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Scooter's Coffee vs Delah Coffee — which franchise is the better buy?

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	Scooter's Coffee	Delah Coffee
Disclosure honesty	A	C
Investment from	$658,898	$337,300
Total fees	8%	5.5%
Outlets	906	6
Lawsuits	2	1

Scooter's Coffee: what their numbers say

Discloses 5-year average gross sales, customer tickets, detailed 2025 P&L by quartile, same-store growth, and new store first-month sales. Excludes non-traditional stores and affiliate outlets.

Delah Coffee: what their numbers say

Company-owned outlet gross sales, direct gross profit, disclosed expenses (rent, credit card fees, utilities, marketing), and select franchise-related expenses for 2024-2025. Does not include all operating costs.

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