Blimpie vs Pickleman's Gourmet Cafe
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
-56.2% (2019–2025)
Net unit change
+20.7% (2023–2025)
Fair
Exit quality
Too little history
Strong
Transfer / churn
Too little history
1.7× expected (160 of 537)
SBA losses vs same-year loans
Too few seasoned loans
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Distress
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$18,000
Franchise fee
$35,000
$308K–$601K
Investment range
$646K–$1.1M
6%
Royalty
6%
Not disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed
Blimpie
Pickleman's Gourmet Cafe
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