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Jreck Subs

Food & Beverage - Full ServiceFranchising since 2020Website
Investment
$128K – $429K
9th pct Full Service
Avg revenue
57th pct Full Service
Royalty
6.5%
86th pct Full Service
Units
28
61st pct Full Service
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $128K – $429K including a $19K franchise fee, 6.5% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 67/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 5 loans (below the industry average).
  • System contracting at -9.7% CAGR over 3 years. Investigate whether closures are franchisor-driven (consolidation) or franchisee-driven (economics).

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
Fresh Start Franchising, Inc.
Incorporated in
Delaware
HQ
158 Syracuse Street, Suite 200, Syracuse, New York 13204
Auditor
Bonadio & Co., LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$1.6M
vs $1.9M 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 Jreck Subs 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: generic
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $128K–$429K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $8K–$25K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

34%

In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$101K
EBITDA margin
13.5%
Total invested
$294K
Payback
35 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 submarine sandwich shops selling fresh subs, likely with limited customization. Daily operations include food prep, inventory management, customer service, and point-of-sale handling in a quick-service restaurant model with minimal table service or dine-in complexity.

CEO
Matthew G. Darrah
Founded
2018
FDD year
2023
States available
1

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$128K – $429K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$8K – $25K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$19K
Royalty
6.5%
Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
3.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
9.5%
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
28
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
-9.7%
Compounded over last 3 years
2021
28±0
Franchised units
2022
28
Franchised units
2023
31
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

67
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE67 / 100

Jreck Subs presents CAUTION-level risk due to absent financial disclosures, small undocumented unit base, territorial vulnerability, and potential corporate financial stress.

Score breakdown · what drove the 67 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDNo Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — impossible to validate ROI claims or average unit economics
  2. 02HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE, indicating potential financial instability at corporate level
  3. 03MEDOnly 28 units system-wide with unknown growth trajectory — suggests limited scale and unproven scalability
  4. 04MINORZero territory protection — franchisees face direct competition from other Jreck locations and cannibalization risk
  5. 05MINORWide investment range ($127.5K–$428.5K) without corresponding revenue transparency suggests inconsistent unit performance
  6. 06MED6.5% royalty on undisclosed revenues creates cash flow uncertainty for franchisees with no baseline expectations

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
No
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
10 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
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
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
New York

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
28 hrs
On-the-job training
30 hrs
POS system
Point of Sale 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.

Franchisee contacts

1 numbers

Locked
(315) 232-••••
NY

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Jreck Subs · FDD (2023) PDF

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