D.P. DOUGH vs Hot Stuff Pizza/ Hot Stuff Kitchen
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
+3.6% (2023–2025)
Net unit change
-16.7% (2022–2024)
Fair
Exit quality
Weak
Strong
Transfer / churn
Strong
Too few seasoned loans
SBA losses vs same-year loans
No SBA loans
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Distress
—
$40,000
Franchise fee
$0
$121K–$360K
Investment range
$63K–$173K
5%
Royalty
Not disclosed
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Not disclosed
D.P. DOUGH
Hot Stuff Pizza/ Hot Stuff Kitchen
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