Yummi Go Gourmet Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $26K – $279K
- Disclosed sales
- not disclosed
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Yummi Go Gourmet is a grab-and-go food-service franchise offering prepared gourmet meals, snacks, and quick-service items, often in convenience stores and non-traditional venues. Franchisees run a compact food operation managing prep, stocking, and retail sales.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Yummi Go Gourmet franchise requires a total initial investment of $26K – $279K, including a $5K – $50K franchise fee and an ongoing 5.0% royalty[2]. This franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that. FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: medium - issued 12 to 24 months ago; a newer filing is likely on file
Evidence: strong✓ Investment (Item 7)✓ Item 19 status✓ Units and owners (Item 20)✗ SBA loan coverage✓ Litigation (Item 3)✓ Financial statements (Item 21)✓ Franchisor identityhow this is scored4 of 5 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing; the rest are marked “Not cited” beside the figure.
Overview
- Investment
- $26K – $279K
- 1st pct Service Resta…
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- 8th pct Service Resta…
- Units
- 397
- 36th pct Service Resta…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Full-Service Restaurants · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Full-Service Restaurants median · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $26K – $279K including a $5K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSThis franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that.
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 56/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +142 franchised outlets in the latest year (142 opened, 0 closed) (Item 20).
- GROWTHSystem growing at 44.0% CAGR over 3 years with 397 total units. Strong expansion trajectory.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- GBC Food Services, LLC
- CEO title
- President
- Scott Bova
- Founder active
- Yes
- Original founder still leading the business
- Incorporated in
- Texas
- HQ
- 251 Renner Pkwy., Richardson, TX 75080
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars, LLP
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $89.7M
- vs $87.4M prior year
- Management churn noted
- Frequent turnover
- Item 2 disclosed frequent executive changes
Affiliated brands
- Supreme Service Solutions
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
- CEO
- Scott Bova
- Headquarters
- TX
- Founded
- 2011
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 21
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 77% below the typical full-service restaurants franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown5 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $5K | $50K | |
| Kitchen Equipment and Suppliesnot refundable | $5K | $15K | |
| Initial Inventory (First Month) | $5K | $42K | |
| Travel, Lodging and Dining Arrangement Trainingnot refundable | $2K | $2K | |
| Additional Funds Post-Opening (first 3 months)not refundable | $10K | $171K | |
| Total initial investment | $26K | $279K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $26K – $279K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $10K – $171K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $5K – $50K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 1.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 26.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 5.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 1.0% of gross sales |
| Training fee | $2K |
| Transfer fee | $10K |
| Renewal fee | $7K |
| Inventory (initial) | $5K – $42K |
| Total fee load | 26.0% of rev |
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
Yummi Go Gourmet makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD - a voluntary item under the FTC Franchise Rule - so no unit revenue figures are disclosed. The return models need a revenue figure to start from, and the operating costs that turn gross sales into a profit are in no FDD. Enter your own and the calculator runs on your assumptions — nothing here is modelled until you do.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Yummi Go Gourmet unit return on the cash you put in?
Illustrative category typicals — not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
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These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
No financial performance representation
This franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that.
Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 26.0% — above the Full-Service Restaurants median of 7.0%.
Disclosure
This franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Operator retention
System expanding at 44.0% CAGR over 3 years across 397 units — operators are staying and new ones are joining.
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Full-Service Restaurants medians
How Yummi Go Gourmet Compares
Category median of published Full-Service Restaurants brands that report the figure; the middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile and n counts the brands behind it. Medians are used because a few very large systems pull an average far from the typical brand. Revenue is disclosed gross sales, not profit.
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 397
- Opened
- 142
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Terminated
- 18
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- N/A
- Company-owned
- 6
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 87%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +69.3%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +44.0%
- Compounded over last 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 18
- Transferred
- 27
- Signed, not yet open
- 0
- 0.00 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 0
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- Transfer rate
- 87.1%
- Owners selling to other franchisees
- Continuity rate
- 93.8%
- Units that stayed open
- Termination rate
- 58.1%
- Franchisor-initiated terminations
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 contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
Available to sell in · Item 12
- Indiana
- Rhode Island
- Wisconsin
States where the franchisor is registered to sell new franchises (FDD registration filings).
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
36 current owners across 7 states; 27 former (terminated, transferred or not renewed) listed separately.
- TX 10
- WA 10
- TN 6
- OH 4
- OR 3
- PA 2
- MS 1
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20. Names and phone numbers are for your own due diligence and are not shown here.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
What could kill this investment?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Serious: heavily negative franchisor net worth of -$8,805,240, financial_distress flagged, and 7 regulatory litigation matters across MD/WA/CA for selling franchises unregistered/without disclosure (2019-2025), with penalties up to $180,000. No Item 19 disclosure. While revenue is large ($97.4M) and net income positive ($5.58M), the pattern of multiple securities-regulator actions plus deeply negative equity stacks serious flags.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: the franchisor is a named party (defendant).
State securities regulator administrative proceedings (Maryland, Washington, California) for offering/selling franchises without required registration or FDD disclosure between 2019-2025; resolved via consent orders with civil penalties ranging from $1,000 to $180,000 (settled to $54,000 in one case).
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Forvis Mazars, LLP
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 56 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORDeeply negative net worth -$8,805,240
- 02MED7 regulatory actions (MD/WA/CA) for unregistered/undisclosed sales, penalties to $180,000
- 03MINORNo Item 19 disclosure
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 26.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 1 year |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 1 year |
| Protected territory | No |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Granted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 1 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 1 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Texas |
| Litigation count | 8 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
State securities regulator administrative proceedings (Maryland, Washington, California) for offering/selling franchises without required registration or FDD disclosure between 2019-2025; resolved via consent orders with civil penalties ranging from $1,000 to $180,000 (settled to $54,000 in one case).
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 20 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 60 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and corporate
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 1 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- franchisor
- Franchisor financing
- Offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Host Location’s point of sale infrastructure
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Host Location’s point of sale infrastructure
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
63 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Yummi Go Gourmet franchise?
The total investment to open a Yummi Go Gourmet franchise ranges from $26K – $279K, with an initial franchise fee of $5K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Yummi Go Gourmet franchise owners earn?
Yummi Go Gourmet makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD - a voluntary item under the FTC Franchise Rule - so no unit revenue figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Who owns Yummi Go Gourmet?
Yummi Go Gourmet is franchised by GBC Food Services, LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Yummi Go Gourmet FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the Yummi Go Gourmet FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Yummi Go Gourmet's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Yummi Go Gourmet (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many Yummi Go Gourmet franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Yummi Go Gourmet has 397 total units in the United States, including 347 franchised units and 6 company-owned units. 142 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Yummi Go Gourmet a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Yummi Go Gourmet as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 56 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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