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Buffalo Wild Wings vs Kekes Breakfast Cafe
Reviewed figures from each brand's Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), side by side. Each figure carries its FDD year and page. This is not a ranking or recommendation, and the two FDDs may cover different years and location groups.
Before you compare
- Both sets of figures come from 2026 FDDs.
- Buffalo Wild Wings discloses more than one business format, so the investment range spans formats; the full report breaks them out.
- Item 19 figures cover the location groups each FDD names (Buffalo Wild Wings: 12, Kekes Breakfast Cafe: 4). Different groups are not directly comparable.
| Disclosure | BWBuffalo Wild Wings | KBKekes Breakfast Cafe |
|---|---|---|
| Financial commitment | ||
| Estimated initial investment (Item 7) | $13,700 – $4,500,320 2026 FDD · Item 7 | $638,425 – $1,938,813 Total estimated initial investment: $638,425 to $1,938,813. 2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 24 |
| Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5) | Not available No single standard fee identified | $30,000 2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 16 |
| Royalty (Item 6) | $5.00 Royalty grosssales 2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 31 | $5.00 or the next business day if Wednesday is not a business day), calculated on the previous week ending Wednesday. Royalty Fee: 5% to 5.5% of Gross Sales, payable weekly on Wednesday 2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 17 |
| Brand / advertising fund (Item 6) | $15,000 Opening advertising 2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 29 | $7,500 d Opening Marketing Advertising We reserve the right to require you to give us up to — 7500 2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 16 |
| System scale & health | ||
| Total outlets (Item 20) | 1,397 Outlets at end of 2025 2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 81 | Not available No reviewed outlet counts |
| Net outlet change (Item 20) | +133 Calculated: 1,264 at end of 2023 → 1,397 at end of 2025 | Not available Only one year reported |
| Outlet exits (Item 20) | Not available No complete exit records for a year | Not available No complete exit records for a year |
| Franchising since (Item 1) | 1992 From a verified franchisor listing | Not available Not in reviewed records |
| Franchisor founded (Item 1) | Not available Not in reviewed records | Not available Not in reviewed records |
| Performance (Item 19) | ||
| Financial performance (Item 19), by location group | Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — 3rd Quartile of Full-year franchised Sports Bars, including4nontraditional; no… $3,117,110 other 3rd Quartile · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 79 Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — 4th Quartile of Full-year franchised Sports Bars, including4nontraditional; no… 133 units other 4th Quartile · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 79 Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — All Sports Bars of Full-year franchised Sports Bars, including4nontraditional;… 532 units other All Sports Bars · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 79 +9 more groups in the full report | Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Franchised restaurants reporting full-year iLumen sales — Top half $554,447 other Food dollars · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 59 Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Franchised restaurants reporting full-year iLumen sales — Bottom half 19.3 percent other EBITDA before Royalties, Advertising, Occupancy Cost and Management Fees percentofsales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 60 Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Franchised restaurants reporting full-year iLumen sales 52 percent other Met/exceeded average share · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 60 +1 more groups in the full report |
Item 19 groups are shown separately and never combined. Revenue or sales figures are not profit. Net outlet change and turnover are Franopolis calculations from the disclosed counts; turnover is a count-based rate, not a measure of owner earnings.