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B Nutritious

Food & Beverage - Full ServiceFranchising since 2018Website
Investment
$248K – $451K
27th pct Full Service
Avg revenue
$575K
6th pct Full Service
Royalty
5.0%
15th pct Full Service
Units
2
11th pct Full Service
SBA default

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

Legal entity
B NUTRITIOUS FRANCHISE, LLC
Incorporated in
Nevada
HQ
18053 Magnolia St., Fountain Valley, California 92708
Auditor
Naper CPA Group
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$31K
vs $36K prior year
⚠ Going-concern note
Disclosed in FDD 2025
Auditor flagged doubt about continued operations. Verify against the latest FDD before deciding.

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?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
FDD Item 19 reports $575,280
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: generic
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $248K–$451K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $15K–$30K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

23%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$86K
EBITDA margin
15.0%
Total invested
$372K
Payback
52 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing

What would 25 B Nutritious units return on equity?

Edit assumptions

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.

CEO
Brian Nguyen
Founded
2018
FDD year
2025
States available
1

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$248K – $451K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$15K – $30K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$50K
Royalty
5.0%
Gross Revenue · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
Up to 3% of Gross Revenue; Currently 1.5% of Gross Revenue
Total fee load
8.0%
vs 9–13% typical
Payback period
2.5 yrs
From v3 / Item 19

Item 19

Financial Performance

Avg gross sales
$575K
Per unit, per year
Median gross sales
Item 19 type
Single corporate location
Sample size
1 units
vs category median 15 · small
Transparency
9 / 5
vs category median 4 / 5 · above
Revenue rank6th
vs Food & Beverage - Full Service peers
Investment cost rank27th
Lower investment ranks lower (better)
Royalty rate rank15th
Lower royalty = lower percentile (better)
Unit count rank11th
vs Food & Beverage - Full Service peers
Risk score rank24th
Lower risk = lower percentile (better)

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
2
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
1
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
50%
vs corporate-owned
Multi-unit owners
1.0%
Net growth (yr3)
+0.0%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
-50.0%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
1±0
Franchised units
2024
1
Franchised units
2025
2
Franchised units

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).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 19 states
Not registered

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

53
Risk · 0-100
STRONG53 / 100

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

  1. 01MINOROnly 2 units in entire system indicates minimal scale, making it difficult to validate unit economics or identify proven replicable model
  2. 02MEDNo disclosed growth trajectory for 2-unit system raises questions about franchisee demand, market viability, and franchisor's ability to support expansion
  3. 03MEDHigh investment-to-unit ratio ($248K-$450K) with only 2 operating locations suggests unproven ROI and limited comparable performance data
  4. 04MINORInvestment range spread of $202,600 (81% variance) indicates unclear or highly variable startup costs with potential hidden expenses
  5. 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

Territory
Radius/Population
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Granted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Nevada

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
26 hrs
On-the-job training
61 hrs
POS system
Toast POS
Operating tech stack

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

Locked
(701) 328-••••
ND
(651) 539-••••
MN
(212) 416-••••
NY

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

B Nutritious · FDD (2025) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above