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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
Buffalo’s Cafe logoBAbove average
Buffalo’s Cafe
Full-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Village Inn logoDBelow average
Village Inn
Full-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
2025 FDD
FDD issued Mar 28, 2025
Investment range
$857K – $2.9M
$1.1M – $2.7M
Liquid capital
$30K – $60K
$50K – $100K
Franchise fee
$50K
$35K
Royalty rate
6.0%
4.0%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
1.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$2.4MNet sales
$1.9MNet sales
Median gross sales
$2.4M
$1.8M
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not extracted
Not extracted
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
BAbove average
DBelow average
Verdict score
50 / 100
35 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
Not SBA-matched
10.5% (n=24)
SBA loans on record
N/A
24
Scale
Total units
12
114
Net change (latest yr)
-1
-3
Signed, not yet open
1 (0.08 per open outlet)
Not extracted
Turnover rate
8.3%
3.5%
Contract
Initial term (years)
15
10
Renewal term (years)
10
10
Initial training (hrs)
100
495
Contacts
Franchisee phones
82
72

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