Bottom line
- Total investment $340K – $1.2M including a $45K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $2.9M/year (median $2.9M). Estimated payback in 1.2 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 52/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 26 loans (below the industry average).
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 Juici Patties unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
59%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Juici Patties units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
26.9%
3.29× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
3.05×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$13.1M
on $25.8M purchase
Total debt
$12.7M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate quick-service Caribbean fast-casual restaurants specializing in patties (savory pastries) and related island cuisine. Day-to-day operations include food preparation, customer service, POS management, inventory ordering, and staff scheduling in a limited-service format.
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 · 14 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.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Juici Patties presents elevated risk due to undisclosed going concern issues, minimal unit count, absence of financial performance documentation, and unverifiable profitability claims.
Score breakdown · what drove the 52 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — indicates potential financial instability or undisclosed operational challenges at corporate level
- 02MEDOnly 4 units systemwide with unknown growth trajectory — extremely limited scale and no visibility into expansion momentum
- 03MEDNo Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) disclosed — cannot validate claimed $2.87M avg revenue or $631K net income figures
- 04MINORWide investment range ($339K–$1.16M) suggests inconsistent unit economics or unclear buildout requirements
- 05MINOR6% royalty on gross sales is standard but lacks context without verified AUV sustainability data
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
18 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Juici Patties · FDD (2025) PDF