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Cascadia Pizza Co. vs Papa John's — which franchise is the better buy?

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	Cascadia Pizza Co.	Papa John's
Disclosure honesty	B	C
Investment from	$325,542	$281,485
Total fees	8%	11%
Outlets	8	3,294
Lawsuits	0	3

Cascadia Pizza Co.: what their numbers say

Discloses 3 company outlets (2025) and 3 franchise outlets (2025). Shows gross sales, COGS, labor, expenses, royalty/fund fees. Cherry-picks: excludes non-representative full-service Bellevue outlet; small mobile unit; limited North Bend data.

Papa John's: what their numbers say

Sales data for 2,837 standard restaurants (2025): median $1.07M system-wide, average $1.12M. Top 25% averaged $1.64M. No Non-Traditional/Small-Town data provided.

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