When is the Royalty Fee due for a Dog Haus Fast Casual Restaurant or Dog Haus Biergarten Restaurant?
Dog_Haus Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
| Name Of Fee | Amount | Due Date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royalty Fee3 (Dog Haus Fast Casual Restaurant and Dog Haus Biergarten Restaurant) | 6% of "Gross Sales" | Tuesday of each week on the Gross Sales of your Franchised Restaurant during the immediately preceding week. | "Gross Sales" includes all revenue from retail and wholesale sales of goods, merchandise, services or products from your operations. Gross Sales do not include bona fide refunds paid to customers, sales or use taxes actually paid to governmental authorities or the retail price of any coupons, gift certificates and vouchers when they are redeemed. |
Source: Item 6 — OTHER FEES 1 (FDD pages 15–22)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Dog Haus's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Royalty Fee for both Dog Haus Fast Casual Restaurants and Dog Haus Biergarten Restaurants is due each week. Specifically, the royalty payment, calculated as 6% of Gross Sales, must be submitted on the Tuesday of each week. This payment covers the Gross Sales from the immediately preceding week. Gross Sales include all revenue from retail and wholesale sales of goods, merchandise, services, or products, but excludes bona fide refunds, sales or use taxes paid to governmental authorities, and the retail price of redeemed coupons, gift certificates, and vouchers.
This weekly royalty payment schedule is more frequent than the typical monthly or quarterly payments seen in many other franchise systems. This means that Dog Haus franchisees need to maintain tight financial controls and ensure they have sufficient cash flow to meet this obligation every week. The consistent outflow also necessitates accurate and timely tracking of gross sales to calculate the royalty fee correctly.
For a prospective Dog Haus franchisee, understanding this weekly payment schedule is crucial for financial planning. It impacts cash flow management and requires a disciplined approach to sales tracking and payment processing. Failing to remit royalty payments promptly can result in late charges and potential breaches of the franchise agreement. Therefore, franchisees must integrate this weekly obligation into their operational and financial routines from the outset.