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    NAF NAF Middle Eastern Grill vs Schlotzsky’s

    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

    • NAF NAF Middle Eastern Grill figures come from its 2025 FDD and Schlotzsky’s figures from its 2026 FDD, so the years differ.
    • NAF NAF Middle Eastern Grill and Schlotzsky’s 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 (NAF NAF Middle Eastern Grill: 4, Schlotzsky’s: 2). Different groups are not directly comparable.
    DisclosureNNNAF NAF Middle Eastern GrillSSchlotzsky’s
    Financial commitment
    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
    $501,000 – $818,700
    2025 FDD · Item 7
    $668,775 – $2,261,500
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)
    $30,000
    2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 11
    Not available
    No single standard fee identified
    Royalty (Item 6)
    $5.00
    Royalty
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 13
    $6.00
    Royalty rate
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 30
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)
    $1.00
    Brand Fund contribution currently
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 13
    $25,000
    First restaurant in market advertising minimum
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 29
    System scale & health
    Total outlets (Item 20)
    Not available
    No reviewed outlet counts
    294
    Outlets at end of 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 89
    Net outlet change (Item 20)
    Not available
    Only one year reported
    −23
    Calculated: 317 at end of 2023 → 294 at end of 2025
    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)
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    1971
    From a verified franchisor listing
    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
    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
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Traditional franchise restaurants with a drive-thru that reported sales all 52…
    $1,739,247
    other Table 1 drive-thru · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 87
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Traditional franchise restaurants without a drive-thru that reported sales all…
    $33
    other Table 2 no drive-thru · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 87

    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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