Does Aw have a parent company?
Aw Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
The franchisor is Rayyan Pizza Franchise LLC. To simplify the language in this Disclosure Document, the franchisor will be referred to as "Company," "us" or "we." "You" means the person who buys the franchise. If you are a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity created by law, certain provisions of the franchise agreement also apply to your direct or indirect owners and will be noted. These owners must personally guarantee payment and performance of all of your obligations to us.
Rayyan Pizza Franchise LLC is an Illinois limited liability company organized on December 4, 2012. We do business under our corporate name and under the name Papa Ray's Pizza & Wings. Our principal business address is 8 McGlashen Drive, South Barrington, Illinois 60010. Our agent for service of process in your state, if applicable, is disclosed in Exhibit A.
We do not have a parent company. Our predecessor is Papa Ray's Pizza 1, Inc., an Illinois corporation, with a principal place of business at 8 McGlashen Drive, South Barrington, Illinois 60010. Papa Ray's Pizza 1, Inc. established the first Papa Ray's Pizza & Wings restaurant in April 2010 and developed the system for operating a Papa Ray's Pizza & Wings Restaurant. We acquired our rights in and to the System (as described below) from Papa Ray's Pizza 1, Inc. in December 2012.
We currently no affiliates that provide products or services to the franchisees. We have no affiliates which are offering franchises in any line of business.
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 10–11)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Aw's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Aw, known legally as Rayyan Pizza Franchise LLC, does not have a parent company. The company was organized as an Illinois limited liability company on December 4, 2012, and does business under its corporate name and the name Papa Ray's Pizza & Wings.
However, Aw does acknowledge a predecessor, Papa Ray's Pizza 1, Inc., which established the first Papa Ray's Pizza & Wings restaurant in April 2010 and developed the operating system. Aw acquired the rights to this system from Papa Ray's Pizza 1, Inc. in December 2012. This distinction is important for prospective franchisees to understand the history and development of the Aw franchise system.
Furthermore, the FDD states that Aw currently has no affiliates that provide products or services to franchisees, nor any affiliates offering franchises in any other line of business. This indicates that Aw is focused solely on the Papa Ray's Pizza & Wings franchise and does not have other related business ventures that could potentially impact the franchise system.