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Broadway Pizza

Food & Beverage - PizzaFranchising since 1990Website
Investment
$860K – $1.4M
93rd pct Pizza
Avg revenue
46th pct Pizza
Royalty
4.5%
19th pct Pizza
Units
12
29th pct Pizza
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $860K – $1.4M including a $30K franchise fee, 4.5% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 65/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 5 loans (below the industry average).
  • No Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
Broadway Station Restaurants, Inc.
Incorporated in
Minnesota
HQ
1818 Wooddale Drive, Suite 202, Woodbury, MN 55125
Auditor
Bauman Associates, Ltd.
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$1.2M
vs $1.1M prior year

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 Broadway Pizza unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: restaurant
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $860K–$1.4M
Working capital
$
FDD reports $8K–$25K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

8%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$94K
EBITDA margin
12.5%
Total invested
$1.1M
Payback
144 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.

Overview

About

Franchisees operate pizza restaurants under the Broadway Pizza brand, handling daily operations including food preparation, customer service, inventory management, staffing, and local marketing. Day-to-day responsibilities include managing kitchen production, point-of-sale systems, delivery logistics (if applicable), and ensuring brand standard compliance while paying 4.5% of gross revenues to the franchisor.

CEO
Randall J. Winger
Founded
1990
FDD year
2024
States available
1

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$860K – $1.4M
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$8K – $25K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$30K
Royalty
4.5%
Gross Revenues · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
5.5%
vs 9–13% typical

Item 19

Financial Performance

This franchisor did not disclose financial performance representations in Item 19, or our extractor could not parse them.

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
12
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+0.0%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
-7.7%
Compounded over last 3 years
2022
12±0
Franchised units
2023
12
Franchised units
2024
13
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 12 · 1 state reported

The Territory Map

FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.

1

states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)

Government records

SBA Loan Data

Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.

Total loans
5
Loan volume
Avg loan
Default rate
0.0%
vs <3% typical · system-wide
5-yr default

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

65
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE65 / 100

Broadway Pizza presents elevated risk due to non-disclosure of unit economics, going concern issues, tiny system size, and inability to validate investment ROI before signing a 10-year commitment.

Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDNo Item 19 (average unit volumes) disclosed — impossible to assess ROI or profitability
  2. 02MEDOnly 12 units system-wide indicates extremely limited scale and unproven business model
  3. 03HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — suggests potential financial instability of franchisor
  4. 04MINORHigh initial investment ($860k–$1.35M) with no revenue/income benchmarks to justify it
  5. 05MED4.5% royalty on undisclosed revenues creates opacity around actual franchisee net earnings
  6. 06MINORNo unit growth data provided — suggests stagnant or declining franchise system

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
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
10 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
No
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
No
Non-compete
0.8 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Minnesota

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
30 hrs
On-the-job training
230 hrs
POS system
FoodTec POS System
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.

No franchisee contacts available for Broadway Pizza. This brand's FDD Item 20 did not include a contactable franchisee list.

FDD download

Broadway Pizza · FDD (2024) PDF

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