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indicates the clear winner per row. Ties and missing data are not highlighted.

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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These figures come from FDDs of different years (2025, 2026). Costs, fees and unit counts change from one filing to the next, so the older column may be out of date.

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Brand
Vons Chicken logoCAverage
Vons Chicken
Quick-Service Restaurants
2026 FDD
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Fajita Pete's logoBAbove average
Fajita Pete's
Quick-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Quiznos logoFWeakest tier
Quiznos
Quick-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
FDD issued Mar 18, 2026
FDD issued Apr 23, 2025
FDD issued Oct 7, 2025
Investment range
$294K – $568K
$195K – $668K
$214K – $649K
Liquid capital
$25K – $50K
$25K – $35K
$35K – $40K
Franchise fee
$35K
$40K
$5K
Royalty rate
3.0%
5.5%
5.0%
Ad fund rate
0.0%
1.0%
4.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
No Item 19 representation
$795KIncl. company outlets
Partial, no system averageOutlets $12K-$790K
Median gross sales
Not disclosed
$704KIncl. company outlets
Not extracted
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not disclosed
Not extracted
Not extracted
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
CAverage
BAbove average
FWeakest tier
Verdict score
43 / 100
59 / 100
16 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
Not SBA-matched
Under 10 loans (7)
28.1% (n=2,220)
SBA loans on record
N/A
7
2,220
Scale
Total units
25
32
152
Net change (latest yr)
-6
+3
-3
Signed, not yet open
1 (0.04 per open outlet)
58 (1.81 per open outlet)
3 (0.02 per open outlet)
Turnover rate
24.0%
3.1%
24.5%
Contract
Initial term (years)
5
10
10
Renewal term (years)
5
10
10
Initial training (hrs)
80
110
148
Contacts
Franchisee phones
29
21
121

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