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How winners are chosen

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
Bento Sushi logoBAbove average
Bento Sushi
Quick-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Kitchen Refresh logoBAbove average
Kitchen Refresh
Quick-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
2025 FDD
FDD issued Sep 10, 2025
Investment range
$21K – $91K
$21K – $134K
Liquid capital
$5K – $15K
$7K – $25K
Franchise fee
$3K
$6K
Royalty rate
10.0%
Not extracted
Ad fund rate
0.0%
Not extracted
Performance
Avg gross sales
No Item 19 representation
$986K
Median gross sales
Not disclosed
$689K
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not disclosed
Not extracted
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
BAbove average
BAbove average
Verdict score
56 / 100
59 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
Not SBA-matched
Not SBA-matched
SBA loans on record
N/A
N/A
Scale
Total units
65
8
Net change (latest yr)
+5
+5
Signed, not yet open
Not extracted
Not extracted
Turnover rate
7.7%
0.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)
3
10
Renewal term (years)
3
10
Initial training (hrs)
119
49
Contacts
Franchisee phones
12
8

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