What is the Computer System Installation Fee for a Petro Stopping Center franchise?
Petro_Stopping_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 6.3 Computer System Installation. We will send information technology personnel to your Site prior to the Opening Date to provide assistance in installing and setting-up certain aspects of your Computer System.
Source: Item 14 — Other investments (FDD pages 131–208)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
The 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document for Petro Stopping Center does not specify a Computer System Installation Fee. However, it does state that Petro Stopping Center will send information technology personnel to the site prior to the opening date to assist in installing and setting up certain aspects of the Computer System.
Item 6.2 states that the franchisee must reimburse Petro Stopping Center for actual costs in connection with training and opening assistance, including wages, travel, and living expenses of trainers. It is not clear if this reimbursement extends to the information technology personnel mentioned in Item 6.3, or if there is a separate fee.
Prospective franchisees should ask Petro Stopping Center for clarification on whether the costs associated with the computer system installation are separate from the general training and opening assistance costs, and if so, what the estimated range of those costs might be. It would also be prudent to inquire about any other potential fees related to the Computer Systems, including the Computer Systems Fee mentioned in Item 7.9 and the IT Security Fee mentioned in Item 9.9.