We Scream

The vendor opportunity at We Scream

We Scream is a quick-service restaurant brand headquartered in New Jersey with 15 total units—14 company-owned and a single franchised location. The brand generated an average unit volume of $334,265, according to its 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. Year-over-year unit growth was not disclosed in the most recent filing.

The operator footprint is minimal: one mapped operator, with no multi-unit franchisees on file. That single operator is located in Wisconsin. The unit-band split confirms the concentrated structure—one unit in the 1-unit band, and zero operators in the 2–9, 10–24, or 25+ bands. For software vendors, this means the addressable market is essentially the corporate entity itself, not a dispersed franchisee base.

Who controls software purchasing

Purchasing authority sits at the corporate level. The 2025 FDD lists four executives in Item 1: Eric Murphy, Founder and Chief Executive Officer; Jason Black, President; Mia Miller, Director of Operations; and Brian Kutz, Vice President. In a chain of this size, the CEO and President are the likely final decision-makers for enterprise software, while the Director of Operations and Vice President probably evaluate and recommend tools that touch daily operations, point-of-sale, or back-office workflows.

No parent company is on file, and We Scream appears to be independently owned. That independence means vendors are pitching a single decision-making group rather than navigating a layered corporate parent structure.

Mandated and current tech stack

We Scream mandates the Impulse Software Platform, listed in the FDD as both "Implse" and "Impulse Software Platform." This is a required system across all locations. For vendors selling adjacent or complementary software—such as inventory management, labor scheduling, loyalty, or delivery integration—the mandate creates both a constraint and an opportunity. Any tool that must integrate with the POS or operational core will need to work alongside Impulse.

The FDD does not disclose additional mandated or recommended technology beyond Impulse. Vendors should investigate whether the brand uses separate systems for accounting, payroll, or marketing, as those may be open to new solutions.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

Item 8 of the 2025 FDD does not include a procurement extract, so the brand's supplier model—whether designated, approved, or open—is not publicly specified. Vendors should approach We Scream prepared to justify their product on merit and integration capability rather than relying on an existing approved-vendor pathway.

On renewal timing, Item 17 provides a clear window. Franchisees in good standing may sign a successor agreement for an additional 10-year term, provided they give written notice at least six months before the current term ends. The successor agreement fee is 25% of the then-current initial franchise fee. While this renewal mechanism applies to the single franchised unit, the corporate locations operate on their own internal refresh cycles. Vendors targeting the corporate side should align outreach with typical annual budgeting or operational planning periods.

How to read the We Scream FDD

The 2025 We Scream Franchise Disclosure Document is the primary source for the data in this profile. It contains the brand's mandated technology, executive roster, unit counts, financial performance representations, and contractual terms. The embedded viewer on this page provides the full document. For software vendors, the most actionable sections are Item 1 (the franchisor and its executives), Item 11 (the mandated tech stack), Item 8 (procurement restrictions, if any), and Item 17 (renewal and transfer conditions).

If you are evaluating where We Scream fits in your target account list, FranCloud can help you rank it against other franchise systems by decision-maker concentration, tech mandate rigidity, and unit economics.