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Another Broken Egg Cafe vs Black Bear Diner — which franchise is the better buy?

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	Another Broken Egg Cafe	Black Bear Diner
Disclosure honesty	B	B
Investment from	$792,500	$1,495,700
Total fees	6.75%	6.5%
Outlets	105	169
Lawsuits	0	0

Another Broken Egg Cafe: what their numbers say

Discloses 2025 gross sales for 92 cafes (35 corporate, 57 franchised) open 12+ months. Average franchised sales $1,749,656, median $1,701,152. Excludes recently opened/remodeled locations.

Black Bear Diner: what their numbers say

Gross sales data for 70 company-affiliated and 88 franchised restaurants open full fiscal 2025. Median sales $2.66-2.70M. Cost of goods ~28%, labor ~35%, 4-wall EBITDA ~12% (before royalties/ads).

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