To whom is the POS support fee payable for a Burros Fries franchise?
Burros_Fries Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
uired hereunder or (b) the amount due based on information retrieved from our approved POS or computer system (whichever is greater).
E. Technology Fee & POS Support.
Franchisee will be required to use specific point of sale "POS" system and software for the operation of the Business and must use our approved vendors for such system and software. The POS software is specific to the food service industry. The overall cost of technology items including computers, POS system, tablets, software, copier, scanner, printer, modem, routers, sound system and surveillance system, and telephones ranges from $5,000 - $10,000. The current POS support fee is currently onehundred and thirty dollars ($130) to one-hundred and forty dollars ($140) per month per cash register. This fee is payable to our approved vendors.
The use of the software for the POS system may require Franchisee to sign a license agreement. It is Franchisee's responsibility to install, maintain and upgrade any hardware necessary to operate the POS system including networking and software at its own expense. We may, at our sole discretion, change such software requirements (including approved vendors) at any time and will provide Franchisee with ninety (90) days' written notice to implement such changes. Franchisee acknowledges that Franchisee must comply with such changes in technology requirements at its own
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 53)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to the 2024 Burros Fries Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are required to use a specific point of sale (POS) system and software from Burros Fries' approved vendors. The overall cost for technology items, including computers, the POS system, tablets, software, copiers, scanners, printers, modems, routers, sound systems, surveillance systems, and telephones, ranges from $5,000 to $10,000.
The POS support fee, which currently ranges from $130 to $140 per month per cash register, is payable to Burros Fries' approved vendors. Franchisees may also be required to sign a license agreement for the POS system software.
It is the franchisee's responsibility to install, maintain, and upgrade any hardware necessary to operate the POS system, including networking and software, at their own expense. Burros Fries retains the right to change the software requirements and approved vendors, providing franchisees with 90 days' written notice to implement such changes, which the franchisee must comply with at their own expense. Failure to comply with these technology requirements within the given timeframe may be considered a material breach of the Franchise Agreement.