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FV-02175·MODERATEExcellent81

Roly Poly Rolled Sandwiches

Food & Beverage - Full ServiceFranchising since 1997Website
Investment
$107K – $227K
7th pct Full Service
Avg revenue
57th pct Full Service
Royalty
5.0%
15th pct Full Service
Units
25
58th pct Full Service
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $107K – $227K including a $23K 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 58/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 81 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
Roly Poly Franchise Systems, LLC
Incorporated in
Georgia
HQ
12370 Preserve Lane, Alpharetta, Georgia 30005
Auditor
Santi & Associates, PC
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$188K
vs $196K prior year
⚠ Going-concern note
Disclosed in FDD 2023
Status as of 2023; may have been resolved in a later filing we don't yet have.

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 Roly Poly Rolled Sandwiches 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: $107K–$227K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $5K–$20K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

63%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$113K
EBITDA margin
15.0%
Total invested
$179K
Payback
19 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 quick-service sandwich shops specializing in rolled sandwiches (wraps). Day-to-day operations include food prep, customer service, cash handling, inventory management, and cleaning. Most units are likely small footprint locations or kiosks requiring minimal staff.

CEO
Linda L. Wolf
Founded
1996
FDD year
2023
States available
9

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$107K – $227K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$5K – $20K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$23K
Royalty
5.0%
Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
the greater of $75 per month or 1% of your Gross Volume o…
Total fee load
6.0%
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
25
Opened
1
Last reporting year
Closed
4
Turnover rate
16.0%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
-10.7%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
-21.9%
Compounded over last 3 years
2021
25-3
Franchised units
2022
28
Franchised units
2023
32
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 8 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).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 8 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
81
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

58
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE58 / 100

Roly Poly is a contracting franchise system with no disclosed unit economics, making it impossible to validate ROI or assess whether the $106k–$226k investment can achieve acceptable returns.

Score breakdown · what drove the 58 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDUnit count declined 10.7% year-over-year (25 units remaining), indicating systemic underperformance or franchisee exits
  2. 02MINORNo average revenue or net income disclosure in Item 19 prevents ROI validation and raises transparency concerns
  3. 03MINOR$500/month minimum royalty on a 5% rate suggests expected unit volumes are modest; break-even analysis impossible
  4. 04MEDInvestment range of $106,550–$226,700 is substantial with no disclosed profitability benchmarks to justify cost
  5. 05MINORFranchise system is contracting rather than expanding, limiting growth prospects and peer support network

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Delivery Area
Protected territory
Yes
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
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
1 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Florida

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
9 hrs
On-the-job training
244 hrs
POS system
Square 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

18 numbers

Locked
(919) 522-••••
Raleigh
NC
(225) 229-••••
Sulphur
LA
(205) 324-••••
Downtown
AL

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Roly Poly Rolled Sandwiches · FDD (2023) PDF

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