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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
Giordano’s® Restaurants logoBAbove average
Giordano’s® Restaurants
Full-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Pizzeria Uno logoDBelow average
Pizzeria Uno
Full-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Wings and Rings logoCAverage
Wings and Rings
Full-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
FDD issued Apr 25, 2025
FDD issued Apr 17, 2025
FDD issued Apr 24, 2025
Investment range
$1.6M – $2.1M
$1.2M – $2.5M
$1.5M – $2.0M
Liquid capital
$15K – $30K
$125K – $200K
$50K – $100K
Franchise fee
$40K
$40K
$40K
Royalty rate
6.0%
5.0%
Not extracted
Ad fund rate
2.0%
1.0%
4.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$1.8MCohort-only Item 19Outlet subset
$2.3M
$2.7MOutlet subsetNet sales
Median gross sales
Not extracted
$2.1M
Not extracted
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not extracted
Not extracted
$281K
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
EBITDA (Normalized)
Risk
Rating
BAbove average
DBelow average
CAverage
Verdict score
51 / 100
33 / 100
40 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
Under 10 loans (5)
38.5% (n=21)
37.0% (n=62)
SBA loans on record
5
21
62
Scale
Total units
60
53
58
Net change (latest yr)
-1
-10
-2
Signed, not yet open
1 (0.02 per open outlet)
Not extracted
Not extracted
Turnover rate
3.3%
20.8%
3.4%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
10
10
Renewal term (years)
5
10
10
Initial training (hrs)
320
6
141
Contacts
Franchisee phones
36
48
66

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