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Jimmy John's vs Cheba Hut — which franchise is the better buy?

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	Jimmy John's	Cheba Hut
Disclosure honesty	B	B
Investment from	$206,200	$631,150
Total fees	10.5%	7%
Outlets	2,777	83
Lawsuits	13	1

Jimmy John's: what their numbers say

2025 AUVs: 2,581 restaurants, median $955,639, average $1,007,437. Excludes new, closed, multi-brand locations. No net income/expense data provided.

Cheba Hut: what their numbers say

Net sales data for 75 locations open full-year 2025: average $2.33M, median $2.24M, range $610k-$3.93M. Top 25% averaged $3.39M; bottom 25% averaged $1.27M.

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