What is the current monthly Technology Fee for Hck Hot Chicken franchisees per Restaurant?
Hck_Hot_Chicken Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
e Note 5 for more information.
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- Technology Fee. We will provide you with certain technical services in exchange for your monthly Technology Fee, which may change from time to time based on changes to the technical services we provide and/or our costs to provide these services. The current Technology Fee is $500 per month per Restaurant. We reserve the right to create proprietary software or technology that must be used by HCK Hot Chicken franchisees, in which case we may require that you enter into a license agreement with us and pay us reasonable initial and ongoing licensing, support and maintenance fees. We can change the software and technology that must be used by our franchisees at any time, which may result in changes to the Technology Fee. In addition to your monthly Technology Fee, certain approved or required suppliers may charge a fee for initial account setup for technology services. You must pay this fee directly to these vendors or reimburse us for these account setup fees if we incur them on your behalf. Currently, we require that you utilize software provided by third party suppliers. You are required to pay these su
Source: Item 6 — OTHER FEES (FDD pages 13–19)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Hck Hot Chicken's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must pay a monthly Technology Fee. This fee compensates Hck Hot Chicken for providing technical services. The amount of the Technology Fee may change over time based on the services provided and the costs to provide these services.
Currently, the Technology Fee is $500 per month for each Hck Hot Chicken Restaurant. In addition to this fee, franchisees may also be required to pay fees to approved or required suppliers for initial account setup for technology services. These fees are paid directly to the vendors or reimbursed to Hck Hot Chicken if they incur the costs on the franchisee's behalf.
Hck Hot Chicken also reserves the right to create proprietary software or technology that franchisees must use. If this occurs, franchisees may be required to enter into a license agreement and pay initial and ongoing licensing, support, and maintenance fees. Hck Hot Chicken can change the required software and technology at any time, which may result in changes to the Technology Fee. Franchisees are also required to pay third-party suppliers for the use of their software.