Can Kitchen Solvers add the cost of software subscriptions to the Technology Fee?
Kitchen_Solvers Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
entitled to apply your payments against any amounts due us. We also may set off any amounts that may be held by us or our affiliates on your behalf or owed to you by us or our affiliates against amounts you owe to us or our affiliates.
- E. Technology Suite. You must use a computer system that we designate for your Business, including all future updates, supplements and modifications (the "Technology Suite"). The computer software package developed for use in your Business may include proprietary software. You must pay us a monthly technology fee (the "Technology Fee"), currently $268.90 per month, for access to our designated software system. We may increase this fee upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice to you. We reserve the right to require you to purchase the Technology Suite, and/or any component thereof, from our designated suppliers at any time during the term. As of the Effective Date of this Agreement, one (1) email account is included in the monthly fee, however this is subject to change at any time in the future and you will be required to bear all costs associated with any modifications. You may purchase additional accounts for our then-current monthly fee per account. As of the Effective Date of this Agreement, the additional fee is between $14 to $22.50 per account per month and is subject to change at any time during the term. We may offer you the opp
Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD page 49)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Kitchen Solvers' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Kitchen Solvers franchisees are required to use a designated computer system, referred to as the "Technology Suite." Franchisees must pay a monthly technology fee, which is currently $268.90, for access to Kitchen Solvers' designated software system. This fee may be increased by Kitchen Solvers with thirty days' prior written notice.
As of the effective date of the Franchise Agreement, the monthly technology fee includes one email account. Additional email accounts can be purchased for an extra monthly fee, which currently ranges from $14 to $22.50 per account and is subject to change.
Kitchen Solvers retains the right to offer franchisees the opportunity to purchase subscriptions to certain software at designated prices, which may be detailed in the Kitchen Solvers manual or other written communications. Critically, Kitchen Solvers explicitly reserves the right to add the cost of these software subscriptions to the franchisee's Technology Fee. This means that a franchisee's monthly Technology Fee could increase if they choose to purchase these optional software subscriptions offered by Kitchen Solvers.