Promotion When you sign your Franchise Agreement, you must pay us $20,000 for your grand opening marketing efforts. At least 120 days before your Walk-On’s Restaurant’s opening, we will provide you with a marketing plan detailing how and when we propose to spend the Grand Opening Marketing Funds. We will then spend the Grand Opening Marketing Funds on your behalf in support of your Walk-On’s Restaurant’s opening. You must spend at least 1% of your Gross Revenues on local advertising around your Restaurant. Other Advertising Information There is no obligation for us to maintain any advertising program or to spend any amount on advertising in your area or territory. We currently advertise using digital, print, radio and television, with local, regional and national coverage. You may develop advertising materials for your own use, at your own cost. We must approve these advertising materials in advance and in writing, but if we do not respond within 10 business days after receiving your proposed advertising material, the material is disapproved. You must participate, at your expense, in all marketing programs pertaining to the Walk-On’s loyalty app and eCommerce, including but not limited to the loyalty rewards programs, third-party delivery programs, and online ordering programs. Web Sites and Social Media We alone may establish, maintain, modify or discontinue all internet, worldwide web and electronic commerce and advertising activities pertaining to the System, including through the use of a page or profile on a social media website such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, etc. We may establish one or more websites accessible through one or more uniform resource locators (“URLs”) and, if we do, we may design and provide for the benefit of your Walk-On’s Restaurant a “click through” subpage at each of these websites for the promotion of your Walk-On’s Restaurant. If we establish one or more websites or other modes of electronic commerce and if we provide a “click through” subpage at each of these websites for the promotion of your Walk-On’s Restaurant, you must routinely provide us with updated photographs and news stories about your Walk-On’s Restaurant suitable for posting on your Walk-On’s Restaurant’s “click through” subpage if we request. We may specify the content, frequency and procedure of these in our Manuals. Any websites or other modes of electronic commerce that we establish or maintain may – in addition to being instrumental in advertising and promoting the programs, products or services available at Walk-On’s Restaurants – also be devoted in part to offering Walk-On’s Restaurant franchises for sale and be used by us to exploit the electronic commerce rights that we reserve (see Item 12). You may not maintain
25 Walk-On’s Enterprises Franchising, LLC-Final FDD April 30, 2026 your own website or social media page; otherwise maintain a presence or advertise on the internet, through social media or in any other mode of electronic commerce for your Walk-On’s Restaurant, including through the use of a page or profile on any social media website such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.; establish a link to any website we establish at or from any other website or page; or, at any time establish any other website, social media or electronic commerce presence that in whole or in part incorporates the “Walk-On’s” name or any confusingly similar name. In the future, subject to our prior written approval, we may allow you to maintain a local Facebook page for your Walk-On’s Restaurant if it is developed and maintained in accordance with the Manuals and the System. In addition to these activities, we may also establish an intranet through which downloads of operations and marketing materials, exchanges of franchisee email, System discussion forums and systemwide communications (among other activities) can be affected. We alone will be, and at all times will remain, the sole owner of the copyrights to all material that appear on any Walk-On’s website we establish and maintain, including all material you may furnish to us as described above. Restaurant Technology Before the opening of your Restaurant, you must procure, install and use, at your expense all our approved hardware, software, and technology services used in the operation of the Restaurant (collectively, the “Restaurant Technology”). Restaurant Technology includes, but is not limited to, office computer(s) (i.e. laptop/desktops/tablets), office printers, point of sale system hardware and software, payment devices, kitchen displays, receipt printer, kitchen printers, networking equipment (firewall, switches, access points, patch panels), network racks, low voltage cabling, internet (fiber or broadband), cellular backup, security cameras, telephone, inventory management, online ordering, labor management, audio-visual systems (i.e. TV over IP, music and other content distribution), managed network services, and accounting systems. All Restaurant Technology must be purchased from our approved vendors. We may pay for hardware, software and technology services on your behalf and draft the corresponding amount from your bank account. Approved vendors can be found in our Manuals. You also agree to maintain at all times a functioning e- mail address for your Restaurant. You must participate in any electronic gift card program (which must be integrated into the Restaurant Technology) we establish and provide related services such as gift card issuance, redemption, reloading and balance inquiry. You must provide all assistance we require to bring your Restaurant Technology on-line with our headquarters and to maintain this connection as we require. You must input and maintain in your Restaurant Technology all data and information that we prescribe in our Manuals, in our proprietary software and manuals, if any, and otherwise, including to provide us with the state sales tax percentages applicable in the state in which the Walk-On’s Restaurant will be located. We may retrieve from your Restaurant Technology all information that we consider necessary, desirable or appropriate. You must accurately, consistently and completely record, structure, capture and provide through the Restaurant Technology all information concerning the operation of the Walk-On’s Restaurant that we require, in the form and at the intervals that we require. We will provide you with our current minimum specifications for the Restaurant Technology in the Manuals or otherwise, and you must purchase the Restaurant Technology from approved or designated suppliers. Our current specifications for the Restaurant Technology includes: the Toast POS and KDS System, the Restaurant 365 Restaurant Software System, a back-office support program, and the Viking Cloud managed network system. Currently, Toast is our only approved supplier for the Toast POS, handhelds, and KDS System. The estimated cost for the Toast POS is between $18,000 and $25,000. The estimated cost for the Viking Cloud managed network solution is $5,500. We will have access to poll information contained on your Restaurant Technology. There are no contractual limitations imposed on our right to access information generated by your Restaurant Technology.
24 Walk-On’s Enterprises Franchising, LLC-Final FDD April 30, 2026 programs; technical and professional advice for programs; public relations; and, administration of the Regional Advertising Cooperative, including legal and accounting services. The Regional Advertising Cooperative will prepare unaudited financial statements following the end of each fiscal year. The Regional Advertising Cooperative will present its unaudited financial statements to its Board of Directors as soon as practicable, and the Board of Directors will then present the report to you and the other members of the Regional Advertising Cooperative at the next regular meeting or at a special meeting. Franchise Advisory Council We formed an advisory council (the “Council”) to advise us on System policies, including to review marketing plans, menu concepts and other various initiatives. Currently, the Council consists of 8 franchisee members representing up to 5 different geographic regions. The Council’s membership may not exceed 12 franchisee members from 6 different geographic regions. Members of the Council are elected by all franchisees in the system that are in good standing with our franchise agreement and attend our annual convention. The Council serves in an advisory capacity only. We have the power to form, change or dissolve the Council. Grand Opening Marketing Funds and Local Advertising and Promotion When you sign your Franchise Agreement, you must pay us $20,000 for your grand opening marketing efforts. At least 120 days before your Walk-On’s Restaurant’s opening, we will provide you with a marketing plan detailing how and when we propose to spend the Grand Opening Marketing Funds. We will then spend the Grand Opening Marketing Funds on your behalf in support of your Walk-On’s Restaurant’s opening. You must spend at least 1% of your Gross Revenues on local advertising around your Restaurant. Other Advertising Information There is no obligation for us to maintain any advertising program or to spend any amount on advertising in your area or territory. We currently advertise using digital, print, radio and television, with local, regional and national coverage. You may develop advertising materials for your own use, at your own cost. We must approve these advertising materials in advance and in writing, but if we do not respond within 10 business days after receiving your proposed advertising material, the material is disapproved. You must participate, at your expense, in all marketing programs pertaining to the Walk-On’s loyalty app and eCommerce, including but not limited to the loyalty rewards programs, third-party delivery programs, and online ordering programs. Web Sites and Social Media We alone may establish, maintain, modify or discontinue all internet, worldwide web and electronic commerce and advertising activities pertaining to the System, including through the use of a page or profile on a social media website such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, etc. We may establish one or more websites accessible through one or more uniform resource locators (“URLs”) and, if we do, we may design and provide for the benefit of your Walk-On’s Restaurant a “click through” subpage at each of these websites for the promotion of your Walk-On’s Restaurant. If we establish one or more websites or other modes of electronic commerce and if we provide a “click through” subpage at each of these websites for the promotion of your Walk-On’s Restaurant, you must routinely provide us with updated photographs and news stories about your Walk-On’s Restaurant suitable for posting on your Walk-On’s Restaurant’s “click through” subpage if we request. We may specify the content, frequency and procedure of these in our Manuals. Any websites or other modes of electronic commerce that we establish or maintain may – in addition to being instrumental in advertising and promoting the programs, products or services available at Walk-On’s Restaurants – also be devoted in part to offering Walk-On’s Restaurant franchises for sale and be used by us to exploit the electronic commerce rights that we reserve (see Item 12). You may not maintain
24 Walk-On’s Enterprises Franchising, LLC-Final FDD April 30, 2026 programs; technical and professional advice for programs; public relations; and, administration of the Regional Advertising Cooperative, including legal and accounting services. The Regional Advertising Cooperative will prepare unaudited financial statements following the end of each fiscal year. The Regional Advertising Cooperative will present its unaudited financial statements to its Board of Directors as soon as practicable, and the Board of Directors will then present the report to you and the other members of the Regional Advertising Cooperative at the next regular meeting or at a special meeting. Franchise Advisory Council We formed an advisory council (the “Council”) to advise us on System policies, including to review marketing plans, menu concepts and other various initiatives. Currently, the Council consists of 8 franchisee members representing up to 5 different geographic regions. The Council’s membership may not exceed 12 franchisee members from 6 different geographic regions. Members of the Council are elected by all franchisees in the system that are in good standing with our franchise agreement and attend our annual convention. The Council serves in an advisory capacity only. We have the power to form, change or dissolve the Council. Grand Opening Marketing Funds and Local Advertising and Promotion When you sign your Franchise Agreement, you must pay us $20,000 for your grand opening marketing efforts. At least 120 days before your Walk-On’s Restaurant’s opening, we will provide you with a marketing plan detailing how and when we propose to spend the Grand Opening Marketing Funds. We will then spend the Grand Opening Marketing Funds on your behalf in support of your Walk-On’s Restaurant’s opening. You must spend at least 1% of your Gross Revenues on local advertising around your Restaurant. Other Advertising Information There is no obligation for us to maintain any advertising program or to spend any amount on advertising in your area or territory. We currently advertise using digital, print, radio and television, with local, regional and national coverage. You may develop advertising materials for your own use, at your own cost. We must approve these advertising materials in advance and in writing, but if we do not respond within 10 business days after receiving your proposed advertising material, the material is disapproved. You must participate, at your expense, in all marketing programs pertaining to the Walk-On’s loyalty app and eCommerce, including but not limited to the loyalty rewards programs, third-party delivery programs, and online ordering programs. Web Sites and Social Media We alone may establish, maintain, modify or discontinue all internet, worldwide web and electronic commerce and advertising activities pertaining to the System, including through the use of a page or profile on a social media website such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, etc. We may establish one or more websites accessible through one or more uniform resource locators (“URLs”) and, if we do, we may design and provide for the benefit of your Walk-On’s Restaurant a “click through” subpage at each of these websites for the promotion of your Walk-On’s Restaurant. If we establish one or more websites or other modes of electronic commerce and if we provide a “click through” subpage at each of these websites for the promotion of your Walk-On’s Restaurant, you must routinely provide us with updated photographs and news stories about your Walk-On’s Restaurant suitable for posting on your Walk-On’s Restaurant’s “click through” subpage if we request. We may specify the content, frequency and procedure of these in our Manuals. Any websites or other modes of electronic commerce that we establish or maintain may – in addition to being instrumental in advertising and promoting the programs, products or services available at Walk-On’s Restaurants – also be devoted in part to offering Walk-On’s Restaurant franchises for sale and be used by us to exploit the electronic commerce rights that we reserve (see Item 12). You may not maintain
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
30 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 1 explicit no; 3 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?
YesItem 11
All Restaurant Technology must be purchased from our approved vendors.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesFranchise agreement
We have independent access to your Restaurant Technology and we may retrieve from your Restaurant Technology all information that we consider necessary, desirable or appropriate.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
No later than 30 days following the end of each calendar quarter during the Term of this Agreement, you agree to furnish to us, in a form we require, a statement of the Restaurant’s profit and loss for the quarter and a balance sheet as of the end of the quarter.
How the franchisor buys
Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?
YesItem 11
We formed an advisory council (the “Council”) to advise us on System policies, including to review marketing plans, menu concepts and other various initiatives.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
We may add to, modify, substitute or discontinue systemwide supply contracts or exclusive supply arrangements at any time.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We and our affiliates may receive rebates from approved and designated suppliers based on purchases from company-owned and franchised Walk-On’s Restaurants.
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?
85Item 8
We estimate that about 85% of your expenditures for purchases and leases in establishing and operating your Walk-On’s Restaurant will be for goods and services that are subject to sourcing restrictions (that is, for which the suppliers and products must be designated by us, approved by us, or which must meet our…
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
We may test, at your expense, the product or service of any supplier you propose.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If we have designated an approved supplier, you may contract with an alternative supplier if you meet our criteria and obtain our written approval.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
At our option, either change the telephone numbers used by your Restaurant or, on our written demand, direct the telephone company to transfer the telephone numbers listed for the Restaurant to us or to any other person or location that we direct.
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must maintain Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance in accordance with the rules specified at https://pcisecuritystandards.org.
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
We (and any of our authorized agents or representatives, including outside accountants, auditors and/or inspectors) may enter your Restaurant and any premises of your Restaurant business, and/or visit any locations at that you have provided or are providing programs, products or services to customers or maintain…
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
We can change the Manuals, and you must comply with these changes when you receive them, but they will not materially alter your rights and obligations under the Franchise Agreement.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 12
You must select a Walk-On’s Restaurant Location, identify it to us, obtain our advance written approval and sign a lease we approved for your Walk-On’s Restaurant Location within 6 months following the date of our signing of each Franchise Agreement signed under the Area Development Agreement.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesItem 11
You may not maintain 25 Walk-On’s Enterprises Franchising, LLC-Final FDD April 30, 2026 your own website or social media page; otherwise maintain a presence or advertise on the internet, through social media or in any other mode of electronic commerce for your Walk-On’s Restaurant, including through the use of a page…
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
When you sign your Franchise Agreement, you must pay us $20,000 for your grand opening marketing efforts.
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 at least 1% of your Gross Revenues on local advertising around your Restaurant.
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesItem 16
You must participate, at your expense, in all marketing programs pertaining to the Walk-On’s loyalty app and eCommerce, including but not limited to the loyalty rewards programs, third-party delivery programs, and online ordering programs.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase or lease certain products in accordance with our specifications and from suppliers we designate or approve.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must purchase or lease certain products in accordance with our specifications and from suppliers we designate or approve.
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
All Restaurant Technology must be purchased from our approved vendors.
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
We currently require you to make payments by direct account debit, electronic funds transfer or other similar technology we designate
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesItem 11
You must participate in any electronic gift card program (which must be integrated into the Restaurant Technology) we establish and provide related services such as gift card issuance, redemption, reloading and balance inquiry.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesFranchise agreement
You affirm, warrant and understand that you may staff your Restaurant with as many employees as you desire at any time so long as our minimal staffing levels are achieved.
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
Bamco is our required vendor for uniforms.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
Currently, Toast is our only approved supplier for the Toast POS, handhelds, and KDS System.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesFranchise agreement
We have independent access to your Restaurant Technology and we may retrieve from your Restaurant Technology all information that we consider necessary, desirable or appropriate.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
Before the opening of your Restaurant, you must procure, install and use, at your expense all our approved hardware, software, and technology services used in the operation of the Restaurant (collectively, the “Restaurant Technology”).
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesFranchise agreement
We reserve the right to charge our then-current training fees for these programs.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
You (if an individual) and/or your General Manager for each of your opened Walk-On’s Restaurants must attend each annual conference, convention or training session.
The filing answers no to 1 question
- Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?Item 8
The vendor opportunity at Walk-On's
Walk-On's Enterprises Franchising operates 78 total restaurants: 73 franchised and 5 company-owned. The 2026 FDD reports an Item 19 average of $4,420,387 for a cohort of 66 franchised and 4 affiliate-owned restaurants open as of December 31, 2025, excluding 7 opened in 2025. Franchised outlet growth year over year was 0.0%, meaning the installed base is stable.
For software vendors, the addressable market is 78 locations. The operator footprint shows 64 mapped operators, all single-unit, across Louisiana (18), Texas (15), Florida (8), Alabama (6), and Arkansas (5). No multi-unit operators are recorded, so purchasing influence is concentrated at the franchisor level.
Who controls software purchasing
Item 2 of the FDD names Brandon P. Landry as Chief Executive Officer, Founder, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Owner; Drew Brees as Owner; Morven Groves as President; Calum Middleton as Chief Financial and Strategy Officer; and Kelly Parker as Vice President of Development. The franchisor controls technology adoption through Item 11 requirements and Item 8 supplier approvals. Franchisees must participate in all marketing programs, including loyalty, eCommerce, third-party delivery, and online ordering, at their own expense.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required
Item 11 states: "Currently, Toast is our only approved supplier for the Toast POS, handhelds, and KDS System." Toast is therefore the mandated point-of-sale system. The FDD also names Ecolab, Facebook by Meta, Instagram by Meta, Restaurant365, TikTok, and Twitter by X, but does not state they are required. The filing says: "Except for the software required to operate the required Point of Sale Systems, we do not currently have any proprietary computer software that you must use." However, the franchisor may adopt new proprietary software systemwide and require franchisees to purchase it, not more than once per calendar year. Franchisees must install any additions, changes, or replacements to hardware, software, telephone, and power lines that the franchisor determines will benefit the system.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 requires franchisees to purchase or lease products per specifications from designated or approved suppliers. Franchisees may propose alternative suppliers with written approval. The franchisor may enter systemwide supply contracts that bind all franchisees in a geographic area, with a grace period for existing non-terminable contracts. The franchisor and its affiliates may receive rebates from approved and designated suppliers based on purchases from company-owned and franchised restaurants.
Initial franchise terms are 10 years. Item 17 allows up to four consecutive renewal terms of 5 years each, subject to conditions in Section 13.01 of the Franchise Agreement. With 0.0% franchised outlet growth, software contract opportunities are most likely tied to systemwide technology mandates, supplier changes, or renewal cycles.
How to read the Walk-On's FDD
The embedded PDF viewer below contains the brand's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document. Review Item 8 for supplier restrictions, Item 11 for technology and training requirements, Item 17 for renewal terms, and Item 19 for financial performance representations. Talk to FranCloud for a ranked target list of franchise systems that match your software category.
Ordinary royalty terms
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
64 operators run 64 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
| LA | 18 |
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| TX | 15 |
| FL | 8 |
| AL | 6 |
| AR | 5 |
Ownership
The portfolio behind Walk-On's Enterprises Franchising
Ownership: Walk-On's.
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