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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
Candy Cloud logoCAverage
Candy Cloud
Full-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Sbarro logoCAverage
Sbarro
Full-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
FDD issued Dec 23, 2025
FDD issued Mar 31, 2025
Investment range
$389K – $749K
$212K – $931K
Liquid capital
$15K – $20K
$10K – $15K
Franchise fee
$40K
$30K
Royalty rate
6.0%
5.0%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
Partial, no system average
No Item 19 representation
Median gross sales
Not extracted
Not disclosed
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not extracted
Not disclosed
Earnings metric
monthly label but treated as annual (conservative)
Not classified
Risk
Rating
CAverage
CAverage
Verdict score
44 / 100
40 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
Limited · 13 loans
36.4% (n=17)
SBA loans on record
13
17
Scale
Total units
13
371
Net change (latest yr)
+7
-2
Signed, not yet open
29 (2.23 per open outlet)
Not extracted
Turnover rate
0.0%
8.9%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
10
Renewal term (years)
10
5
Initial training (hrs)
95
150
Contacts
Franchisee phones
1
220

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