SyscoSysco
Mandatoryte will receive an administrative fee based on your purchases of ingredients for their menu items. In order to obtain the pricing we or our affiliates negotiate, you must sign the Sysco Application an
From the filings
HQ-led decisions
Z!Eats
Quick service restaurantSoftware purchasing at Z!Eats is controlled at the headquarters level, where the executive team—led by CEO Bryan Kelly Roddy and CFO Alain Souligny—evaluates technology. The brand mandates a point-of-sale system across its 35 franchised locations, creating a concentrated addressable market for POS and adjacent solutions. With 36 total units and a single company-owned store, vendors face a small but centralized sales opportunity.
For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.
Live signals
Total units
36
35 franchised
Unit growth YoY
-28.571%
vs prior filing
AUV
$577K
Item 19, 2024
Royalty
6%
of gross sales
Ad fund
3%
national + local
Initial fee
$35K
per unit
Investment range
—
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
Non-compete
2 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.
9%of gross sales (FY2025)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
1 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.
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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?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee is required to use a bookkeeping service vendor specified or approved by Franchisor for a minimum of twelve (12) months following the opening date of the Restaurant.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
We will have independent access to the information you record, and there are no contractual limitations on our right of access.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee agrees to provide unaudited monthly profit and loss statements for the Restaurant.
How the franchisor buys
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
We have the right, under the franchise agreement, to change the standards and specifications applicable to the operation of your ©2025 Zoup Franchising Co., LLC 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document 17 restaurant, including standards and specifications for products, signs, furnishings, supplies, fixtures, inventory and…
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
367237Item 8
In the fiscal year ending September 29, 2024, we received $367,237 in revenue from franchisee purchases specific to Z!Eats (including fee payments from our designated prime supplier and approved suppliers), which comprised 1.1% of our total revenue of $32,134,573.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We and/or our affiliates may derive revenue from your purchase of certain foodstuffs and other required products, including purchases from designated or approved suppliers.
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?
40Item 8
The cost of all required purchases and leases may represent between 40% and 60% of your total purchases and leases in connection with your operation of a Z!Eats restaurant.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
Currently, this fee is set at a minimum of $500.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you wish to obtain equipment, foodstuffs, beverages or paper goods (other than Proprietary Food Products or the Proprietary Trademarked Products) from a supplier or distributor that is not on our list of approved suppliers, you may request our approval of the supplier or distributor.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
assigns to Assignee all telephone numbers and telephone listings, domain names, if any, and websites, if any, utilized by Assignor in the operation of its Restaurant at Assignor’s above-referenced address.
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor’s inspections and evaluations may include a “mystery shopper” program or a third-party food safety and operational assessment from time to time.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor has the right to change Franchisor’s standards and specifications in Franchisor’s sole discretion.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
You will operate your restaurant at the Approved Location that you and we agree on.
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 use any social media platforms without our prior written approval.
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
You must spend at least $15,000 for the Grand Opening Advertising Program and provide proof of such expenditures before we approve your restaurant to open.
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 2% of your Net Sales on local store promotion, marketing, and advertising (the “Local Advertising Requirement,” or “LAR”) in the manner we prescribe in the Operations Manuals or otherwise in writing
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesItem 11
You must participate in our loyalty marketing program, by honoring at all times the terms of loyalty program membership for each member of the program as described on our loyalty marketing mobile app and on our website, by honoring promotional offers that we make to loyalty members, and by redeeming discounted or…
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesFranchise agreement
If a Cooperative has been established applicable to the Restaurant at the time Franchisee begins operating under this Agreement, Franchisee must immediately become a member of the Cooperative.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
If you are granted the right to offer menu items of any of our affiliate restaurant brands pursuant to our form of Affiliate Product License Addendum, you will be required to purchase certain ingredients through the Prime Supplier Program at the prices negotiated by us or our affiliates.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must purchase all inventory, equipment, fixtures, furnishings, product display units, signs, uniforms, supplies and materials from designated or approved suppliers, or from us.
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must use our approved credit card processing company for both in store and online.
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
Payment of royalty fees shall be made on a weekly basis, following receipt of each week’s Net Sales data, and shall be by an electronic funds transfer program (the “EFT Program”) under which Franchisor automatically deducts all payments owed to Franchisor under this Agreement, or any other agreement between…
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesItem 11
You also must participate in our gift card program by selling and honoring gift cards in your restaurant at all times; including those distributed digitally via our online channels.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesFranchise agreement
The Restaurant must, at all times, be staffed with a Manager who has successfully completed Franchisor’s initial training program as set forth in Section 8.
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase all inventory, equipment, fixtures, furnishings, product display units, signs, uniforms, supplies and materials from designated or approved suppliers, or from us.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
Under the franchise agreement, you must obtain and use the required point-of-sale system (“POS System”) and other technologies that we designate in the Operations Manuals or otherwise in writing.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We will have independent access to the information you record, and there are no contractual limitations on our right of access.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
We may also offer additional training or refresher courses or seminars to be conducted at our corporate headquarters or at another place that we designate, and you and/or your manager may be required to attend these courses, at your expense.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee is required to attend the Annual Convention and to pay Franchisor’s then-current registration fee.
The filing answers no to 4 questions
- Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?Item 8
- Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 11
- Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?Franchise agreement
- Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?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.
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 Z!Eats
Z!Eats is a quick-service restaurant brand based in Florida with 36 total units—35 franchised and 1 company-owned. The chain’s unit count declined by 28.6% year-over-year, signaling contraction that may affect technology investment cycles. For software vendors, the addressable market is limited to those 35 franchised locations, all of which operate under a centralized purchasing structure. The brand’s 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document mandates a point-of-sale system, making POS compliance a hard requirement for franchisees and a potential entry point for adjacent solutions.
Average unit volume is not disclosed in the most recent FDD. The royalty rate is 6.0% of gross sales, but the initial term length is not stated. These gaps mean vendors must rely on direct discovery to model deal size and contract duration.
Who controls software purchasing
Purchasing authority sits at headquarters. The 2025 FDD lists five executives: CEO and President Bryan Kelly Roddy, CFO and Secretary/Treasurer Alain Souligny, COO Lauriena Borstein, Chief Growth Officer Steve Corp, and Chief Marketing Officer Joel Bulger. No chief information or technology officer is named, so the CFO and COO are the most likely decision-makers for operational and financial software. The CEO’s involvement is probable given the chain’s small size. Vendors should direct initial outreach to Alain Souligny for financially oriented tools and Lauriena Borstein for operations platforms.
Mandated and current tech stack
The only mandated technology disclosed in the 2025 FDD is a point-of-sale system. The specific vendor is not named in the document. No other operational, marketing, or back-office systems are listed as required or recommended. This narrow mandate suggests the brand may be open to pitches for inventory management, labor scheduling, online ordering, or loyalty platforms—provided they integrate with the existing POS. Because the POS vendor is unnamed, vendors should ask during discovery which system is in place to assess integration feasibility.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Procurement rules are not disclosed. The 2025 FDD contains no extract for Item 8, so it is unknown whether Z!Eats uses designated suppliers, an approved-supplier list, or an open procurement model. Similarly, Item 17 provides no renewal signals, and the initial franchise term is not stated. This lack of transparency makes it difficult to predict contract windows. The recent 28.6% unit decline may freeze new software spending, but it could also create urgency for efficiency tools. Vendors should monitor leadership changes and franchisee sentiment for timing cues.
How to read the Z!Eats FDD
The 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document is the primary source for understanding Z!Eats’s technology mandates, purchasing structure, and contractual terms. Key sections for software vendors include Item 1 (executives), Item 8 (procurement restrictions), Item 11 (mandated systems), and Item 17 (renewal and termination). Because several items are silent, direct conversations with HQ will be necessary to fill gaps. The full FDD is embedded below for your review. For a ranked target list of franchise brands aligned with your software category, FranCloud can help.
Questions vendors ask
Z!Eats, answered from the filing
The C-suite controls purchasing. Key executives include CEO Bryan Kelly Roddy, CFO Alain Souligny, and COO Lauriena Borstein. No dedicated CIO or CTO is listed in the 2025 FDD.
The 2025 FDD mandates a point-of-sale system. The specific POS vendor is not named in the disclosure. No other mandated operational technology is listed.
Z!Eats has 36 total units: 35 franchised and 1 company-owned. This is a small quick-service restaurant chain headquartered in Florida.
The procurement model is not disclosed in the 2025 FDD. Item 8 contains no extract, so designated-supplier or approved-supplier status is unknown.
Contract renewal timing is unclear. The initial term length and Item 17 renewal signals are not disclosed in the 2025 FDD. Monitor executive changes for clues.
The 2025 FDD was filed with state franchise regulators. You can review the full document using the embedded PDF viewer below.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
1 operators run 1 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
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Top states by locations
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Ownership
The portfolio behind Z!Eats
strategic_multibrand of WOWorks.
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Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.