NÉKTƏR JUICE BAR vs La Pino'z Pizza

Brand B is the only play that puts revenue on the board this quarter. NÉKTƏR JUICE BAR brings 171 live franchised locations with a $529k AUV and a 6% royalty, which means operators have both the cash flow and the operational pain that POS, scheduling, and marketing automation solve. La Pino'z has zero units. Not small, not nascent — zero. You can't sell software to a franchise that doesn't exist. The TAM gap is absolute: 202 total doors you can pitch today versus waiting on a 2025 FDD to maybe produce a unit. In B2B software sales, an installed base that is already paying royalties and handling daily transactions beats a future pipeline every time.

The budget dimension tilts further toward NÉKTƏR. With investment ranges capping at $647k and an AUV north of half a million, a typical franchisee has enough ongoing revenue to justify a software stack costing several hundred dollars a month — and they are already conditioned to part with 8% of top-line for royalty and ad fund. La Pino'z