EINSTEIN BROS. RESTAURANT vs PANERA BREAD BAKERY-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
+20.5% (2023–2025)
Net unit change
+2.9% (2023–2025)
Strong
Exit quality
Weak
Strong
Transfer / churn
Strong
No SBA loans
SBA losses vs same-year loans
Too few seasoned loans
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Distress
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$35,000
Franchise fee
$50,000
$650K–$1.2M
Investment range
$1.3M–$4.6M
5%
Royalty
5%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed
EINSTEIN BROS. RESTAURANT
PANERA BREAD BAKERY-CAFE
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