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Nana’s Green Tea

Formerly known as No Grease

Food & Beverage - Coffee & TeaFranchising since 2025Website
Investment
$627K – $1.5M
91st pct Coffee & Tea
Avg revenue
49th pct Coffee & Tea
Royalty
5.0%
17th pct Coffee & Tea
Units
0
0th pct Coffee & Tea
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $627K – $1.5M including a $50K franchise fee, 5.0% 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 2 loans (below the industry average).
  • Auditor disclosed a going-concern note — flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
Nana’s Green Tea USA Franchising Inc.
Parent company
Nanaha CO., LTD.
Incorporated in
Delaware
HQ
15032 Red Hill Ave. Suite A, Tustin, California 92780
Auditor
Kezos & Dunlavy
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$0
Most recent fiscal year
⚠ Going-concern note
Disclosed in FDD 2025
Auditor flagged doubt about continued operations. Verify against the latest FDD before deciding.

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 Nana’s Green Tea 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: $627K–$1.5M
Working capital
$
FDD reports $100K–$300K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

7%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$83K
EBITDA margin
11.0%
Total invested
$1.3M
Payback
184 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 a health-focused beverage and snack retail concept, likely serving freshly made teas, smoothies, and light food items in a café setting. Day-to-day operations typically include inventory management, staff scheduling, customer service, food preparation, and point-of-sale management in a small-to-medium footprint location.

CEO
Kazuto Kutami
Founded
2024
FDD year
2025
States available
0

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$627K – $1.5M
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$100K – $300K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$50K
Royalty
5.0%
Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
2.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
7.0%
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
0
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
2023
0±0
Franchised units
2024
0
Franchised units
2025
0
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 13 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).

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Registered · 13 states
Not registered

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.

Total loans
2
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

Nana's Green Tea presents material uncertainty due to undisclosed unit count, absent financial performance data, and opaque cost drivers, making ROI validation impossible before investment.

Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINORNo current franchised units reported (0 units) — unable to validate system viability or franchisee performance
  2. 02MEDFinancial performance metrics completely withheld (Item 19 missing) — no disclosure of average unit volumes, net income, or ROI benchmarks
  3. 03MINORExtremely wide investment range ($627K–$1.5M spread of 140%) suggests unclear cost structure or high variability in buildout
  4. 04MEDNo disclosed growth trajectory — cannot assess system momentum, market traction, or franchisee retention rates
  5. 05MINOR5-year term is shorter than industry standard (7–10 years) — limits franchisee payback window and ROI timeline

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
5 years
Renewal term
5 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
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Delaware

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
20 hrs
On-the-job training
180 hrs
POS system
Toast POS
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

13 numbers

Locked
(213) 576-••••
CA
(605) 773-••••
SD
(217) 782-••••
IL

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Nana’s Green Tea · FDD (2025) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above