Is a Bambu franchisee required to purchase hardware to service the loyalty rewards program?

You are required to purchase a point-of-sale system, including hardware to service our loyalty rewards program, that meets our specifications. The point-of-sale system that we currently require is the Square bundled system (defined in Item 11 as the "POS System"). It contains the required supporting hardware and software applications, which has the capability of facilitating our system-wide customer loyalty rewards program and has built in merchant software for both shoppe and hands-free online ordering credit card processing and customer tipping. You will pay the provider of the POS System monthly fees for maintenance and updates. Currently, we derive no revenue from your purchase of the POS System, although we reserve the right to derive revenue from your purchase and license of the POS System or any proprietary software, if and when we develop our own proprietary system or software and license them to you. See Items 7 and 11. We may require you to use a new or different point-of-sale system in the future, in which case you must convert your POS System to the new system. You must own a smartphone or other mobile device with access to the Internet enabling you to communicate via SMS. Additionally, we require that you login to, regularly access, and fully participate in our FRC, which includes communicating with other franchisees and with us. We may also require you to purchase additional hardware equipment, software and possible subscriptions to online applications meeting our minimum specifications in the future at your expense. Your participation and your communications on our FRC are governed by the standards, specifications and guidelines we establish from time to time. See Items 7 and 11.

Source: Item 8 — Restrictions on Sources of Products and Services (FDD pages 22–26)