Must a Beggars Pizza franchisee install enhancements to the Required Software?
Beggars_Pizza Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 8.4.2 Franchisor will have the right, but not the obligation, to develop, have developed for it, or designate (a) computer software programs that Franchisee must use in connection with the Computer System (the "Required Software") that Franchisee must install at Franchisee's expense, (b) updates, supplements, modifications, or enhancements to the Required Software that Franchisee must install at Franchisee's expense, (c) the tangible media upon which Franchisee will record data, and (d) the database file structure of the Computer System.
- 8.4.3 At Franchisor's request, Franchisee must purchase or lease, and thereafter maintain, the Computer System and, if applicable, the Required Software. Franchisor may remotely retrieve and use such data and information from Franchisee's Computer System or Required Software that Franchisor deems necessary or desirable at any time. Franchisee expressly agrees to strictly comply with Franchisor's standards and specifications for all items associated with Franchisee's Computer System and any Required Software in accordance with Franchisor's standards and specifications. Franchisee must keep the Computer System in good maintenance and repair and install such additions, changes, modifications, substitutions, and/or replacements to the Computer System or Required Software as Franchisor directs from time to time in writing. Franchisee's compliance with this Section 8.4 will be at Franchisee's sole cost and expense.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 39)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Beggars Pizza's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are required to install updates, supplements, modifications, or enhancements to the Required Software at their own expense. The Required Software is defined as the computer software programs that the franchisee must use in connection with the Computer System. The Computer System includes back office and point of sale systems, data, audio, and video systems, printers and other hardware, archival back-up systems, internet access, and security systems.
Beggars Pizza franchisees must purchase or lease, and then maintain, the Computer System and Required Software at the franchisor's request. Beggars Pizza may remotely retrieve and use data and information from the franchisee's Computer System or Required Software. Franchisees must comply with Beggars Pizza's standards and specifications for all items associated with the Computer System and any Required Software.
Franchisees must keep the Computer System in good maintenance and repair and install any additions, changes, modifications, substitutions, and/or replacements to the Computer System or Required Software as Beggars Pizza directs in writing. Compliance with these requirements is at the franchisee's sole cost and expense. This ensures that all Beggars Pizza locations operate on the same technological platform, allowing for consistency and data management across the franchise system.