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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.
These figures come from FDDs of different years (2022, 2025). Costs, fees and unit counts change from one filing to the next, so the older column may be out of date. Dream Dinners has no FDD on file; its column shows SBA lending facts only.
Focus by buyer type
| Brand |  Dream Dinners Full-Service Restaurants No FDD on file Remove |  DBelow averageMountain Man Nut & Fruit Co. Full-Service Restaurants 2022 FDD Remove |  AStrongest tierLifestyle Publications Full-Service Restaurants 2025 FDD Remove |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitals | |||
FDD filing | No FDD on file | 2022 FDD | FDD issued Apr 30, 2025 |
Investment range | Not extracted | $15K – $16K | $38K – $46K |
Liquid capital | Not extracted | $6K – $6K | $3K – $4K |
Franchise fee | Not extracted | $8K | $30K |
Royalty rate | Not extracted | 0.0% | 7.0% |
Ad fund rate | Not extracted | 0.0% | Not extracted |
| Performance | |||
Avg gross sales | Not extracted | No Item 19 representation | $444KPer franchisee, not per outletOutlet subset |
Median gross sales | Not extracted | Not disclosed | Not extracted |
Avg owner earnings Metric varies by brand. Check type below | Not extracted | Not disclosed | Not extracted |
Earnings metric | Not classified | Not classified | Not classified |
| Risk | |||
Rating | DBelow average | AStrongest tier | |
Verdict score | Not graded | 36 / 100 | 78 / 100 |
SBA charge-off rate | 50.0% (n=71) | Not SBA-matched | Not SBA-matched |
SBA loans on record | 71 | N/A | N/A |
| Scale | |||
Total units | Not extracted | 74 | 210 |
Net change (latest yr) | Not extracted | -16 | +27 |
Signed, not yet open | Not extracted | 0 (0.00 per open outlet) | 14 (0.07 per open outlet) |
Turnover rate | Not extracted | 20.3% | 7.7% |
| Contract | |||
Initial term (years) | Not extracted | 3 | 5 |
Renewal term (years) | Not extracted | 3 | 5 |
Initial training (hrs) | Not extracted | 24 | 38 |
| Contacts | |||
Franchisee phones | 0 | 73 | 219 |
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