Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea
Bottom line
- Total investment $119K – $221K including a $30K franchise fee, 4.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 69/100.
- 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
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 Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
40%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea retail locations, primarily specialty beverage shops selling fruit-infused teas and related drinks. Day-to-day operations include managing inventory of fruit and tea ingredients, preparing and serving drinks to customers, managing POS systems, scheduling staff, and maintaining store cleanliness and brand standards.
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 · 13 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
Contracting franchise system with documented regulatory violations, no profitability data, and franchisor going concern issues creates significant investment risk.
Score breakdown · what drove the 69 / 100 rating
- 01MEDUnit count declined 5.7% YoY (33 units) indicating system contraction and potential franchisee struggles
- 02MINORFranchisor involved in regulatory investigations and consent orders across multiple states (CA, NY, WA) for franchise registration violations and data misrepresentation — suggests compliance and transparency issues
- 03MEDNo average revenue or net income disclosed in FDD Item 19 — inability to assess unit economics or franchisee profitability potential
- 04HIGHGoing concern status indicates financial viability uncertainty for the franchisor itself
- 05MED3-year term is short and risky — limited time to recoup $118,700-$221,250 investment plus working capital
- 06MED4% royalty on undisclosed revenue baseline makes financial projections impossible to validate
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
47 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea · FDD (2025) PDF