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    NAF NAF Middle Eastern Grill vs Taco Johns

    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 Taco Johns figures from its 2026 FDD, so the years differ.
    • NAF NAF Middle Eastern Grill and Taco Johns 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, Taco Johns: 15). Different groups are not directly comparable.
    DisclosureNNNAF NAF Middle Eastern GrillTJTaco Johns
    Financial commitment
    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
    $501,000 – $818,700
    2025 FDD · Item 7
    $454,175 – $2,034,250
    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
    $5.00
    Royalty
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 16
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)
    $1.00
    Brand Fund contribution currently
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 13
    $4.25
    Traditional advertising/marketing fee max
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 16
    System scale & health
    Total outlets (Item 20)
    Not available
    No reviewed outlet counts
    Not available
    No reviewed outlet counts
    Net outlet change (Item 20)
    Not available
    Only one year reported
    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)
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    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
    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 freestanding Taco John’s 2025 restaurants, Second Quartile
    62 restaurants
    other Traditional freestanding Second Quartile group size · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 68
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Traditional freestanding Taco John’s 2025 restaurants, Lower Quartile
    $931,297
    other Traditional freestanding Lower Quartile highest performer sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 68
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Traditional freestanding Taco John’s 2025 restaurants, Combined
    $1,176,775
    other Traditional freestanding Combined median performer sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 68
    +12 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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