In this exclusive Franchise Chatter FDD Talk post, you’ll learn the following:
Section I – Estimated initial investment (franchise costs) for a Slim Chickens franchise, based on Item 7 of the company’s 2024 FDD
Section II – Initial franchise fee, royalty fee, and marketing fee for a Slim Chickens franchise, based on Items 5 and 6 of the company’s 2024 FDD
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Section IV – News updates on the Slim Chickens franchise opportunity
Section V – Presentation and analysis of Slim Chickens’ financial performance representations (average revenues and/or profits), based on Item 19 of the company’s 2024 FDD, including information on the:
- 2023 fiscal year average, median, highest, and lowest gross sales for the 116 franchised Slim Chickens Restaurants that were open and operating for the full 2023 fiscal year and are representative of the current prototype Restaurant under development (grouped by range of gross sales: > $3,300,000; $2,200,000 to $3,300,000 $1,600,000 to $2,200,000; and < $1,600,000)
- average, median, highest, and lowest gross sales for the last six-month period of the 2023 fiscal year for the 16 Slim Chickens Restaurants that opened in 2023, were open for the entire second half of the fiscal year, and represent one of the two standard prototype Restaurants
Section VI – Key ratios, comparables, computations, and analyses for the Slim Chickens franchise opportunity (exclusive content for Platinum subscribers)
Section I – Slim Chickens Franchise Costs
- Slim Chickens franchise costs, based on Item 7 of the company’s 2024 FDD:
- Initial Franchise Fee: $30,000
- Real Property/Site Lease/Site Review Fees: $45,000 to $1,200,000
- Construction/Building Conversion: $700,000 to $1,700,000
- Site Work: $50,000 to $600,000
- Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment: $275,000 to $323,000
- Smallwares: $21,000 to $27,000
- Building Signage and Interior Graphics: $45,000 to $75,000
- Soft Costs: $90,000 to $120,000
- Insurance: $9,000 to $15,000
- Opening Inventory: $6,000 to $10,000
- Training Costs/Opening Assistance Reimbursement: $60,000 to $80,000
- POS System/Drive-Thru Components/Menu Boards: $80,000 to $120,000
- Low Voltage/Security/Network Installation: $40,000 to $50,000
- Security and Utility Deposits: $2,500 to $12,000
- Business Licenses (excluding beer and wine license): $400 to $2,000
- Grand Opening Ad Expenditure: $10,000
- Additional Funds for 3 Months: $40,000 to $65,000
- Total Estimated Slim Chickens Franchise Cost: $1,522,900 to $4,439,000
Section II – Slim Chickens’ Initial Franchise Fee, Royalty Fee, and Marketing Fee
- Slim Chickens’ initial franchise fee, royalty fee, and marketing fee, based on Items 5 and 6 of the company’s 2024 FDD:
- Initial Franchise Fee: $15,000 to $30,000
- Royalty Fee: 5% of Gross Sales
- Advertising Fund Contribution: 2% of Gross Sales
- Local Ad Expenditure/Local Advertising Cooperative Contribution: 1% of Gross Sales
Section III – Number of Franchised and Company-Owned Slim Chickens Outlets
Franchised
2021
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- Outlets at the End of the Year: 104
- Net Change: +27
2022
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 104
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 134
- Net Change: +30
2023
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 134
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 169
- Net Change: +35
Company-Owned
2021
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 11
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 9
- Net Change: -2
2022
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 9
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 10
- Net Change: +1
2023
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- Outlets at the End of the Year: 11
- Net Change: +1
Section IV – News Updates on the Slim Chickens Franchise
Section V – Financial Performance Representations (Average Revenues and/or Profits) for the Slim Chickens Franchise (Item 19, 2024 FDD)
Part 1 – Analysis of Historical Gross Sales for All Franchised Slim Chickens Restaurants That Were Open and Operating During the Entire Fiscal Year 2023
- This Part 1 analysis contains historical average and median Gross Sales incurred in operating existing Slim Chickens franchised Restaurants that were open and operating during the entire 2023 fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
- As of the last fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, there were 169 franchised Restaurants open and operating in the United States, specifically in Alabama (9), Arkansas (17), Arizona (1), Colorado (6), Florida (12), Georgia (1), Idaho (1), Iowa (2), Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Kansas (6), Kentucky (8), Louisiana (2), Maryland (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Missouri (10), Mississippi (6), Montana (1), North Carolina (5), North Dakota (3), Nebraska (2), Nevada (1), New Mexico (2), Ohio (3), Oklahoma (9), Pennsylvania (1), South Carolina (3), South Dakota (3), Tennessee (8), Texas (30), Utah (4), Virginia (1), Washington (1), Wisconsin (1).
- Of these 169 Restaurants, 149 represent the two standard prototypes currently under development and 116 were open and operating for the entire 2023 fiscal year.
- Slim Chickens excludes: (a) 20 Restaurants as they do not represent the standard prototype Restaurant currently under development: (b) 7 are associated with military bases, (c) 7 Restaurants that are non-prototype or non-freestanding facilities without a drive thru that are located on college campuses and do not operate year-round, and (d) 6 Restaurants that are non-traditional locations attached to other businesses or without drive thrus.
- Part 1 also excludes 34 standard prototype franchised Restaurants in the United States that opened and began operating during fiscal year 2023 and therefore were not open and operating for the full 2023 fiscal year (but see Part 2 below), 48 additional franchised Restaurants located in the United Kingdom, and one in Turkey.
- Part 1 presents average and median Gross Sales information for the 2023 fiscal year for the 116 franchised Restaurants that were open and operating for the full 2023 fiscal year which are representative of the current prototype Restaurant under development.
- These Restaurants have been sorted into four groups based on full fiscal year Gross Sales. Group 1 represents locations with at least $3,300,000 in Gross Sales. Group 2 represents locations with less than $3,300,000 and greater than $2,200,000 in Gross Sales. Group 3 represents restaurants with less than $2,200,000 and greater than $1,600,000 in Gross Sales. Group 4 represents restaurants with less than $1,600,000 in Gross Sales.
- The information in the table is derived from Slim Chickens franchisees’ sales reports and is unaudited and unverified.
Group 1 – Gross Sales > $3,300,000
- Average Gross Sales Per Restaurant: $3,865,359
- Median Gross Sales Per Restaurant: $3,783,178
- Total Number of Restaurants in Analysis: 20
- Number of Restaurants in Category Meeting or Exceeding the Average Amount: 9
- Number of Restaurants in Category Meeting or Exceeding the Median Amount: 10
Group 2 – Gross Sales From $2,200,000 to $3,300,000
- Average Gross Sales Per Restaurant: $2,700,676
- Median Gross Sales Per Restaurant: $2,620,682
- Total Number of Restaurants in Analysis: 40
- Number of Restaurants in Category Meeting or Exceeding the Average Amount: 20
- Number of Restaurants in Category Meeting or Exceeding the Median Amount: 20
Group 3 – Gross Sales From $1,600,000 to $2,200,000
- Average Gross Sales Per Restaurant: $1,892,802
- Median Gross Sales Per Restaurant: $1,864,504
- Total Number of Restaurants in Analysis: 36
- Number of Restaurants in Category Meeting or Exceeding the Average Amount: 18
- Number of Restaurants in Category Meeting or Exceeding the Median Amount: 21
Group 4 – Gross Sales < $1,600,000
- Average Gross Sales Per Restaurant: $1,315,371
- Median Gross Sales Per Restaurant: $1,333,191
- Total Number of Restaurants in Analysis: 20
- Number of Restaurants in Category Meeting or Exceeding the Average Amount: 20
- Number of Restaurants in Category Meeting or Exceeding the Median Amount: 20
- The highest Gross Sales amount for the Restaurants in the above table was $5,379,894 and the lowest Gross Sales amount for the Restaurants in the above table was $693,170. Average Gross Sales for all 116 Restaurants was $2,411,918. Median Gross Sales for all 116 Restaurants was $2,263,285.
- Gross Sales consists of the total sales price of all food products (including take-out, drive-thru, or catering) and all other products and services sold by the Slim Chickens Restaurants, including discounts and excluding taxes collected directly from customers and paid to taxing authorities.
Part 2 – Analysis of Historical Gross Sales for All Franchised Slim Chickens Restaurants That Were Newly Opened During Fiscal Year 2023
- As noted above, 34 new franchised Restaurants opened in 2023. While Slim Chickens excluded these 34 Restaurants from the above Part 1 analysis since none of the 34 Restaurants were open and operating the entire 2023 fiscal year, 16 of these Restaurants were open for the entire second half of the fiscal year and represent one of the two standard prototype Restaurants.
- These Restaurants were opened between January 9, 2023 and June 12, 2023 and therefore all 16 of these Restaurants operated for at least six months in fiscal year 2023.
- During the last six-month period of the 2023 fiscal year from July 3, 2023 to December 31, 2023, these 16 Restaurants averaged $51,375 per week in Gross Sales per Restaurant for standard business weeks without holiday closures, with a median of $48,012 per week in Gross Sales. The highest weekly Gross Sales for the 16 Restaurants was $84,135, and the lowest weekly Gross Sales for the 16 Restaurants was $30,995.
- Some Slim Chickens Restaurants have achieved the sales results in this analysis. Your individual results may differ. There is no assurance that you’ll sell as much.
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