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Brand
Buffalo’s Cafe logoBAbove Average
Buffalo’s Cafe
Full-Service Restaurants
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Chicken Guy! logoATop Quintile
Chicken Guy!
Full-Service Restaurants
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Friendly’s logoATop Quintile
Friendly’s
Full-Service Restaurants
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Vitals
Investment range
$857K – $2.9M
$765K – $3.0M
$1.1M – $2.7M
Liquid capital
$30K – $60K
$50K – $150K
$200K – $300K
Franchise fee
$50K
$50K
$30K
Royalty rate
6.0%
6.0%
6.0%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
2.0%
2.5%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$2.4M
N/A
$1.6M
Median gross sales
$2.4M
N/A
N/A
Avg owner earnings
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N/A
N/A
N/A
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
BAbove Average
ATop Quintile
ATop Quintile
Risk score
59 / 100
47 / 100
44 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
N/A
0.0%
8.3%
SBA loans on record
N/A
1
26
Scale
Total units
12
11
95
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
8.3%
27.3%
4.2%
Contract
Initial term (years)
15
10
10
Renewal term (years)
10
10
10
Initial training (hrs)
501
126
199
Contacts
Franchisee phones
66
18
48

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