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Inside the Supreme Deli FDD: A Case Study in Vetting Franchise Accounts Before You Chase Them
Supreme Deli's 2026 FDD shows a franchise system that grew from 8 to 33 kiosks between 2023 and 2024, then collapsed to 11 in a single year, a net loss of 22 outlets, or -64.5% YoY. The filing also discloses that host supermarkets and the franchisor together can withhold up to 60% of a kiosk's weekly gross sales before the franchisee pays for food, labor, or anything else. The twist: Supreme Deli's sibling brand, Supreme Produce, runs the identical royalty structure out of the same Richardson, Texas office and grew 75% YoY to 591 units. Same parent, same fee stack, opposite outcomes, which is exactly the kind of signal a franchise database built on FDDs is meant to catch before a sales team spends a quarter chasing the wrong account.
Inside the Jersey Mike's FDD 2026: What Vendors Selling Into the System Should Know
Jersey Mike's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (filed by franchisor A Sub Above, LLC) discloses 3,227 US restaurants, an average unit volume of $1,367,578, and Blackstone ownership since January 2025. For vendors, the headline is that the tech and supply chain are largely closed: franchisees must buy their POS from one designated supplier, and corporate collected $19.4 million in supplier commissions in fiscal 2025. The open lanes are optional categories like HR and payroll, services around 550+ projected 2026 openings, and a resale market that nearly tripled to 218 transfers in 2025.
Domino's Pizza FDD: What Sales Teams Need to Know
Domino's is one of the largest and most centrally managed QSR systems in the FranCloud database: 6,948 US stores, all franchised, with a genuinely locked-down technology and supply program. The FDD tells you almost exactly where DPL controls the buying decision and where it doesn't, which is the first question any rep should answer before building an account plan around a franchise brand.
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