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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	CAverage Boston's The Gourmet Pizza Full-Service Restaurants Remove	BAbove average MARUFUKU RAMEN Full-Service Restaurants Remove	CAverage Melting Pot® Full-Service Restaurants Remove	CAverage JINYA Ramen Bar Full-Service Restaurants Remove
Vitals
Investment range	$1.1M – $3.3M	$1.7M – $2.6M	$1.6M – $2.7M	$1.4M – $3.1M
Liquid capital	$30K – $53K	$30K – $40K	$65K – $125K	$35K – $55K
Franchise fee	$50K	$30K	$45K	$40K
Royalty rate	5.0%	5.0%	5.0%	5.0%
Ad fund rate	3.0%	1.0%	2.2%	1.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales	$1.4M	$3.0M	$2.2M	$3.3M
Median gross sales	N/A	$2.9M	$1.9M	$3.3M
Avg owner earnings Metric varies by brand. Check type below	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Earnings metric	Not classified	Not classified	Not classified	Not classified
Risk
Rating	CAverage	BAbove average	CAverage	CAverage
Verdict score	46 / 100	58 / 100	40 / 100	58 / 100
SBA charge-off rate	12.5%	0.0%	29.3%	0.0%
SBA loans on record	10	1	75	26
Scale
Total units	20	7	89	45
Net change (latest yr)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnover rate	20.0%	0.0%	3.5%	2.3%
Contract
Initial term (years)	10	10	10	10
Renewal term (years)	5	5	10	10
Initial training (hrs)	200	240	223	400
Contacts
Franchisee phones	0	10	100	35

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