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    McAlister’s Deli vs NAF NAF Middle Eastern Grill

    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

    • McAlister’s Deli figures come from its 2026 FDD and NAF NAF Middle Eastern Grill figures from its 2025 FDD, so the years differ.
    • McAlister’s Deli and NAF NAF Middle Eastern Grill disclose 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 (McAlister’s Deli: 6, NAF NAF Middle Eastern Grill: 4). Different groups are not directly comparable.
    DisclosureMDMcAlister’s DeliNNNAF NAF Middle Eastern Grill
    Financial commitment
    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
    $910,175 – $2,575,400
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    $501,000 – $818,700
    2025 FDD · Item 7
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)
    $35,500
    2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 27
    $30,000
    2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 11
    Royalty (Item 6)
    $5.00
    Royalty fee
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 29
    $5.00
    Royalty
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 13
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)
    $3.00
    Advertising Contribution is currently 2% of Net Sales and may be increased up to 3% of Net Sales by notice to franchisees at any time.
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 29
    $1.00
    Brand Fund contribution currently
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 13
    System scale & health
    Total outlets (Item 20)
    1,144
    Outlets at end of 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 85
    Not available
    No reviewed outlet counts
    Net outlet change (Item 20)
    +66
    Calculated: 1,078 at end of 2023 → 1,144 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)
    1994
    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 — Top Quartile traditional-franchise quartile
    120 units
    other Top Quartile · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 84
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — 2nd Quartile traditional-franchise quartile
    $2,233,065
    other 2nd Quartile · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 84
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — 3rd Quartile traditional-franchise quartile
    $1,589,119
    other 3rd Quartile · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 84
    +3 more groups in the full report
    Company-owned (16 locations) — other measures and revenue and EBITDA and costs
    $71,271
    other Delivery commissions average · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 66
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Franchisee-owned NAF NAF Restaurants open for 52 consecutive weeks in Fiscal Ye…
    $855,032
    other Franchisee-owned Annual Net Sales Average · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 64
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Company-owned NAF NAF Restaurants open for 52 consecutive weeks in Fiscal Year…
    $1,218,791
    other Company-owned Annual Net Sales Average · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 64
    +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.

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