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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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These figures come from FDDs of different years (2024, 2025, 2026). Costs, fees and unit counts change from one filing to the next, so the older column may be out of date.

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Brand
grown logoCAverage
grown
Full-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Country Kitchen logoCAverage
Country Kitchen
Full-Service Restaurants
2024 FDD
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Barrio logoBAbove average
Barrio
Full-Service Restaurants
2024 FDD
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Beef 'O' Brady's logoDBelow average
Beef 'O' Brady's
Full-Service Restaurants
2026 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
FDD issued Feb 14, 2025
2024 FDD
FDD issued Apr 30, 2024
FDD issued Apr 29, 2026
Investment range
$575K – $1.7M
$565K – $1.7M
$889K – $1.4M
$526K – $1.7M
Liquid capital
$75K – $125K
$75K – $195K
$145K – $245K
$20K – $35K
Franchise fee
$50K
$40K
$40K
$25K
Royalty rate
6.0%
4.0%
6.0%
5.0%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
1.0%
0.0%
2.5%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$1.8MCompany-owned only1 outlet
No Item 19 representation
$2.1M
$1.7M
Median gross sales
Not extracted
Not disclosed
$1.6M
$1.5M
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
$165K
Not disclosed
Not extracted
Not extracted
Earnings metric
Gross Sales Less Disclosed Expenses12
Not classified
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
CAverage
CAverage
BAbove average
DBelow average
Verdict score
39 / 100
45 / 100
69 / 100
31 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
Not SBA-matched
15.8% (n=67)
Under 10 loans (3)
54.0% (n=135)
SBA loans on record
N/A
67
3
135
Scale
Total units
1
20
20
125
Net change (latest yr)
0
0
+5
+1
Signed, not yet open
0 (0.00 per open outlet)
Not extracted
4 (0.20 per open outlet)
25 (0.20 per open outlet)
Turnover rate
0.0%
5.0%
0.0%
2.4%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
20
10
10
Renewal term (years)
5
5
5
5
Initial training (hrs)
62
480
290
366
Contacts
Franchisee phones
0
20
17
156

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