Tahini’s Mediterranean Cuisine
Bottom line
- Total investment $384K – $667K including a $40K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated AVOID with a risk score of 85/100.
- 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
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 Tahini’s Mediterranean Cuisine unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
21%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Tahini's Mediterranean Cuisine franchisees operate quick-service or casual-dining restaurants serving Mediterranean dishes (likely Middle Eastern/Lebanese cuisine based on brand name). Day-to-day operations include food preparation, inventory management, staffing, customer service, and point-of-sale management in a restaurant setting. Franchisees must comply with Tahini's operational standards, branding, and menu specifications while paying 5% royalties on all gross sales.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
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
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).
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
This is a high-risk pre-revenue franchise with zero operating units, active litigation regarding trade secret theft by franchisor insiders, going concern status, and complete lack of financial transparency.
Score breakdown · what drove the 85 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHActive litigation alleging theft of confidential information and trade secrets by franchisor principals suggests internal integrity issues and potential mismanagement
- 02MINORZero existing franchise units with unknown growth trajectory indicates either brand-new system or complete unit collapse/rebranding
- 03HIGHGoing Concern status = False signals potential financial distress or viability questions about the franchisor itself
- 04MEDNo disclosed average revenue or net income data prevents ROI validation; combined with $383.5K-$667K investment, profitability is unverifiable
- 05MINORUnprotected territory creates direct competition risk; franchisees can cannibalize each other's sales with no contractual recourse
- 06MED5% royalty on undisclosed sales figures means franchisees cannot assess whether 5% is reasonable without baseline revenue data
- 07HIGHActive Ontario Superior Court litigation (CV-25-00737651-0000) may affect franchisor's ability to support franchisees or defend IP claims
- 08MINORNo Item 19 financial performance representations suggests franchisor cannot or will not substantiate unit economics
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
16 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Tahini’s Mediterranean Cuisine · FDD (2025) PDF