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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
Sbarro logoCAverage
Sbarro
Full-Service Restaurants
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Candy Cloud logoCAverage
Candy Cloud
Full-Service Restaurants
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Vitals
Investment range
$212K – $931K
$389K – $749K
Liquid capital
$10K – $15K
$15K – $20K
Franchise fee
$30K
$40K
Royalty rate
5.0%
6.0%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
N/A
N/A
Median gross sales
N/A
N/A
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
N/A
N/A
Earnings metric
Not classified
monthly label but treated as annual (conservative)
Risk
Rating
CAverage
CAverage
Verdict score
40 / 100
45 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
36.4%
N/A
SBA loans on record
17
13
Scale
Total units
371
13
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
8.9%
0.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
10
Renewal term (years)
5
10
Initial training (hrs)
150
95
Contacts
Franchisee phones
220
1

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