Another Broken Egg CafeFranchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Another Broken Egg Cafe franchise requires a total initial investment of $897K – $1.6M, including a $40K franchise fee and an ongoing 5.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2024 FDD, average unit revenue was $1.9M[2]. SBA 7(a) loans show a 0.0% charge-off rate across 17 loans[1]. Verdict grade: A. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified June 18, 2026 · figures per the 2024 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $897K – $1.6M
- 42nd pct Service Resta…
- Avg gross sales
- $1.9M
- 20th pct Service Resta…
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- 7th pct Service Resta…
- Units
- 97
- 41st pct Service Resta…
- SBA default
- 0.0%
- system-wide median varies by category
Quick verdict · Full-Service Restaurants · color = vs category peers
Green = >15% above Full-Service Restaurants avg · No shading = within ±15% · Red = >15% below avg · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Only 0.0% of 17 SBA loans charged off, well below the 16% franchise average.
The system grew 19% year-over-year. Fast growth means demand, but can strain support.
Bottom line
- Total investment $897K – $1.6M including a $40K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.9M/year (median $1.8M).
- Verdict A (Top Quintile) with a risk score of 40/100. SBA loan charge-off rate of 0.0% across 17 loans (well below the franchise average, based on all SBA 7(a) franchise lending, 2010–2024).
- Bankruptcy history disclosed in the FDD. Review Item 4 for details before proceeding.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
- Legal entity
- Another Broken Egg of America Franchising, LLC
- Parent company
- ABEA Acquisition, Inc.
- Ultimate parent
- TBG ABEA Holdings, LLC
- Predecessor
- and affiliate
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Paul Macaluso
- Incorporated in
- DE
- HQ
- 5955 T.G. Lee Boulevard, Suite 100, Orlando, Florida 32822
- Auditor
- Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $9.9M
- vs $11.1M prior year
- Management churn noted
- Frequent turnover
- Item 2 disclosed frequent executive changes
Independent franchisee associations
- Franchise Advisory Council (FAC)
Franchisee-led councils or alliances disclosed in Item 20. Indicates operator voice.
Overview
About
Another Broken Egg Cafe franchisees operate casual breakfast and brunch restaurants featuring egg-focused dishes, coffee, and comfort food in a fast-casual or casual dining format. Day-to-day operations involve managing kitchen staff, FOH service, inventory, food costs (typically 28-35% in breakfast QSR), and maintaining brand consistency across menu items, ambiance, and customer experience in individual cafe locations.
- CEO
- Paul Macaluso
- Headquarters
- FL
- Founded
- 2017
- FDD year
- 2024
- States available
- 15
FDD Item 7 · 2024 filing · 19 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franchise Fee | $40K | $40K | |
| Opening Team Training Fee | $0 | $15K | |
| Rent, Deposits, Licenses and Permits | $15K | $48K | |
| Leasehold Improvements | $500K | $900K | |
| Utility Deposits | $3K | $8K | |
| Cafe Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment | $220K | $325K | |
| Point of Sale Computer/Cash Register System, Software, Training and Installation | $35K | $45K | |
| Signage | $15K | $30K | |
| Initial Inventory | $8K | $20K | |
| Travel, Living and Salary Expenses While Management Training | $12K | $38K | |
| Pre-Opening Team Expenses | $0 | $5K | |
| Insurance | $8K | $20K | |
| Grand Opening Advertising | $15K | $15K | |
| Legal and Accounting | $2K | $12K | |
| Additional Funds - 3 months | $25K | $50K | |
| Development Fee | $60K | $80K | |
| Travel, Living and Salary Expenses While Management Training (Development Agreement) | $5K | $8K | |
| Legal and Accounting (Development Agreement) | $2K | $12K | |
| Additional Funds - 3 months (Development Agreement) | $25K | $50K | |
| Total initial investment | $989K | $1.7M |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Single-unit · estimated
Returns at a glance
Indicative numbers using FDD Item 7 / Item 19 inputs and category-benchmarked cost ratios. Full single-unit, 25-unit portfolio, and LBO models (with every input editable to stress-test your own scenario) live on the financials page.
Store EBITDA · annual
$220K
11.5% margin
Unlevered ROIC
17%
EBITDA / total invested capital
Payback
5.8 yrs
cash-on-cash, unlevered
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $897K – $1.6M
- Near category avg vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $25K – $50K
- Better than avg vs category
- Franchise fee
- $40K – $40K
- Better than avg vs category
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- percentage_of_gross · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 1.5%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 6.5%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 5.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 1.5% of gross sales |
| Training fee | $3K |
| Transfer fee | $20K |
| Renewal fee | $10K |
| Inventory (initial) | $8K – $20K |
| Total fee load | 6.5% of rev |
A 6.5% total fee load is unusually lean. More of each revenue dollar stays with the franchisee.
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $1.9M
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $1.8M
- Item 19 type
- gross_sales
- Sample size
- 78 units
- vs category median 13 · large
- Range (low → high)
- $735K→$3.7M
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Transparency tier
- revenue_only
- Categorical assessment of disclosure depth
- Reporting year
- 2023
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Transparency
- 7 / 5
- vs category median 4 / 5 · above
Compared against 1264 Full-Service Restaurants brands
vs Full-Service Restaurants averages
How Another Broken Egg Cafe Compares
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 97
- Opened
- 11
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Turnover rate
- 0.0%
- Company-owned
- 41
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 58%
- vs corporate-owned
- Multi-unit owners
- 20.0%
- Net growth (yr3)
- +19.1%
- Net unit change last year
- 3-yr CAGR
- +21.7%
- Compounded over last 3 years
3-year detail · Item 20
- Opened (3yr)
- 9
- Closed (3yr)
- 0
- Terminated (3yr)
- 0
- Non-renewed (3yr)
- 0
- Transfers (3yr)
- 0
- Reacquired (3yr)
- 2
- Franchisor bought back
- Projected new
- 12
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- Ceased ops
- 3.7%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 13 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator. Not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
Available to sell in · Item 12
- Indiana
- Wisconsin
States where the franchisor is registered to sell new franchises (FDD registration filings).
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
- Total loans
- 17
- Loan volume
- $18.6M
- Median loan
- $997K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- 0.0%
- rates vary by category · see methodology
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- 100.0%
- 5-yr charge-off
- N/A
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 14
- Defaults
- 0
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SBA Lending Report
Deep-dive into Another Broken Egg Cafe's SBA lending history: lender network, geographic footprint, interest rates, and more.
SBA Lending Report
- Principal loss rate and NAICS industry benchmark
- 10 lenders with concentration factor
- Per-state charge-off rates across 11 states
- Startup risk premium and job creation velocity
- 8-year lending trend
- SBA 504 real estate/equipment data
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With a 0.0% charge-off rate across 17 loans, banks have historically viewed this brand favorably for lending.
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Another Broken Egg presents moderate-to-cautionary risk due to missing net income disclosure, false going concern status, and aggressive expansion that may outpace unit profitability validation.
Litigation (Item 3)
0 case reference(s): 0 pending, 0 settled.
Largest disclosed settlement: $40,000
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
Disclosed in last 7 years
Tijuana Flats Restaurants, LLC and affiliated entity Tijuana Flats #176, LLC filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions on April 19, 2024 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division (Case No. 3:24-bk-01128-BAJ). Bankruptcy Court confirmed Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization on January 17, 2025, allowing debtors to emerge and continue operations.
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
Score breakdown · what drove the 40 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNet income not disclosed in Item 19 — inability to verify profitability claims or benchmark ROI against $897k-$1.57M investment
- 02HIGHGoing concern status is FALSE — suggests potential financial instability or undisclosed restructuring at corporate level
- 03MINORHigh unit growth (19.1% YoY) may indicate aggressive recruitment masking underlying unit-level performance issues
- 04MEDRoyalty structure (5%) combined with non-disclosed net income makes true franchise economics opaque
- 05HIGHNo litigation disclosed but going concern flag suggests latent legal or operational disputes
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | Radius |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Not allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 4 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 3 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Florida |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
0 case reference(s): 0 pending, 0 settled.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 125 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 216 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and corporate
- Site selection
- franchisee
- Franchisor financing
- Offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Revel
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Revel
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
56 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Another Broken Egg Cafe · FDD (2024) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Another Broken Egg Cafe franchise?
The total investment to open a Another Broken Egg Cafe franchise ranges from $897K – $1.6M, with an initial franchise fee of $40K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Another Broken Egg Cafe franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Another Broken Egg Cafe FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $1.9M. The median is $1.8M. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
What is Another Broken Egg Cafe's franchise failure rate?
Based on SBA 7(a) loan data, Another Broken Egg Cafe has a charge-off rate of 0.0% across 17 loans, meaning 0.0% of franchise loans were charged off. Charge-off rates are one proxy for franchise risk, though they do not capture all closures. This data comes from FOIA-sourced SBA lending records.
How many Another Broken Egg Cafe franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Another Broken Egg Cafe has 97 total units in the United States, including 31 franchised units and 41 company-owned units. 11 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Another Broken Egg Cafe a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Another Broken Egg Cafe as a A-grade franchise with a risk score of 40 out of 100, based on our analysis of investment costs, revenue data, SBA loan performance, and growth trends. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.