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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	BAbove average Mellow Mushroom Full-Service Restaurants Remove	BAbove average Monk’s Bar and Grill Full-Service Restaurants Remove	AStrongest tier Sedona Taphouse Full-Service Restaurants Remove	CAverage Gyushige Full-Service Restaurants Remove
Vitals
Investment range	$1.3M – $2.9M	$856K – $3.4M	$1.7M – $2.5M	$1.3M – $2.9M
Liquid capital	$25K – $60K	$50K – $100K	$60K – $80K	$150K – $451K
Franchise fee	$50K	$30K	$35K	$50K
Royalty rate	5.0%	2.0%	4.5%	3.0%
Ad fund rate	3.0%	1.0%	1.5%	0.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales	$2.7M	$3.1M	N/A	N/A
Median gross sales	$2.6M	$2.4M	N/A	N/A
Avg owner earnings Metric varies by brand. Check type below	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Earnings metric	Not classified	Not classified	Not classified	Not classified
Risk
Rating	BAbove average	BAbove average	AStrongest tier	CAverage
Verdict score	56 / 100	53 / 100	73 / 100	43 / 100
SBA charge-off rate	15.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
SBA loans on record	142	2	11	N/A
Scale
Total units	161	6	17	1
Net change (latest yr)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnover rate	2.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)	15	20	10	10
Renewal term (years)	5	20	10	10
Initial training (hrs)	267	400	452	241
Contacts
Franchisee phones	134	6	11	0

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