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FV-02419·STRONGExcellent95

Spitz Mediterranean Street Food

Formerly known as Radwick

Food & Beverage - Full ServiceFranchising since 2013Website
Investment
$579K – $1.2M
73rd pct Full Service
Avg revenue
$1.9M
40th pct Full Service
Royalty
5.5%
50th pct Full Service
Units
20
54th pct Full Service
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $579K – $1.2M including a $35K franchise fee, 5.5% ongoing royalty.
  • Average unit revenue of $1.9M/year (median $2.0M). Estimated payback in 3.0 years.
  • Rated STRONG with a risk score of 30/100.
  • 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
RADWICK FRANCHISING, LLC
Incorporated in
Delaware
HQ
1725 Hillhurst Ave, Los Angeles, California 90027
Auditor
SingerLewak LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$1.5M
vs $875K prior year
⚠ Going-concern note
Disclosed in FDD 2024
Status as of 2024; 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 Spitz Mediterranean Street Food unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
FDD Item 19 reports $1,869,721
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: $579K–$1.2M
Working capital
$
FDD reports $30K–$75K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

30%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$271K
EBITDA margin
14.5%
Total invested
$917K
Payback
41 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.

Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing

What would 25 Spitz Mediterranean Street Food units return on equity?

Edit assumptions

Equity IRR · 5-yr

35.8%

4.62× MOIC

Year-1 DSCR

2.29×

EBITDA ÷ debt service

Equity required

$4.8M

on $14.0M purchase

Total debt

$9.2M

SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note

SBA 7(a) request ($7.0M) exceeds the $5M program cap. Excess capped automatically; backfill via conventional or equity.

Overview

About

Franchisees operate fast-casual Mediterranean street food restaurants, managing food preparation, inventory, POS systems, and staffing. Day-to-day operations involve executing standardized menus (likely kebabs, wraps, salads), managing counter service, maintaining food safety standards, and driving local marketing to achieve the $1.87M average revenue benchmark.

CEO
Bryce Rademan
Founded
2013
FDD year
2024
States available
7

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$579K – $1.2M
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$30K – $75K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$35K
Royalty
5.5%
Gross Revenue · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
n/d
Total fee load
5.5%
vs 9–13% typical
Payback period
3.0 yrs
From v3 / Item 19

Item 19

Financial Performance

Avg gross sales
$1.9M
Per unit, per year
Median gross sales
$2.0M
Item 19 type
Historical
Sample size
8 units
vs category median 15
Range (low → high)
$1.2M$2.3M
Cohort dispersion
Transparency
10 / 5
vs category median 4 / 5 · above
Revenue rank40th
vs Food & Beverage - Full Service peers
Investment cost rank73th
Lower investment ranks lower (better)
Royalty rate rank50th
Lower royalty = lower percentile (better)
Unit count rank54th
vs Food & Beverage - Full Service peers
Risk score rank0th
Lower risk = lower percentile (better)

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
20
Opened
4
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
5
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
75%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+36.4%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+87.5%
Compounded over last 3 years
2022
15+4
Franchised units
2023
11
Franchised units
2024
8
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).

AK
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RI
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NY
NJ
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DC
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IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Available · 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

30
Risk · 0-100
STRONG30 / 100

Spitz presents moderate risk with strong unit growth and profitability metrics, but small system size, high capital requirements, and lack of disclosed litigation history make financial projections difficult to validate independently.

Score breakdown · what drove the 30 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINORHigh initial investment ($579K–$1.15M) with modest franchise fee ($35K) creates substantial operator burden relative to franchisor commitment
  2. 02MINORRoyalty structure ($125/week minimum) means break-even requires ~$11,700 annual revenue; unclear how this scales with 36.4% YoY unit growth sustainability
  3. 03MEDOnly 20 units total—limited sample size for validating the $289K average net income claim; 36.4% growth could reverse quickly in emerging concept

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
No
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Utah

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
28 hrs
On-the-job training
70 hrs
POS system
Toast
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
(415) 299-••••
CA
(303) 834-••••
CO
(651) 330-••••
MN

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Spitz Mediterranean Street Food · FDD (2024) PDF

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