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Hot Stuff Pizza/ franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Shrinking network
Hot Stuff Pizza/Hot Stuff Kitchen operates in the food & beverage sector with an initial investment ranging from $63,097 to $173,097.
Everything below is free, read straight off Hot Stuff Pizza/'s registered filing, with where the numbers land against food & beverage peers. Weighing Hot Stuff Pizza/ against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Hot Stuff Pizza/'s most recent FDD (registered 2024). Source: Minnesota Dept. of Commerce — CARDS franchise registrations · filing 32653-202412-08 — check it yourself. See every other Minnesota-registered franchise.
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Hot Stuff Pizza/ franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: Hot Stuff Pizza/ does not disclose franchise profit or revenue. Its most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-backed earnings figure for Hot Stuff Pizza/ — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (42% of food & beverage franchisors in our corpus do disclose); the fees, litigation and outlet churn Hot Stuff Pizza/'s FDD does contain are on this page. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Food & beverage franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
Hot Stuff Pizza/ lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Hot Stuff Pizza/'s most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024) discloses no litigation in Item 3. That is a real signal rather than a gap: the FTC Franchise Rule requires a franchisor to disclose material litigation involving itself, its predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 in a current filing means there was nothing it was required to report. It is worth reading alongside the churn numbers — a system can have a clean Item 3 and still be losing franchisees, which is what Item 20 shows.
Hot Stuff Pizza/ closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Hot Stuff Pizza/ 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 Hot Stuff Pizza/'s most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a food & beverage 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. Hot Stuff Pizza/'s latest tables show a shrinking franchised network — more units left than opened. Net franchised outlets moved -71 to 752 in the latest reported year.
Who owns Hot Stuff Pizza/?
Hot Stuff Pizza/'s franchise is offered by Orion Foods Systems, LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at MN CARDS; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.
Compare Hot Stuff Pizza/ head-to-head
Food & beverage franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Hot Stuff Pizza/ 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.
Hot Stuff Pizza/ franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Hot Stuff Pizza/ — who is the franchisor?
Hot Stuff Pizza/'s most recently filed FDD (2024) names Orion Foods Systems, LLC as the franchisor — the entity you would actually sign the franchise agreement with, as stated on the disclosure document itself. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.
How much does a Hot Stuff Pizza/ franchise cost?
Hot Stuff Pizza/'s most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $63,097 – $173,097. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against food & beverage peers it sits in the top quartile (median $379,725).
How much profit does a Hot Stuff Pizza/ franchise make?
Hot Stuff Pizza/ makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Hot Stuff Pizza/ at all — and profit would never be disclosed even where earnings are, because it depends on your rent, labor and how you operate. Any profit figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.
Does Hot Stuff Pizza/ disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — Hot Stuff Pizza/'s most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing: 42% of food & beverage franchisors in our corpus do disclose.
Are there lawsuits against Hot Stuff Pizza/?
No — Hot Stuff Pizza/'s most recently filed FDD (2024) discloses no litigation in Item 3. Franchisors must disclose material litigation involving themselves, their predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 is a genuine signal rather than an omission.
Is Hot Stuff Pizza/ a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Hot Stuff Pizza/'s numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against food & beverage peers and against your own budget. Our read on this filing is medium risk. Every figure behind that read is on this page for free. If you're comparing options, the free shortlist on this page matches you with 5–10 franchises that fit your budget and industry.
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