FILING · MN · 2025 FDD
GREAT AMERICAN COOKIES FDD (Franchise Disclosure Document) — 2025
The FDD is the 23-item legal disclosure every U.S. franchisor must hand you at least 14 days before you sign or pay anything (FTC Franchise Rule, 16 CFR 436). GREAT AMERICAN COOKIES's most recent FDD tracked here is the 2025 FDD, filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce (public CARDS portal). Registration-state filings are public records, so you can read it free, with no sign-up.
PUBLIC RECORD · FILED 2025 · SOURCE STATE MN
| ITEM 5 | Initial franchise fee | $25,000 |
| ITEM 6 | Ongoing royalty | 6.0% of gross sales |
| ITEM 7 | Total initial investment | $341K–$463K |
| ITEM 19 | Earnings disclosure (FPR) | Yes — financial performance representation made |
| ITEM 20 | Outlets (fiscal 2024) | 395 franchised at year end · 23 exits (exit rate 5.8%, fiscal 2024) |
The headline figure is Net Sales for Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024, for 256 of 395 units, leaving out not open entire 12 months, international locations, did not report sales and cost information. The mean is 6% above the median, so a minority of high-volume units pulls the average up.
Graded on three things the filing states: coverage (2 points if the figure covers at least 75% of the units it is compared with, 1 point for 50–75%), centre (2 points if it prints both a median and a mean, 1 for one of them), and costs (2 points for costs through a profit line or full cost detail, 1 for some cost items). 5–6 points = More complete, 3–4 = Partial, 0–2 = Limited. The grade describes the disclosure, not the business.
| What is measured | Net Sales (net sales) |
| Period | Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024 |
| Whose results | Franchised outlets |
| Units included | 256 of 395 total Great American Cookies only and co-branded restaurants |
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| Average (mean) | $540K |
| Median | $510K |
| Mean vs median | mean 6.0% above median |
| Met or beat the average | 111/43.36% |
| Costs shown | Some cost items only |
| Where | p. 88 (Item 19 runs pp. 87–95) |
| The filing's words | “selected historical and unaudited financial and operating data for 256 (out of a total of 395) Great American Cookies only and Great American Cookies restaurants that are co-branded with Marble Slab Creamery or Pretzelmaker” |
Every figure above was extracted by software from the 2025 GREAT AMERICAN COOKIES FDD as filed (figures are not individually checked by a person) and links back to that document. Fields that could not be extracted are omitted; no figure here is estimated. Extraction errors are possible: the filing controls, and FDDs are reissued annually; verify against the current issuance before relying on any number. Spotted an error? Franchisors and owners can report it via the contact on our Terms page.
GREAT AMERICAN COOKIES FDD questions, answered
Where can I download the GREAT AMERICAN COOKIES FDD for free?
GREAT AMERICAN COOKIES's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document is a public record, filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce (public CARDS portal). It can be downloaded free from the source link on this page — no broker form, no email signup required.
What year is GREAT AMERICAN COOKIES's most recent FDD on file?
The most recent GREAT AMERICAN COOKIES FDD tracked here is the 2025 FDD, filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce (public CARDS portal). Franchisors must update their FDD annually; confirm you are reading the current issuance before signing.
Does GREAT AMERICAN COOKIES's FDD disclose earnings (Item 19)?
Yes — GREAT AMERICAN COOKIES makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its 2025 FDD. Read the basis fine print: franchisors choose which units and metrics to include.
What does GREAT AMERICAN COOKIES's FDD Item 20 show?
In fiscal 2024, GREAT AMERICAN COOKIES ended with 395 franchised outlets; 23 of 400 open at the start of the year left the system (exit rate 5.8%, fiscal 2024) through terminations, non-renewals, and "ceased operations — other reasons".
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