From the filings

HQ-led decisions

Yangguofu

Quick service restaurant

Software purchasing authority at Yangguofu rests with HQ leadership, specifically Director and President Xingyu Yang and Head of North America Operations Yicao Tan. The most recent FDD (2026) does not disclose any mandated or recommended technology systems, leaving the current tech stack undefined for outside vendors. With 23 franchised locations, the addressable market is small but concentrated under a single decision-making hub.

For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.

Live signals

Total units
23
23 franchised
Unit growth YoY
—
vs prior filing
AUV
—
Item 19, 2026
Royalty
3%
of gross sales
Ad fund
0%
national + local
Initial fee
$10K
per unit
Investment range
$347K–$774K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
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.

3%of gross sales (FY2026)

Ongoing fees: 3% of gross sales (FY2026)Royalty 3%, Ad fund 0%. Total 3% of gross sales. Drawn against a 15% reference scale.

15% reference

Royalty 3%Ad fund 0%

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.

FacebookMeta
MarketingItem 11

similar to the Proprietary Marks. You are not permitted to promote your Restaurant or use any of the Proprietary Marks in any manner on any social or networking websites, such as Facebook, Foursquare,

InstagramMeta
MarketingItem 11

ut the Restaurant or the System, other than on a website established or authorized by us (“social media” includes personal blogs, common social networks like Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram, LinkedIn

LinkedInLinkedIn
MarketingItem 11

. You are not permitted to promote your Restaurant or use any of the Proprietary Marks in any manner on any social or networking websites, such as Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter,

TwitterX
MarketingItem 11

t permitted to promote your Restaurant or use any of the Proprietary Marks in any manner on any social or networking websites, such as Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter, without our

Franchisor behaviours

What the franchisor requires

26 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 3 explicit no's; 5 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?

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisee agrees to establish and maintain at its own expense a bookkeeping, accounting, and record keeping system conforming to the requirements and formats (including, at Franchisor’s option, the accounting principles) that Franchisor prescribes from time to time in the Manuals and otherwise in writing.

Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisee must use the Technology System to collect and provide Franchisor access to that data and other information in the manner Franchisor specifies.

Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?

Yes

Franchise agreement

(2) Reporting. Franchisee must provide Franchisor with the following reports, in the manner and format that Franchisor prescribes from time to time:

How the franchisor buys

Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?

Yes

Item 8

Currently us and our affiliate(s) are the sole approved supplier for our proprietary soup base, sauces and seasonings, paper goods, certain equipment, fixtures and signs, and uniforms.

Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?

Yes

Item 8

A complete list of our approved products and suppliers will be included in the Manual and is subject to change over time.

How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?

560752

Item 8

Based on our unaudited financial statements for 2025, we derived approximately $560,752 in revenue from franchisees’ required purchases.

Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?

Yes

Item 8

We also have the right to collect and retain any and all allowances, rebates, credits, incentives, or benefits (collectively, “Allowances”) offered by manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors to you, to us, or to our affiliate based upon your purchases of products and services from manufacturers, suppliers, and…

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?

40

Item 8

We estimate that your purchases from us or approved suppliers, or that must conform to our specifications, will represent approximately 40% to 50% of your total purchases in establishing the Restaurant, and approximately 40% to 50% of your total purchases in the continuing operation of the Restaurant.

Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?

Yes

Item 8

You will pay us a charge not to exceed the reasonable cost of the inspection and its actual cost of testing the proposed product or evaluating the proposed service or service provider, including personnel and travel costs, whether or not the item, service, supplier, or service provider is approved.

Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?

Yes

Item 8

If you would like to use any supplies or services that we have not approved or designated, you must submit a written request for approval and provide us with any information that we request.

Communications

Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?

Yes

Franchise agreement

delete or transfer to Franchisor or its designee all authorized and unauthorized domain names, social media accounts, telephone numbers, post office boxes, and classified and other directory listings relating to, or used in connection with, the Restaurant or the Marks

Data and IT

Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?

Yes

Franchise agreement

You must implement and maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of POS System data, comply with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) for cardholder data, and promptly notify us of any suspected or actual data…

Franchise management

Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisor may periodically coordinate or conduct market research studies and similar programs for the Restaurant network, and Franchisee must assist Franchisor in collecting information (including by distributing surveys to Franchisee’s Restaurant's consumers and encouraging consumers to complete surveys on YGF…

Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?

Yes

Franchise agreement

before Franchisee opens the Restaurant for business and thereafter from time to time during Franchisee’s regular business hours, and without prior notice to Franchisee, to (i) inspect and evaluate the Restaurant

Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?

Yes

Franchise agreement

The Manuals may be modified from time to time, at Franchisor’s sole discretion, to reflect changes in YGF System Standards, and Franchisor will communicate any required changes to Franchisee.

Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?

Yes

Item 11

You must obtain our acceptance of the site for the Restaurant before you acquire the site.

Marketing

Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?

Yes

Item 11

You may not maintain your own website; otherwise maintain a presence or advertise on the internet or any other mode of electronic commerce in connection with your Restaurant; establish a link to any website we establish at or from any other website or page; or at any time establish any other website, electronic…

Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisee must spend in each quarter of the Term a reasonable percentage of the Restaurant’s Gross Sales from the prior quarter as as mutually agreed by Franchisor and Franchisee, on advertising and promotions.

Operations

Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?

Yes

Item 8

you will use only our proprietary recipes and other proprietary products and will purchase those items solely from us or from a source designated by us all of your inventory of those products.

Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?

Yes

Item 8

You must obtain all food and beverage items, ingredients, supplies, materials, fixtures, furnishings, construction services and materials, décor items, equipment (including point of sale system and communication systems), and other products and services for the operation of the Restaurant solely from suppliers who…

Payments

Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?

Yes

Item 6

We currently require you to pay fees and other amounts due to us or our affiliates via electronic funds transfer (“EFT”) or other means.

People

Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?

Yes

Item 15

While your Restaurant is open, you must have at least one General Manager on-site.

Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 8

Currently us and our affiliate(s) are the sole approved supplier for our proprietary soup base, sauces and seasonings, paper goods, certain equipment, fixtures and signs, and uniforms.

Point of sale

Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 11

At your own expense, you must use in the Restaurant a computer system that includes point-of-sale and reporting software, including all existing or future communication or data storage systems, components thereof and associated service, which we select for the System (the “POS System”).

Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?

Yes

Item 11

We and our affiliates will have access to your operational and financial information and data through the POS System.

Training

Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?

Yes

Item 11

We may choose to hold refresher training courses, and we may designate that attendance at refresher training is mandatory for your General Manager, Head Chef and/or other Restaurant personnel.

The filing answers no to 3 questions
  • Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 11
  • Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?Item 11
  • Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?Item 11

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.

Sales LeaderEmerging 20 99

The franchisor's owner/CEO decides; an ops or franchise-development lead may evaluate.

VP SalesHead of SalesCROSales Director
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The vendor opportunity at Yangguofu

Yangguofu operates 23 franchised quick-service restaurant locations in the United States. The brand is headquartered in Delaware and appears independently owned, with no parent company on file. For software vendors, the total addressable market is exactly those 23 units, all under franchise agreements with a 5-year initial term and a 3.0% royalty rate. Average unit volume is not disclosed in the most recent FDD, so revenue-based sizing is unavailable. The absence of company-owned stores means every location is a franchisee, but purchasing authority appears centralized at HQ.

Who controls software purchasing

The 2026 FDD lists two executives in Item 1: Xingyu Yang, Director and President, and Yicao Tan, Head of North America Operations. In a system of this size, these individuals are the likely gatekeepers for any software evaluation or procurement. There is no separate CIO, CTO, or VP of Technology named. Vendors should direct initial outreach to these two contacts, framing value in terms of operational efficiency across a small but growing franchise network. No operator-level buyers are mapped in our corpus, reinforcing the HQ-centric buying model.

Mandated and current tech stack

The 2026 FDD does not capture any mandated or recommended technology systems. No POS vendor, no back-office platform, no scheduling or inventory tool is named. This means the current tech stack is either undefined at the franchisor level or left entirely to franchisee discretion. For a software vendor, this represents a greenfield opportunity: you are not displacing an entrenched incumbent, but you will need to prove value directly to HQ leadership without the leverage of a franchisor mandate.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

Item 8 of the FDD contains no procurement extract, so the franchisor’s supplier model—whether designated, approved, or open—is not publicly known. Vendors should assume an open or ad hoc model until they confirm otherwise in conversation. Renewal terms from Item 17 require written notice, full compliance with the Franchise Agreement, satisfaction of all monetary obligations, signing the then-current Franchise Agreement, paying the then-current fees, a general release, meeting any new criteria, and potentially a remodel. The renewal term is 5 years. These renewal events, occurring on a rolling basis across the 23-unit system, may create natural windows for software evaluation, especially if the new agreement introduces materially different terms.

How to read the Yangguofu FDD

The full 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document is embedded below. It is filed with state franchise regulators and contains the legal and operational disclosures that govern the franchise relationship. For software vendors, the most relevant sections are Item 1 (the franchisor and its executives), Item 8 (procurement obligations), Item 11 (mandated technology or assistance), and Item 17 (renewal and termination). Because this FDD names no mandated systems and provides no procurement model, your initial discovery call with HQ will need to surface the current stack and purchasing process. For a ranked target list of franchise systems matched to your software category, talk to FranCloud.

Questions vendors ask

Yangguofu, answered from the filing

Director and President Xingyu Yang and Head of North America Operations Yicao Tan are the named executives in the 2026 FDD and likely control or influence software purchasing decisions.
The 2026 FDD does not list any mandated or recommended POS, operational, or other technology systems.
There are 23 total units, all franchised. No company-owned units are reported. The brand operates in the quick-service restaurant segment.
The 2026 FDD does not include an Item 8 procurement extract, so whether the franchisor designates, approves, or leaves supplier selection open is not publicly known.
Franchise agreements run 5 years. Renewal requires written notice, compliance, payment of fees, signing the then-current agreement, and possibly a remodel. Renewal windows may create re-evaluation opportunities.
The 2026 FDD is filed with state franchise regulators. You can read it directly in the embedded PDF viewer below.
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Operator footprint

Who runs the locations

18 operators run 18 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.

Operators by units owned

Single-unit18

Top states by locations

CA9
WA2
GA1
IL1
TX1

Ownership

The portfolio behind Yangguofu

unknown of ygf blessing pte.

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Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.