Bread & Vine Franchise
Cost, fees, owner earnings, closure rate and litigation for a Bread & Vine franchise — pulled from the franchisor's own public FDD (2025), not its sales material.
Disclosure honesty
Bread & Vine discloses earnings (Item 19) — but the grade is how honestly. We graded it D.
What their own earnings claim actually says
One company-owned outlet (2022-2024): $1.26M revenue, $233-241K EBITDA, 12-14% net income. Single location data; no multi-unit projections.
What a Bread & Vine franchise actually costs to run
| Fee | Disclosed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $40,000 | Item 5 — paid up front, before you open |
| Royalty | 5% of gross sales | Item 6 — charged on revenue, not profit |
| Advertising fund | 1% of gross sales | Item 6 — brand marketing, spent at the franchisor's discretion |
| Total recurring fees | 6% of gross sales | Before rent, labor, food or debt service |
| Total initial investment | $431,300 – $969,333 | Item 7 — franchisor's own low/high estimate |
Royalty 5% + marketing 1% + local marketing 1-2% + potential coop fees up to 5%. Multi-unit reduces initial fee to $30K per unit.
Royalty and ad-fund percentages are charged on gross sales — an owner pays them whether or not the location is profitable.
Bread & Vine system size and owner turnover
| Total outlets | 2 |
| Ceased operations | 0 |
| Terminated by franchisor | 0 |
| Transferred to new owners | 0 |
| Closure rate | 0.0% of outlets |
Brand-new system (1 franchisee opened 12/30/2024). No historical franchise performance data.
From Item 20 of the FDD 2025. Terminations and ceased operations are the franchisor's own count of owners who stopped — the number the sales pitch leaves out.
Is Bread & Vine worth it? — how it compares to 59 similar franchises
| Ongoing fees | 6% of sales | lower than most (median 7.5%) |
| Startup cost | from $431,300 | pricier than 77% of peers |
| Disclosure honesty | Grade D | less honest than most of the category |
| Closure rate | 0.0% of outlets | better than most (median 0.9%) |
| Disclosed lawsuits | 0 | fewer than most |
Benchmarked against every bakery, dessert & ice cream franchise we've graded from public FDDs — the context the franchisor's pitch never gives you.
Owner take-home for a Bread & Vine
The franchisor's framing: One company-owned outlet (2022-2024): $1.26M revenue, $233-241K EBITDA, 12-14% net income.… We reconstruct what an owner actually keeps, from their own FDD.
- Reconstructed owner P&L — net take-home after royalty, ad fund, rent, labor & debt
- Break-even timeline + cash-on-cash ROI
- Full fee stack + required-purchase markups
- Decoded real failure / closure rate
- How it ranks vs comparable franchises
- Validation-call playbook — the exact questions to ask
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Bread & Vine franchise — frequently asked
- How much does a Bread & Vine franchise cost?
- The FDD lists a total initial investment of about $431,300–$969,333, including a $40,000 initial franchise fee.
- How much do Bread & Vine franchise owners make?
- One company-owned outlet (2022-2024): $1.26M revenue, $233-241K EBITDA, 12-14% net income. Single location data; no multi-unit projections. We grade this disclosure D for honesty.
- What are the Bread & Vine franchise fees?
- Bread & Vine's FDD discloses a $40,000 initial franchise fee, a 5% royalty on gross sales, a 1% advertising-fund contribution, for roughly 6% of gross sales in recurring fees before rent, labor, or debt service. Royalty 5% + marketing 1% + local marketing 1-2% + potential coop fees up to 5%. Multi-unit reduces initial fee to $30K per unit.
- What is the Bread & Vine franchise profit margin?
- Bread & Vine does not publish a franchisee net-profit margin — almost no franchisor does. What Item 19 actually shows: One company-owned outlet (2022-2024): $1.26M revenue, $233-241K EBITDA, 12-14% net income. Single location data; no multi-unit projections. Recurring fees alone take about 6% of gross sales, before rent, labor, food or debt service. Margin has to be reconstructed from the disclosure, not read off it.
- What is the Bread & Vine franchise failure rate?
- Brand-new system (1 franchisee opened 12/30/2024). No historical franchise performance data.
- How many Bread & Vine locations are there?
- Bread & Vine's FDD reports 2 total outlets, with 0 that ceased operations in the most recent reporting year and 0 transferred to new owners. Item 20 is where system health shows up before the marketing does.
- Does Bread & Vine have complaints or lawsuits?
- Bread & Vine discloses no material litigation in Item 3 of the filing we reviewed. That's a positive signal, though it covers only what the franchisor is required to report.
- Is a Bread & Vine franchise worth it?
- It depends on the numbers, not the pitch. Bread & Vine scores D on disclosure honesty, carries about 6% of sales in ongoing fees. Get the real owner take-home before you sign.
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Source: WI DFI Franchise Registration (2025). FranchiseValidate is independent and not affiliated with Bread & Vine or its franchisor. Figures are extracted from the franchisor's own public disclosure document; verify against the current FDD before any decision.