Aug 25, 2026
Chicken Salad Chick
Chicken Salad Chick: The Franchise That Shows You Its Whole P&L
Every chicken franchise hides its numbers. Chicken Salad Chick's 2026 filing opens the whole book, and there's one catch buried inside.
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Church's Texas Chicken
Aug 18, 2026
Church's Texas Chicken
Church's Texas Chicken: New Private Money, an 885-Store System, and a $1.1M Question
Church's Texas Chicken's average store sells $1,115,007, and more than half sell less. The 2026 FDD read like an investor: 10% fees, 885 units, new PE money.
Dave's Hot Chicken
Aug 11, 2026
Dave's Hot Chicken
Dave's Hot Chicken: The Loudest Numbers in Franchising, and the One It Doesn't Print
The Dave's Hot Chicken 2026 FDD read like an investor: an $823,800 to $4.1M build, 11% ongoing fees, 358 units, and no Item 19.
Chicken QSR
Aug 4, 2026
Chicken QSR
The Three Hottest Chicken Brands of 2026. Only One Shows You the Money.
Three 2026 hot chicken filings, read like an investor: a $777K to $4.1M startup cost spread and one brand that discloses no Item 19 at all.
Boutique Fitness
Jul 21, 2026
Boutique Fitness
F45: When Things Get Tight, Whose Side Is the Math On?
A Zorzee read of the 2026 F45 franchise FDD: a royalty floor that climbs as sales fall, 54 terminations in one year, and nine disclosed lawsuits.
Jul 14, 2026
Boutique Fitness
Same Brand, Same Year: One Studio Keeps 31%, the Next Loses Six Figures
A Zorzee read of the 2026 Sweat440 franchise FDD, the only boutique fitness brand that prints a full P&L: a 31% margin at the top, a $112,347 loss at the...
Jul 7, 2026
Boutique Fitness
The Best Sales in Boutique Fitness Belong to a Shrinking Brand
The 2026 Orangetheory FDD, read by Zorzee: an $802,145 average studio, the only member data in boutique fitness, and 95 closures in a shrinking system.
Jun 30, 2026
Boutique Fitness
Boutique Fitness: Why One Studio Rings Up $1.2M and the Next Goes Dark
A Zorzee FDD breakdown of boutique HIIT: the best studios do $1.2M in sales, many others close. The numbers that separate them as you research.
Home Care
Jun 23, 2026
Home Care
Boost Home Healthcare: Why Most Buyers Should Walk Away (and the One Who Shouldn't)
Boost is Medicare-certified skilled home health, not private pay. $162,650 to $337,750 to enter, no Item 19 in the FDD, and a months-long licensing window.
Jun 16, 2026
Home Care
Seniors Helping Seniors: The One Design Choice That Rewires Home Care Economics
A Zorzee breakdown of the Seniors Helping Seniors FDD: how the peer-caregiver model holds labor at 53.3% across 62 operators while the industry runs 65-75%.
Jun 9, 2026
Home Care
One You Love Homecare: What One Owner Changed to Triple His Revenue
A Zorzee breakdown of the One You Love Homecare FDD: how one franchisee went from $474K part-time to $1.49M full-time in a single year.
Jun 2, 2026
Home Care
Home Care: The Tailwind, the Trap, and the Part Discovery Day Skips
The aging population is real. So is the 75% turnover. Both are in the FDD. Only one shows up at Discovery Day. Zorzee's Tuesday brief on the home care math.