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FV-02222·MODERATEExcellent81

Salvatore’s Old Fashioned Pizzeria

Food & Beverage - Full ServiceFranchising since 2013Website
Investment
$76K – $634K
4th pct Full Service
Avg revenue
57th pct Full Service
Royalty
Units
32
64th pct Full Service
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $76K – $634K including a $20K franchise fee.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 64/100.
  • No Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
Salvatore’s Old Fashioned Pizzeria Since 1978, Inc.
Incorporated in
New York
HQ
1900 Empire Blvd., Ste. #255, Webster, NY 14580
Auditor
Bernardi & Company CPAs LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$1.1M
vs $1.2M prior year

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 Salvatore’s Old Fashioned Pizzeria 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: $76K–$634K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $20K–$70K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

26%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$105K
EBITDA margin
14.0%
Total invested
$400K
Payback
46 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 casual pizza restaurants serving traditional Old Fashioned style pizza and related Italian menu items. Day-to-day responsibilities include food preparation, customer service, staff management, inventory control, and local marketing to drive foot traffic and delivery orders.

CEO
Salvatore Fantauzzo
Founded
2008
FDD year
2025
States available
2

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$76K – $634K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$20K – $70K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$20K
Royalty
$1,000.00 per month in the event Gross Sales for that mon…
Ad fund
$1,000.00 per month in the event Gross Sales for that mon…
Total fee load
4.0%
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
32
Opened
1
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+3.2%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+6.7%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
32+1
Franchised units
2024
31
Franchised units
2025
30
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 7 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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NY
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DC
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OH
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NC
SC
FL
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Registered · 7 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.

No SBA loan data available for this brand.

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

64
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE64 / 100

This is a small, slow-growth pizza franchise with undisclosed financials, an ambiguous going concern status, and a royalty model that may disproportionately burden underperforming locations—proceed only after thorough franchisee verification.

Score breakdown · what drove the 64 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINORNo Item 19 financial disclosure - cannot validate profitability claims or average unit economics
  2. 02MINORMinimal system growth (3.2% YoY) suggests market saturation or franchisee satisfaction issues
  3. 03MINORWide investment range ($76K-$634K) indicates inconsistent unit models or hidden cost variables
  4. 04MINORRoyalty structure heavily favors franchisor on low-revenue units ($1,000/month floor may exceed 2% on struggling locations)
  5. 05HIGHGoing Concern = False status is ambiguous and concerning - requires clarification on financial stability
  6. 06MEDOnly 32 units is a small system with limited support infrastructure and economies of scale

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
10 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
Non-compete
3 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Optional
Governing law
New York

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
20 hrs
On-the-job training
20 hrs
POS system
MicroWorks PrISM POS 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

39 numbers

Locked
(315) 538-••••
Macedon Franks Pizza Shack Inc
NY
(315) 538-••••
Walworth Freidarias Inc Frank N. Freida
NY
(585) 458-••••
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NY

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Salvatore’s Old Fashioned Pizzeria · FDD (2025) PDF

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