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Lower is better for investment, liquid capital, franchise fee, royalty and ad-fund rates, SBA charge-off rate, and owner turnover.

Higher is better for disclosed revenue and owner earnings, verdict score, total units, net unit growth, and franchisee contacts. For the letter grade, A ranks highest.

A row is highlighted only when one brand clearly leads. Ties are never highlighted, and missing data never counts as a win. Some rows (earnings-metric type, loan counts, contract terms) are informational and have no winner.

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Brand
APPLE SPICE® logoCAverage
APPLE SPICE®
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Dickey's Barbecue Pit logoFWeakest tier
Dickey's Barbecue Pit
Quick-Service Restaurants
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The Budlong Southern Chicken logoDBelow average
The Budlong Southern Chicken
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Vitals
Investment range
$393K – $572K
$438K – $529K
$135K – $828K
Liquid capital
$45K – $70K
$15K – $30K
$20K – $40K
Franchise fee
$49K
$15K
$35K
Royalty rate
6.0%
6.0%
6.0%
Ad fund rate
1.0%
3.0%
2.5%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$885K
N/A
N/A
Median gross sales
$727K
N/A
N/A
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
N/A
N/A
N/A
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
CAverage
FWeakest tier
DBelow average
Verdict score
45 / 100
16 / 100
34 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
24.1%
32.0%
N/A
SBA loans on record
46
402
N/A
Scale
Total units
32
386
6
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
19.4%
46.2%
0.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
20
10
Renewal term (years)
10
10
10
Initial training (hrs)
121
140
79
Contacts
Franchisee phones
1
331
0

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