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Nothing Bundt Cakes vs Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams — which franchise is the better buy?

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	Nothing Bundt Cakes	Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
Disclosure honesty	B	B
Investment from	$667,100	$698,000
Total fees	11%	7%
Outlets	660	94
Lawsuits	1	0

Nothing Bundt Cakes: what their numbers say

Discloses average Net Revenues ($1.48M), 4-Wall EBITDA (~21.6% avg), COGS, labor, occupancy breakdowns for 297 bakeries. Excludes owner salary from EBITDA, omits D&A, interest, taxes; cherry-picks mature, top-performing subset.

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams: what their numbers say

85 corporate-owned shops, 2025 fiscal year. Quartile-based net profit data. Top 25% averaged $332,780 profit; bottom 25% averaged -$75,139 loss. No franchisee data available.

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