Jollibee vs Lee's Famous Recipe
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
+29.1% (2021–2023)
Net unit change
+3.3% (2023–2025)
Too little history
Exit quality
Strong
Too little history
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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$40,000
Franchise fee
$35,000
$1.3M–$3.7M
Investment range
$641K–$2.6M
5%
Royalty
5%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed
Jollibee
Lee's Famous Recipe
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