Is the Computer System proprietary to Beyond Juicery Eatery or its affiliates?
Beyond_Juicery_Eatery Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
with at least 12 ppm;
- Dedicated broadband connection to the internet; and
- One e-mail for the Restaurant Franchisee Designate;
We make no guarantee as to the suitability or efficiency of the above specifications. Due to rapid technological changes and progress, the above specifications may change without prior notice. The Computer System is not proprietary to us or our affiliates. We may require you to update your Computer System or implement a system-wide POS at any time, at our discretion. There are no contractual limitations on the frequency and cost of this obligation. We need not reimburse you for any of these costs. We may format bookkeeping reports and forms for you to report financial information. You must report your financial information in accordance with such forms as they are changed from time to time in our sole discretion. All Gross Revenue, and all sales information, must be recorded. When implemented, the POS System equipment provides you with sales reports, tax reports, various product usage reports, and cashier reports. We intend to have independent access to this information, and you consent to such access. There are no contractual limits on our right to independently access the data. You are required to provide the sales and purchases information to us as required in the Operations Manuals. The technology configuration is frequently subject to change due to technology and service advancements, as updated in the Operations Manuals.
Selection of Restaurant Location. You must purchase or lease a suitable site for the Restaurant subject to our approval with the assistance of our Designated Supplier. You must submit to us a description of the proposed site together with evidence satisfactory to us that confirms your favorable prospects for obtaining the proposed site. You must supply the required Development Materials that outline all of the information needed by us to review a proposed site. You must use the real estate site analysis services of our approved supplier to evaluate your proposed site. We will give you written notice of approval or disapproval of the proposed site within forty-five (45) days after receiving your written proposal. The factors we consider in approving the location for the proposed site may include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) general location; (ii) traffic patterns; (iii) rent expense; (iv) demographics; (v) equipment and services located at the site; (vi) leasehold improvement costs; (vii) ability to reflect image to be portrayed by "Beyond Juicery + Eatery" Restaurants; (viii) parking; and (ix) other data and information we receive from proprietary software that we use. You must select a location we approve within one hundred twenty (120) days after the execution of the Franchise Agreement. We may cancel the Franchise Agreement, in our sole discretion, and option if you fail to select a location acceptable to us within this time frame. In this event, your Initial Franchise Fee is non-refundable.
Timing of Restaurant Opening. We expect that single-unit franchisees will open their Restaurant within nine (9) to twelve (12) months after signing the Franchise Agreement. Factors that may influence the length of time until opening include, by way of example, your ability to obtain a lease, a building site and a site survey, acceptable financing, or zoning and building permits; your compliance with local ordinances or other community requirements; Covid-19; labor shortages; the effect of
weather conditions; materials shortages; slow delivery of materials or equipment; supply chain issues; and other factors bearing on completion of construction, decorating, purchasing, and installation of equipment, fixtures and signs. We have the discretion to approve the date of opening for the Restaurant. We may cancel the Franchise Agreement, in our sole discretion, and option if you fail to open your Restaurant within this time frame.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 34–42)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Beyond Juicery Eatery's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Computer System is not proprietary to Beyond Juicery Eatery or its affiliates. However, Beyond Juicery Eatery may require franchisees to update their Computer System or implement a system-wide POS (Point of Sale) system at any time, at their discretion, and the franchisee is responsible for these costs.
Beyond Juicery Eatery requires franchisees to obtain and use a computer-based POS cash register system that provides independent access to all financial information, as implemented through their Operations Manuals. Franchisees must also purchase, subscribe to, and install a POS polling application, allowing Beyond Juicery Eatery access to daily sales and labor information. Beyond Juicery Eatery reserves the right to designate changes or enhancements to the POS system, potentially requiring franchisees to make payments to Beyond Juicery Eatery or its Designated Suppliers.
The franchisee is solely responsible for the acquisition, operation, maintenance, and upgrading of the Computer System. While Beyond Juicery Eatery does not currently require a maintenance, repair, or update service contract for the Computer System, they reserve the right to do so in the future, estimating the current annual cost of such a service contract to be approximately $1,500. The technology configuration is subject to change due to technology and service advancements, as updated in the Operations Manuals.