What specific point-of-sale system is currently required for a Bambu franchise?
Bambu Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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.
Source: Item 8 — Restrictions on Sources of Products and Services (FDD pages 22–26)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bambu's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are required to purchase a point-of-sale (POS) system that meets the company's specifications, including hardware to service their loyalty rewards program. The POS system Bambu currently requires is the Square bundled system, which is defined in Item 11 as the "POS System".
The Square bundled system contains the necessary hardware and software applications to facilitate Bambu's system-wide customer loyalty rewards program. It also has built-in merchant software for both shoppe and hands-free online ordering, credit card processing, and customer tipping. Franchisees will be responsible for paying monthly fees to the provider of the POS System for maintenance and updates.
Bambu does not currently derive any revenue from the franchisee's purchase of the POS System. However, Bambu reserves the right to derive revenue from the purchase and license of the POS System or any proprietary software if and when they develop their own proprietary system or software and license them to franchisees. Bambu also retains the right to require franchisees to use a new or different point-of-sale system in the future, in which case franchisees must convert their POS System to the new system.