Bottom line
- Total investment $162K – $291K including a $50K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $754K/year.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 60/100.
- Emerging franchise — only 0 years of franchising with 5 units. Early-stage systems carry higher risk but may offer better territory availability.
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 Exotic Snack Guys unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
44%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Exotic Snack Guys units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$1.2M
on $6.0M purchase
Total debt
$4.8M
SBA $3.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate specialty snack retail/distribution locations featuring exotic and international food products. Day-to-day operations likely include inventory management, customer sales, potential wholesale/B2B distribution, and local marketing to drive the reported $753k average revenue.
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 · 16 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
Exotic Snack Guys presents caution-to-high-risk profile due to undisclosed profitability, minimal system scale (5 units), false going concern status, and inability to validate promised returns.
Score breakdown · what drove the 60 / 100 rating
- 01MINOROnly 5 units in system with unknown growth trajectory raises viability concerns
- 02MINORNo net income disclosure (Item 19) prevents ROI validation despite $753k avg revenue claim
- 03HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE, indicating potential financial instability at corporate level
- 04MINORHigh initial investment range ($161.5k-$290.9k) relative to system size and unproven unit economics
- 05MINORExtremely small franchise base limits support infrastructure and brand recognition leverage
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
17 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Exotic Snack Guys · FDD (2026) PDF