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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	DBelow average Straw Hat Pizza Quick-Service Restaurants Remove	DBelow average Villa Pizza Quick-Service Restaurants Remove	BAbove average CoreLife Eatery Quick-Service Restaurants Remove	AStrongest tier Qdoba Mexican Eats Quick-Service Restaurants Remove
Vitals
Investment range	$166K – $1.7M	$374K – $1.5M	$790K – $1.0M	$546K – $1.3M
Liquid capital	$5K – $50K	$6K – $15K	$25K – $60K	$25K – $150K
Franchise fee	$20K	$25K	$35K	$40K
Royalty rate	4.0%	6.0%	5.0%	5.0%
Ad fund rate	1.0%	3.0%	2.0%	2.8%
Performance
Avg gross sales	$496K	$1.1M	N/A	$1.6MNet sales
Median gross sales	$456K	$794K	N/A	$1.5M
Avg owner earnings Metric varies by brand. Check type below	N/A	N/A	N/A	$403K
Earnings metric	Not classified	Not classified	Not classified	Franchise EBITDA - Pre-Fees
Risk
Rating	DBelow average	DBelow average	BAbove average	AStrongest tier
Verdict score	38 / 100	29 / 100	54 / 100	93 / 100
SBA charge-off rate	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%	N/A
SBA loans on record	20	14	15	N/A
Scale
Total units	27	59	49	777
Net change (latest yr)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnover rate	3.7%	11.6%	8.3%	1.6%
Contract
Initial term (years)	10	10	10	10
Renewal term (years)	10	10	10	10
Initial training (hrs)	180	145	150	279
Contacts
Franchisee phones	9	39	15	524

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