How Does the Sculpture Hospitality Franchise Work?

The 2026 FDD defines the Franchised Business around consultative beverage inventory management for restaurants, bars, hotels, sports arenas, nightclubs and similar Establishments. The focal offering is the Inventory Control System, delivered through Client Evaluations and three client service types.

For Full-Service Clients, a trained certified evaluator performs the on-premise inventory count and handles purchase processing, sales and spillage reconciliation, weekly order forecasting, ordering and variance analysis. For Shared Service Clients, the client performs the on-site count and uploads it to the system; the franchisee generally completes the remaining evaluation work, with the precise division negotiable with the client.

For Self-Service Clients, the client executes the full evaluation process using Sculpture Hospitality software and systems. The franchisee trains the client, builds the database and verifies costing and recipes. The current official bar inventory page describes Shared Service as the model used by most clients, while the FDD does not disclose the U.S. client mix by service type.

Sources: 2026 FDD, Item 1, pp. 2-3; Item 16, p. 39; Franchise Agreement, § I. The official inventory software page describes current counts, POS integration, reporting and ordering functions.

A transaction is not a retail counter sale. It begins with local account development or a franchisor-supplied lead, moves through service-model selection and client setup, then cycles through inventory work, reconciliation, client reporting and monthly system reporting.

Sources: 2026 FDD, Item 6, pp. 6-11; Item 11, pp. 24-33; Franchise Agreement §§ V.H, VIII. The official “How We Help” page describes the same technology-plus-local-expert operating concept at a consumer level.

This is contractually an owner-involved model. An individual franchisee must devote full-time and best efforts; an entity must appoint an owner-manager, and a majority owner must serve as manager and directly supervise the Franchised Business.

The FDD does not prescribe a unit headcount, employee-to-client ratio or shift structure. It does contemplate employees and independent contractors: executive personnel must execute the required confidentiality and non-compete documents, other employees and contractors must sign confidentiality agreements, and the franchisee manages employee access to the Computer System. Employment terms and labor practices remain the franchisee's responsibility.

The mandatory Centralized Marketing Program establishes or manages Facebook and Instagram, LinkedIn, Bing Places, Google Business Profile and selected review/networking profiles, with administrative social-account access for brand compliance. The franchisee separately must spend at least 3% of Gross Sales on approved local marketing and provide records when requested.

Sources: 2026 FDD, Items 8, 11 and 15; Franchise Agreement §§ V.F-V.M.

The strongest operating dependency is the technology and standards stack: SHH Group, LLC is currently the sole approved supplier of the proprietary software, while the franchisee may source the non-proprietary Computer System from any vendor that meets current specifications.

The Computer System must be internet-enabled and run current Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. The FDD recommends compatible bottle and keg scales, a UPC scanner and a mobile device. SHH Group may change specifications, require designated suppliers, replacement or upgrades; the franchisee remains responsible for the Computer System. There is no current mandatory purchasing cooperative, and an unapproved supplier requires SHH Group review.

Franchisees and employees must use an @sculpturehospitality.com address for Franchised Business matters. The franchisee must retain prescribed books and records for at least seven years, submit monthly reports, and permit record reviews, client-invoice spot checks and audits. SHH Group lacks independent access to the local computer except for software updates or requested support.

Sources: 2026 FDD, Item 8, pp. 15-18; Item 11, pp. 26-27; Franchise Agreement §§ V.H, VIII. See the official software page for current POS, accounting, ordering and reporting integrations.

Each franchise receives an exclusive Territory sized around approximately 150, 250 or 500 Establishments with liquor licenses. Protection prevents SHH Group from placing another Sculpture Hospitality Franchised Business in the Territory while the franchisee remains compliant, but important channel and National Account exceptions remain.

The franchisee must operate solely within the Territory and may sell authorized services to customers there. Active solicitation and targeted paid search or SEO outside the Territory are prohibited, and the franchisee may not use alternative distribution channels for sales. If SHH Group receives an online order requiring performance in the Territory, it offers the work to the franchisee first; if the franchisee declines or cannot fulfill it, SHH Group, an affiliate or a designee may perform it. The administrative office is optional.

National Accounts are a separate control path. SHH Group may contract with and administer a qualifying multi-unit operator, may use affiliates or designated third parties, may convert an existing system client into a National Account, and may reassign the party servicing a National Account location. The FDD states that National Accounts remain SHH Group's customer, even when a franchisee performs services in its Territory.

Sources: 2026 FDD, Items 1 and 12, pp. 2-3 and 34-36; Franchise Agreement §§ I.C-I.G and IV.D.

At December 31, 2025, the U.S. system had 185 outlets: 172 franchised and 13 company-owned. Item 20 also shows the total year-end footprint declining from 192 in 2023 to 189 in 2024 and 185 in 2025.

The FDD is specific about control, territory and reporting, but several current operating details sit in changeable Manuals, software specifications or account-level arrangements and should not be inferred from public marketing pages.

• 1Authorized food scope: confirm which food-inventory services, if any, the current U.S. Manuals authorize a Franchised Business to sell.
• 2Current Self-Service pricing rule: request the current minimum price and how SHH Group applies it across service configurations.
• 3Current technology list: obtain the live Computer System, scale, scanner, mobile-device, BARS and Beverage Platform requirements, including replacement cycles.
• 4Territory account map: identify existing National Accounts, Open Area accounts and any cross-territory transition obligations affecting the proposed Territory.
• 5Practical staffing model: ask how current franchisees divide evaluation, sales, administration and client follow-up, because the FDD does not prescribe headcount.

The central mechanism is recurring Client Evaluations sold to hospitality Establishments inside an exclusive Territory, with the franchisee responsible for account development, service execution or supervision, client data accuracy and required reporting.