Fish & Chips vs Long John Silver's
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
4 → 5 units (2023–2025)
Net unit change
-24.6% (2021–2025)
Too little history
Exit quality
Fair
Too little history
Transfer / churn
Strong
No SBA loans
SBA losses vs same-year loans
1.4× expected (15 of 55)
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Distress
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$50,000
Franchise fee
$35,000
$1.5M–$2.4M
Investment range
$1.1M–$4.2M
5%
Royalty
5%
Not disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Not disclosed
Fish & Chips
Long John Silver's
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