Bottom line
- Total investment $248K – $451K including a $50K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $575K/year. Estimated payback in 2.5 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 53/100.
- Auditor disclosed a going-concern note — flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Yale framework · single-unit ROIC
Returns Analysis
Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.
The model · Yale framework
What would one B Nutritious unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
23%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 B Nutritious units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$920K
on $4.6M purchase
Total debt
$3.7M
SBA $2.3M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
B Nutritious franchisees operate nutrition-focused food service establishments (likely smoothies, wellness bowls, or supplement-based retail), managing daily operations including product preparation, customer service, inventory management, and local marketing. Franchisees source products per brand standards, maintain brand compliance, and leverage the franchisor's operational systems while retaining 95% of gross revenue after the 5% royalty.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 19 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 phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
B Nutritious presents moderate-to-caution risk as a pre-scaling nutrition franchise with only 2 units, unproven growth, and significant investment requirements relative to system maturity.
Score breakdown · what drove the 53 / 100 rating
- 01MINOROnly 2 units in entire system indicates minimal scale, making it difficult to validate unit economics or identify proven replicable model
- 02MEDNo disclosed growth trajectory for 2-unit system raises questions about franchisee demand, market viability, and franchisor's ability to support expansion
- 03MEDHigh investment-to-unit ratio ($248K-$450K) with only 2 operating locations suggests unproven ROI and limited comparable performance data
- 04MINORInvestment range spread of $202,600 (81% variance) indicates unclear or highly variable startup costs with potential hidden expenses
- 05MINORFranchise fee of $49,500 represents 20% of minimum investment—relatively high upfront cost for unproven 2-unit brand
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
Item 11
Training & Operations
Item 20
Franchisee Contacts
Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.
Franchisee contacts
19 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
B Nutritious · FDD (2025) PDF