What is the estimated cost to purchase the point of sale system for a Chicken Guy Franchised Restaurant?
Chicken_Guy Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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Point of Sale System and Technology
You must purchase (or lease), install, and maintain, at your expense, a technology system including such data processing equipment, computer hardware, software, point of sale system, required dedicated data, telephone lines, broadband and wireless Internet connections, modems, printers and other computerrelated accessories or peripheral equipment that we require. You must sign any applicable licensing agreements with third party developers or manufacturers of those systems.
Your point of sale system must be capable of recording customer transactions, collecting and generating gross sales reports allowing us to poll data and sales from the Franchised Restaurant, and collecting and generating sales reports by categories, including, but not limited to, menu mix by day-parts and order type (dine-in, to go, etc.). The system also must be capable of complying with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI Standards) and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which requires that, among other things, merchants truncate credit card and debit card numbers. You must provide all assistance required by us to bring your point of sale system on-line with our technology system. We have the independent right under the Franchise Agreement to retrieve any data and information from your point of sale system that we deem appropriate, including electronically polling the daily sales, menu/product mix and other data of the Franchised Restaurant. There are no contractual limitations on our right to access this information and data.
Currently, we have approved the Toast Point of Sale system and software for front-of-house operations and Restaurant365 for back-of-house management; however we may permit our franchisees to use a different system on a case by case basis. We estimate that it will cost you approximately $4,500 to $30,000 to purchase the point of sale system for your Franchised Restaurant. We may require you to replace, upgrade, or update these systems at any time during the term of the Franchise Agreement at your expense,
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 25–34)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Chicken Guy's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must purchase (or lease), install, and maintain a technology system that includes a point of sale system. The FDD specifies that the point of sale system must record customer transactions, generate gross sales reports, collect sales reports by category, comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI Standards), and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The system must also allow Chicken Guy to retrieve any data and information, including daily sales and menu/product mix.
Chicken Guy has approved the Toast Point of Sale system and software for front-of-house operations and Restaurant365 for back-of-house management. However, franchisees may be permitted to use a different system on a case-by-case basis.
The estimated cost to purchase the point of sale system for a Chicken Guy franchised restaurant ranges from $4,500 to $30,000. Chicken Guy may also require franchisees to replace, upgrade, or update these systems at any time during the term of the Franchise Agreement, with no limitation on the frequency or cost of this obligation.