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Papa John's vs Papa Murphy's — which franchise is the better buy?

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	Papa John's	Papa Murphy's
Disclosure honesty	C	D
Investment from	$281,485	$450,330
Total fees	11%	7%
Outlets	3,294	1,014
Lawsuits	3	3

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.

Papa Murphy's: what their numbers say

Discloses net sales only (average ~$688K, median ~$618K) by region for 947 stores. No profit, owner income, or expense data disclosed. Omits failed/closed stores from averages, masking declining unit count trend.

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