Squisito® Pizza and Pasta
Bottom line
- Total investment $265K – $838K including a $35K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.3M/year (median $1.2M).
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 53/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 3 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
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 Squisito® Pizza and Pasta unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
34%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Squisito® Pizza and Pasta units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
43.0%
5.99× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
2.03×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$2.9M
on $11.3M purchase
Total debt
$8.4M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate casual Italian quick-service or fast-casual restaurants serving pizza and pasta dishes, managing daily food preparation, customer service, inventory, and staff scheduling. Revenue generation relies on dine-in, takeout, and potentially delivery channels within a protected territory.
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 · 17 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
Early-stage pizza/pasta franchise with undisclosed profitability metrics, minimal unit count, and wide investment variance creating significant uncertainty around franchise viability and ROI.
Score breakdown · what drove the 53 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNet income not disclosed in FDD Item 19 — unable to validate profitability claims against $1.26M average revenue
- 02MINOROnly 9 units system-wide with unknown growth trajectory — suggests early-stage or stalled expansion
- 03MINORHigh investment range ($264.6K–$837.5K) with 5% royalty plus unknown additional fees — requires clarity on total cost of ownership
- 04MINORWide investment variance ($573K spread) indicates inconsistent unit economics or high customization costs
- 05HIGHNo disclosed litigation history may reflect insufficient system maturity rather than clean operations
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
19 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Squisito® Pizza and Pasta · FDD (2024) PDF