85 C Bakery Cafe vs EINSTEIN BROS. RESTAURANT
Side-by-side figures from each brand's latest FDD Item 20 as we extracted them; verdicts are our opinion under the published methodology, and the source filing and year are on each brand's profile. Green marks the more favorable metric (lower for distress), not a recommendation to buy.
Units · latest run
+5.9% (2021–2023)
Net unit change
+20.5% (2023–2025)
Too little history
Exit quality
Strong
Too little history
Transfer / churn
Strong
No SBA loans
SBA losses vs same-year loans
No SBA loans
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Distress
—
$50,000
Franchise fee
$35,000
$1.1M–$2.5M
Investment range
$650K–$1.2M
6.5%
Royalty
5%
Not disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed
85 C Bakery Cafe
EINSTEIN BROS. RESTAURANT
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