Tools
17 tools · Models updated each FDD cycle
Franchise Payback Calculator
Presets use midpoint Item 7 and Item 19 figures. Move any slider to fork your own model.
5.1 YRS
Pre-debt, pre-tax, pre-surprises. Not investment advice — but close.
Chain Compare
Investment, AUV, royalty rates, and unit counts for 100+ chains, side by side. Straight from the FDDs.
Open →Break-Even Calculator
How much revenue keeps the lights on. Break-even revenue, daily transactions, and your safety margin.
Open →Menu Price Explorer
Item-level menu prices across major chains and markets. See who raised prices, where, and by how much.
Open →Labor Cost Modeler
Staff a store role by role. Labor percentage, sales per labor hour, payroll tax, and overtime — modeled.
Open →FDD Fee Finder
Every Item 5 and Item 6 fee, extracted and comparable. Know the all-in cost before you sign anything.
Open →Drive-Thru Throughput
Cars per hour is revenue. Model service-time improvements against annual sales, one second at a time.
Open →All 17 tools →
- Franchise ROI Calculator
- QSR Salary Calculator
- Franchise Comparison Tool
- QSR Wage Benchmarking Tool
- 4-Wall EBITDA Calculator
- Restaurant Valuation Calculator
- Drive-Thru Throughput Calculator
- Food Cost Calculator
- Labor Cost Calculator
- Break-Even Calculator
- Profit Margin Calculator
- Unit Economics Benchmarks
- Menu Engineering Calculator
- Delivery P&L Calculator
- Lease & Occupancy Calculator
- Market Monitor
- Chain Rankings
Your P&L, benchmarked against the whole industry.
The calculators run on midpoints. Advisory runs on your actuals — an analyst rebuilds every model above with your store's numbers and tells you where you sit against the field.
- + MONTHLY CLOSE, BENCHMARKED
- + POS + PAYROLL FEEDS
- + FULL PAYBACK MODEL, YOUR NUMBERS