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FV-02335·MODERATEExcellent81FDD 2022

Skinnypizza & Acai

Food & Beverage - Full ServiceFranchising since 2014Website
Investment
$271K – $568K
30th pct Full Service
Avg revenue
57th pct Full Service
Royalty
5.0%
15th pct Full Service
Units
2
11th pct Full Service
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $271K – $568K including a $30K 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 61/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 169 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
SKINNYPIZZA FRANCHISE SYSTEMS LLC
Parent company
SkinnyPizza Brands LLC
Incorporated in
New York
HQ
211 Mineola Avenue, Roslyn Heights, New York 11577
Auditor
Akiva Manne
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$39K
vs $43K prior year
⚠ Going-concern note
Disclosed in FDD 2022
Status as of 2022; 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 SKINNYPIZZA & ACAI 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: $271K–$568K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $30K–$50K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

28%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$128K
EBITDA margin
17.0%
Total invested
$459K
Payback
43 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 fast-casual health-focused restaurants serving acai bowls, smoothies, and thin-crust 'skinny' pizzas. Day-to-day operations include food prep, customer service, inventory management, and maintaining brand compliance in a dual-concept QSR model with both grab-and-go and dine-in components.

CEO
Joseph Vetrano
Founded
2013
FDD year
2022
States available
1

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$271K – $568K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$30K – $50K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$30K
Royalty
5.0%
Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
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
2
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
2
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
0%
vs corporate-owned
2020
0±0
Franchised units
2021
0
Franchised units
2022
0
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 14 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 · 14 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
169
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

61
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE61 / 100

Extremely early-stage franchise with minimal operating history, opaque unit economics, and no growth evidence—high uncertainty for profitability and support viability.

Score breakdown · what drove the 61 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINOROnly 2 units in system with unknown growth trajectory indicates extremely small, potentially stagnant franchise network
  2. 02MEDNo average revenue or net income disclosed (missing Item 19) prevents ROI validation and suggests poor unit economics or underperformance
  3. 03MINORWide investment range ($270.5K–$568K) with no corresponding revenue data makes it impossible to project payback period
  4. 04MINORMinimal franchise infrastructure: 2-unit system lacks operational maturity, economies of scale, and supply chain leverage
  5. 05MED5% royalty on undisclosed sales means franchisees cannot estimate actual profit impact or break-even 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
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
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Optional
Governing law
New York

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
16 hrs
On-the-job training
132 hrs
POS system
Mobile Bytes by Microsan
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

15 numbers

Locked
(213) 576-••••
CA
(651) 539-••••
MN
(360) 902-••••
WA

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

SKINNYPIZZA & ACAI · FDD (2022) PDF

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