Question 1

Is Giordano’s® Restaurants or Wings and Rings cheaper to open?

Accepted Answer

Giordano’s® Restaurants costs $1,565,000–$2,056,000 and Wings and Rings costs $1,503,100–$2,015,500 to open (FDD Item 7). Wings and Rings has the lower entry cost.

Question 2

Which earns more, Giordano’s® Restaurants or Wings and Rings?

Accepted Answer

Giordano’s® Restaurants reports $1,846,407 average annual unit revenue vs $2,730,057 for Wings and Rings (FDD Item 19). Wings and Rings is higher. For Giordano’s® Restaurants: Item 19 of this FDD reports outlet performance by restaurant format and location, and separately for franchised and company-owned restaurants, and states no single system-wide average. The figure shown here is not one the filing publishes; the cohorts it does disclose are listed with it.; Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system. For Wings and Rings: Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system; Reported as net sales, not gross sales.

Question 3

Which is the better franchise, Giordano’s® Restaurants or Wings and Rings?

Accepted Answer

FranchiseVerdict grades Giordano’s® Restaurants B and Wings and Rings C, from FDD Items 5–7, 19–21 and SBA loan performance. See the full side-by-side above.

Metric	Giordano’s® Restaurants	Wings and Rings
Verdict Grade	BAbove average	CAverage
Investment Range	$1.6M – $2.1M	$1.5M – $2.0M
Franchise Fee	$40K	$40K
Royalty Rate	6.0%	Up to 5% of Net Sales
Average Revenue (Item 19)	$1.8MCohort-only Item 19 · Outlet subset	$2.7MOutlet subset
SBA Charge-Off Rate	Limited data	37.0% (62 loans)
Total Units	60	58
Unit Growth (YoY)	-1 units	-2 units
Year Began Franchising	1980	2005
FDD Year	2025	2025

Giordano’s® Restaurants vs Wings and Rings