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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	CAverage grown Full-Service Restaurants Remove	CAverage Winger's Alehouse Full-Service Restaurants Remove	AStrongest tier Huckleberry’s Full-Service Restaurants Remove	CAverage Lumberjacks Full-Service Restaurants Remove
Vitals
Investment range	$462K – $1.7M	$420K – $1.7M	$482K – $1.6M	$596K – $1.5M
Liquid capital	$35K – $125K	$10K – $30K	$25K – $50K	$40K – $100K
Franchise fee	$50K	$40K	$35K	$40K
Royalty rate	6.0%	N/A	6.0%	4.0%
Ad fund rate	2.0%	1.0%	N/A	0.5%
Performance
Avg gross sales	$1.8MCompany-owned only1 outlet	$3.0M	N/A	N/A
Median gross sales	N/A	$2.7M	N/A	N/A
Avg owner earnings Metric varies by brand. Check type below	$165K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Earnings metric	Gross Sales Less Disclosed Expenses12	Not classified	Not classified	Not classified
Risk
Rating	CAverage	CAverage	AStrongest tier	CAverage
Verdict score	40 / 100	40 / 100	69 / 100	46 / 100
SBA charge-off rate	N/A	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%
SBA loans on record	N/A	20	12	2
Scale
Total units	1	21	35	8
Net change (latest yr)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnover rate	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	14.3%
Contract
Initial term (years)	10	10	10	10
Renewal term (years)	5	10	10	10
Initial training (hrs)	62	504	246	200
Contacts
Franchisee phones	0	5	1	7

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