Founded in 2006, Pitango Gelato is a Baltimore-based artisan gelato and sorbet brand built around a simple philosophy: exceptional products start with exceptional ingredients. Pitango makes its gelato and sorbet from scratch using whole, natural ingredients, including fresh milk from grass-fed Jersey cows, with no artificial colors or preservatives. After nearly two decades of refining […]
Ace Handyman Services Franchise Review 2026: Costs, Fees, News, Average Revenues and/or Profits
Ambrosio’s Take Ace Handyman Services, ranked No. 259 on Entrepreneur’s 2026 Franchise 500, sits in the growing home-services category with a relatively low $132,200 to $226,000 investment range. Average revenue for the 77 single reporting territories grew 3.5% in 2025 to $473,921, a partial recovery from an 8.7% decline the year before, translating to a […]
IMAGE Studios Franchise Review 2026: Costs, Fees, News, Average Revenues and/or Profits
Ambrosio’s Take IMAGE Studios, ranked No. 265 on Entrepreneur’s 2026 Franchise 500, operates in the growing salon suites category, expanding from 68 outlets at the start of 2024 to 127 by the end of 2025. Among the 82 reporting salons open for the full 2025 year, average revenue grew 3.6% to $445,097, with the strongest […]
Culver’s Franchise Review 2026: Costs, Fees, News, Average Revenues and/or Profits
Ambrosio’s Take Culver’s, ranked No. 9 on Entrepreneur’s 2026 Franchise 500, continues to post one of the more consistent growth stories in the burger and casual-dining space, with average sales for the 988 franchised restaurants climbing 9.3% in 2025 to $4,142,737, on top of an 8.6% increase the year before. The initial investment is substantial, […]
Two Men and a Truck Franchise Review 2026: Costs, Fees, News, Average Revenues and/or Profits
Ambrosio’s Take Two Men and a Truck, ranked No. 184 on Entrepreneur’s 2026 Franchise 500, presents one of the stronger unit-economics stories we’ve covered this cycle. Against a $146,950 to $512,450 investment range, the 145 single Metro Market franchises averaged $2,376,195 in 2025 gross sales, a 7.2:1 sales-to-investment ratio, with EBITDA of 14.4% (or $341,858) […]
Re-Bath CEO Brad Hillier on Why Homeowners Are Ditching the DIY Remodel
Home improvement has become one of the clearest examples of an industry shifting from fragmentation to consolidation, and nowhere is that more visible than in how homeowners now choose who does the work. Forty percent of homeowners now plan to have professionals handle renovation work entirely, an 8-percentage-point jump from previous years, as more consumers […]
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Franchise Review 2026: Costs, Fees, News, Average Revenues and/or Profits
Ambrosio’s Take Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen enters 2026 with real brand momentum, landing at No. 18 on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 on the strength of a chicken concept with national reach and continued unit growth. The investment picture varies meaningfully by format: free-standing restaurants carry a $1,222,045 to $3,923,245 range against $1,893,675 in average sales, while in-line […]
Elly Rumbach on Four Decades With TCBY, From Teenage Employee to Franchise Owner
Elly Rumbach has spent more than four decades with TCBY, making her one of the brand’s longest-tenured operators. She began working at a local TCBY store as a teenager in 1983 before joining the company’s corporate office in Little Rock, Arkansas, where she held roles spanning franchise development, operations, and training. In 2007, after years […]
Cabinet IQ Franchise Review 2026: Costs, Fees, News, Average Revenues and/or Profits
Ambrosio’s Take Cabinet IQ is a fast-growing cabinet and countertop refacing franchise built around a showroom model, expanding from a single outlet at the end of 2023 to 53 by the end of 2025. The 2026 FDD’s financial picture is necessarily thin at this early stage: only 2 franchised outlets had a showroom open for […]
Eight Seasons as an i9 Sports Parent, Now Jeremy Dillard Is Franchise Owner No. 300
i9 Sports is the nation’s largest multi-sport provider focused solely on community-based youth sports, with more than 5 million registrations across recreational leagues, camps, and clinics in sports including flag football, soccer, basketball, baseball, volleyball, and more. The brand’s approach is simple: helping kids succeed in life through sports by creating a fun, welcoming environment […]
Screenmobile Franchise Review 2026: Costs, Fees, News, Average Revenues and/or Profits
Ambrosio’s Take Screenmobile is a mobile screen repair and replacement franchise serving homes and businesses, a niche service category with low overhead and a compelling sales-to-investment ratio of 2.7:1. The operating expense data is the most important thing to understand in this FDD: the average across 105 reporting territories was 71% of gross revenue, leaving […]