Little Susie’s Coffee & Pie
Bottom line
- Total investment $144K – $317K including a $40K franchise fee, 8.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $461K/year.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 63/100.
- Emerging franchise — only 0 years of franchising with 4 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 Little Susie’s Coffee & Pie unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
27%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Little Susie’s Coffee & Pie units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$646K
on $3.2M purchase
Total debt
$2.6M
SBA $1.6M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Little Susie's Coffee & Pie is a café concept where franchisees operate quick-service locations serving specialty coffee beverages and freshly made pies. Daily operations include inventory management of ingredients, food preparation, point-of-sale transactions, and customer service in a small-footprint retail or kiosk environment.
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 · 18 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
Undercapitalized micro-franchise with financial transparency issues, minimal unit base, and unclear unit-level profitability poses substantial risk to franchisee ROI.
Score breakdown · what drove the 63 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — indicates potential financial instability or accounting irregularities at franchisor level
- 02MINOROnly 4 units system-wide with unknown growth trajectory — unusually small and stagnant franchise system raises sustainability questions
- 03MEDNet Income not disclosed in Item 19 — prevents ROI analysis; $461K avg revenue may not support $143.5K-$317K investment payback
- 04MINORHigh royalty burden (8% of Net Sales) combined with unknown profitability makes unit economics opaque
- 05MINOR5-year term is relatively short; franchisor may be testing viability rather than establishing stable brand
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
20 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Little Susie’s Coffee & Pie · FDD (2026) PDF