Pickleman's Gourmet Cafe
Food & Beverage · Quick-Service Restaurants
- Active units
- 28
- Avg unit volume
- $1.4M
- Royalty
- 6.0%
Franchised, year-end 2023
of weekly Net Sales
About Pickleman's Gourmet Cafe
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Key terms
- Franchise fee
$35k
- ADA additional units pricing
Initial Franchise Fee for each additional Unit under ADA is $30,000; $20,000 of previously paid Development Fee is credited toward each additional Unit.
- Brand fund
3.0% of Net Sales
- Local advertising
2.0% of Net Sales
- Footprint
1,400 – 2,000 sq ft
- Area Development Agreement (Development Program)
$20k
- Veteran discount
Not offered
Brand Percentile Rankings
Rankings compare brands in the same operating year. Fee and investment figures come from the FDD (2026 filing); filings on file: 2024, 2025, 2026.
Growth
- Total locations34
Franchised units open at year-end
- New openings3
Gross new units opened during the calendar year
- 1-year unit growth rate9.7%
Net unit growth versus prior year
- 3-year unit CAGR10.2%
Compound annual growth rate of unit count over the trailing 3 years
- Unit growth ratio3.0×
Cumulative opens / closures through year-end
Unit economics
- Annual unit volume (Median)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- Annual unit volume (25th percentile)$1.4M
Annual Gross Revenues are all gross revenues minus coupons, discounts and taxes.
- Annual unit volume (75th percentile)$1.7M
Annual Gross Revenues are all gross revenues minus coupons, discounts and taxes.
- 1-year Median AUV growth rate-1.7%
Year-over-year change in median AUV
- Store-level EBITDA Margin—
Median unit-level EBITDA / AUV
Investment profile
- Estimated initial investment$879k
Midpoint of estimated initial investment range
↓ Lower is better - Time to open7 months
Midpoint of average time from agreement to opening
↓ Lower is better - Royalty rate6.0%
Percent of net sales paid to the franchisor
↓ Lower is better - Sales-to-investment ratio—
Median AUV / estimated initial investment midpoint
- Cash-on-cash returns—
Median unit-level EBITDA / estimated initial investment midpoint. Steady-state estimate; year 1 returns will be lower as the unit ramps to median volumes.
Franchisee healthLocked
- Unit closure ratio
- Transfer vs. closure ratio
- Percent multi-unit franchisees
- Litigation rate
- EBITDA multiple on sales & transfers
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Location footprint
Showing 22 of 45 mapped locations
Sources
Financial and operating figures are sourced from the brand's Franchise Disclosure Documents. Brand percentile rankings are based on comparisons to other brands that include the same metrics in their Franchise Disclosure Documents.