Egg on a Roll Franchise
Cost, fees, owner earnings, closure rate and litigation for a Egg on a Roll franchise — pulled from the franchisor's own public FDD (2025), not its sales material.
Disclosure honesty
Egg on a Roll discloses little or no owner-earnings data (Item 19) — the franchisor won't put real profit in writing.
What their own earnings claim actually says
Franchisor explicitly declines to make any financial performance representations. No earnings claims provided.
What a Egg on a Roll franchise actually costs to run
| Fee | Disclosed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $60,000 | Item 5 — paid up front, before you open |
| Royalty | 6% 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 | 7% of gross sales | Before rent, labor, food or debt service |
| Total initial investment | $416,900 – $570,668 | Item 7 — franchisor's own low/high estimate |
Royalty 6% gross revenue; brand fund 1%; local marketing 2% quarterly; technology $550/month.
Royalty and ad-fund percentages are charged on gross sales — an owner pays them whether or not the location is profitable.
Egg on a Roll system size and owner turnover
| Total outlets | 1 |
| Ceased operations | 0 |
| Terminated by franchisor | 0 |
| Transferred to new owners | 0 |
| Closure rate | 0.0% of outlets |
Zero franchised outlets as of 2024; only one company-owned location operational.
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 Egg on a Roll worth it? — how it compares to 164 similar franchises
| Ongoing fees | 7% of sales | lower than most (median 8%) |
| Startup cost | from $416,900 | about average (median $481,500) |
| Disclosure honesty | Grade F | less honest than most of the category |
| Closure rate | 0.0% of outlets | better than most (median 1.3%) |
| Disclosed lawsuits | 0 | fewer than most |
Benchmarked against every quick service restaurants franchise we've graded from public FDDs — the context the franchisor's pitch never gives you.
Owner take-home for a Egg on a Roll
The franchisor's framing: Franchisor explicitly declines to make any financial performance representations. No earni… 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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Egg on a Roll franchise — frequently asked
- How much does a Egg on a Roll franchise cost?
- The FDD lists a total initial investment of about $416,900–$570,668, including a $60,000 initial franchise fee.
- How much do Egg on a Roll franchise owners make?
- Egg on a Roll discloses little or no earnings data (Item 19) — meaning the franchisor won't put real owner profit in writing. That's a red flag worth questioning.
- What are the Egg on a Roll franchise fees?
- Egg on a Roll's FDD discloses a $60,000 initial franchise fee, a 6% royalty on gross sales, a 1% advertising-fund contribution, for roughly 7% of gross sales in recurring fees before rent, labor, or debt service. Royalty 6% gross revenue; brand fund 1%; local marketing 2% quarterly; technology $550/month.
- What is the Egg on a Roll franchise profit margin?
- Egg on a Roll discloses no Item 19 earnings representation, so no profit margin can be derived from the FDD at all. Any margin figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.
- What is the Egg on a Roll franchise failure rate?
- Zero franchised outlets as of 2024; only one company-owned location operational.
- How many Egg on a Roll locations are there?
- Egg on a Roll's FDD reports 1 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 Egg on a Roll have complaints or lawsuits?
- Egg on a Roll 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 Egg on a Roll franchise worth it?
- It depends on the numbers, not the pitch. Egg on a Roll scores F on disclosure honesty, carries about 7% of sales in ongoing fees. Get the real owner take-home before you sign.
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Source: MN CARDS 34918-202510-07 (Clean FDD 2025). FranchiseValidate is independent and not affiliated with Egg on a Roll or its franchisor. Figures are extracted from the franchisor's own public disclosure document; verify against the current FDD before any decision.