What standards and specifications must a Beggars Pizza franchisee comply with regarding their Computer System and Required Software?
Beggars_Pizza Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 8.4.1 Franchisor may specify or require that certain brands, types, makes, and/or models of communications, computer systems, and hardware be used by Franchisee including, without limitation, (a) back office and point of sale systems, data, audio, and video, systems for use at the Restaurant, (b) printers and other peripheral hardware or devices, (c) archival back-up systems, (d) Internet access mode and speed, and (e) physical, electronic, and other security systems (collectively, the "Computer System").
- 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 must adhere to specific standards for their computer systems and software. Beggars Pizza may specify the brands, types, and models of communication and computer systems, including hardware, back office and point of sale systems, printers, archival back-up systems, internet access, and security systems. These collectively form the "Computer System" that franchisees must use.
Beggars Pizza has the right to develop, have developed, or designate the computer software programs, known as the "Required Software," that franchisees must use. This includes installing the software at the franchisee's expense, as well as any updates, supplements, modifications, or enhancements. Beggars Pizza also dictates the tangible media for data recording and the database file structure of the Computer System.
At Beggars Pizza's request, franchisees must purchase or lease and maintain the Computer System and Required Software. Beggars Pizza can remotely access data and information from the franchisee's systems. Franchisees must strictly comply with Beggars Pizza's standards and specifications for all aspects of the Computer System and Required Software, keeping the system in good repair and installing any changes or replacements as directed by Beggars Pizza in writing. The franchisee bears the full cost of compliance with these requirements.