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Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and franchise — is it worth it?

Medium risk Stable network Item 19 disclosed

Capriotti's Sandwich Shop offers a quick-service restaurant franchise opportunity with an initial investment ranging from $594,700 to $935,000.

Everything below is free, read straight off Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and's registered filing, with where the numbers land against quick-service restaurant peers. Weighing Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.

Figures above are as disclosed in Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 642181 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.

How much does a Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and franchise make?

Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and is one of the franchisors that answers this on the record: its most recent FDD makes an Item 19 financial performance representation — actual unit earnings figures, disclosed by the franchisor itself. The headline figure is $858,875 in average unit revenue — read it alongside what Item 19 says about which units it covers (often only mature or top-performing locations). See every quick-service restaurant brand that discloses earnings in the Fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.

Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and franchise profit vs. revenue

Revenue is not profit. An Item 19 almost always reports sales — what a location takes in — not what an owner keeps. Out of that number come Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and's 6% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. On $858,875 of revenue, a 6% royalty alone is about $51,533 a year before any other cost.

Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026) does disclose 1 legal proceeding in Item 3 . Item 3 is the item where a franchisor must put its material legal history on the record. Two things it is not: it covers the franchisor and its predecessors, parents and affiliates, so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and itself; and a disclosure is a fact, not a finding of wrongdoing — most entries are contract disputes with former franchisees, which every large system accumulates. 1 of those proceedings were brought by franchisees against the franchisor — the split that actually matters, because franchisees suing their franchisor is the signal a buyer is looking for. Item 3 of the source FDD describes each case.

Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and will hand you a list of current owners to call as references — and they choose who's on that list. It won't include the owners who quit, got bought out, or were forced out last year. The FDD does report that number, even though the reference list leaves those people off. Below is what Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a quick-service restaurant of this kind.

The closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate is Item 20 — outlet openings, closures, terminations and non-renewals, reported by the franchisor. Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and's latest tables show a stable franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 6.5%, against a quick-service restaurant median of 2.9% — worse than the category. Net franchised outlets moved 0 to 139 in the latest reported year.

Who owns Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and?

Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and's franchise is offered by Capriotti's Sandwich Shop, Inc. — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at WI DFI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it. The same franchisor files separate FDDs for other brands, which is worth knowing — sibling brands share a franchise-support organization but disclose their own numbers:

Quick-service restaurant franchises at a similar investment level

Anyone weighing Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and is really weighing it against the other brands their money could go into. These are the closest by total initial investment (FDD Item 7), each with its own FDD-based page.

Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and franchise — frequently asked