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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
Lee's Sandwiches logoAStrongest tier
Lee's Sandwiches
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Einstein Bros. Bagels logoDBelow average
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Epic Wings logoBAbove average
Epic Wings
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Vitals
Investment range
$210K – $1.7M
$650K – $1.2M
$491K – $1.4M
Liquid capital
$20K – $60K
$20K – $40K
$75K – $225K
Franchise fee
$50K
$35K
$50K
Royalty rate
6.9%
5.0%
5.0%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
4.0%
N/A
Performance
Avg gross sales
N/A
$1.1M
$933K
Median gross sales
N/A
$1.0M
$758K
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
N/A
N/A
N/A
Earnings metric
Not classified
Average Gross Sales / Median Gross Sales
Not classified
Risk
Rating
AStrongest tier
DBelow average
BAbove average
Verdict score
61 / 100
33 / 100
56 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
0.0%
16.7%
0.0%
SBA loans on record
6
20
7
Scale
Total units
50
464
12
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
2.2%
11.1%
25.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
10
10
Renewal term (years)
5
10
5
Initial training (hrs)
328
318
160
Contacts
Franchisee phones
58
657
33

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