ROBEKS vs VARA Juice Restaurant
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
-1.0% (2023–2025)
Net unit change
4 → 6 units (2021–2023)
Fair
Exit quality
Too little history
Fair
Transfer / churn
Too little history
1.0× expected (20 of 82)
SBA losses vs same-year loans
No SBA loans
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Distress
—
$30,000
Franchise fee
$25,000
$299K–$539K
Investment range
$252K–$648K
7%
Royalty
5%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed
ROBEKS
VARA Juice Restaurant
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