Bottom line
- Total investment $286K – $1.2M including a $40K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.3M/year (median $1.3M).
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 46/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 20 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 Salata unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
28%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Salata units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
40.8%
5.53× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
2.09×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$3.4M
on $11.9M purchase
Total debt
$8.6M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Salata franchisees operate fast-casual salad and grain bowl restaurants where customers customize fresh, health-focused meals. Day-to-day operations include managing inventory of fresh produce, staffing kitchen and counter positions, executing made-to-order service, and maintaining food safety standards typical of QSR environments.
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 · 3 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
Salata presents moderate-to-cautionary risk due to lack of Item 19 profitability disclosure, wide investment variance, and sluggish unit growth, offsetting positive factors like no litigation and protected territory.
Score breakdown · what drove the 46 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNet Income not disclosed in FDD Item 19 — cannot assess actual profitability or ROI despite $1.3M average revenue
- 02MINORWide investment range ($285.5K–$1.16M) suggests high variability in unit economics and unclear cost structure
- 03MINORModest unit growth of 8.0% YoY in fast-casual segment indicates slower expansion than category peers
- 04MEDHigh royalty rate (5%) combined with undisclosed net income creates unclear path to franchisee profitability
- 05HIGHGoing Concern status is False but absence of Item 19 net income data prevents validation of financial sustainability
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
9 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Salata · FDD (2023) PDF