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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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Focus by buyer type

Brand
Cheba Hut logoAStrongest tier
Cheba Hut
Full-Service Restaurants
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The Big Biscuit logoBAbove average
The Big Biscuit
Full-Service Restaurants
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Narwhal’s Crafted logoDBelow average
Narwhal’s Crafted
Full-Service Restaurants
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Vitals
Investment range
$631K – $2.1M
$1.1M – $1.7M
$884K – $1.9M
Liquid capital
$50K – $100K
$62K – $137K
$50K – $70K
Franchise fee
$50K
$40K
$35K
Royalty rate
5.0%
5.0%
8.0%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
1.0%
2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$2.3MNet sales
$1.6MIncl. company outlets
$2.0MCompany-owned only2 outlets
Median gross sales
$2.3M
N/A
$2.0MCompany-owned only2 outlets
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
N/A
$292K
N/A
Earnings metric
Not classified
Average Ebitda (Note I)
Not classified
Risk
Rating
AStrongest tier
BAbove average
DBelow average
Verdict score
93 / 100
68 / 100
36 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
0.0%
N/A
N/A
SBA loans on record
23
N/A
1
Scale
Total units
83
28
3
Net change (latest yr)
+7
+1
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
10
10
Renewal term (years)
10
10
5
Initial training (hrs)
192
716
41
Contacts
Franchisee phones
0
3
2

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