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Mellow Mushroom Pizza franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Shrinking network
Mellow Mushroom Pizza is a quick-service restaurant franchise requiring an initial investment between $1,350,000 and $2,071,000.
Everything below is free, read straight off Mellow Mushroom Pizza's registered filing, with where the numbers land against quick-service restaurant peers. Weighing Mellow Mushroom Pizza against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Mellow Mushroom Pizza's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 640237 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.
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Mellow Mushroom Pizza franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: Mellow Mushroom 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 Mellow Mushroom Pizza — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (56% of quick-service restaurant franchisors in our corpus do disclose); the fees, litigation and outlet churn Mellow Mushroom Pizza's FDD does contain are on this page. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
Mellow Mushroom Pizza lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Mellow Mushroom Pizza's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026) 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.
Mellow Mushroom Pizza closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Mellow Mushroom 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 Mellow Mushroom Pizza'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. Mellow Mushroom Pizza's latest tables show a shrinking franchised network — more units left than opened. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 2.5%, against a quick-service restaurant median of 2.9% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved -5 to 156 in the latest reported year.
Who owns Mellow Mushroom Pizza?
Mellow Mushroom Pizza's franchise is offered by Home-Grown Industries of Georgia, 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.
Quick-service restaurant franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Mellow Mushroom 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.
Mellow Mushroom Pizza franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Mellow Mushroom Pizza — who is the franchisor?
Mellow Mushroom Pizza's most recently filed FDD (2026) names Home-Grown Industries of Georgia, Inc. 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 Mellow Mushroom Pizza franchise cost?
Mellow Mushroom Pizza's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $1,350,000 – $2,071,000, with an initial franchise fee of $50,000 and a 5% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against quick-service restaurant peers it sits in the bottom quartile (median $604,609).
How much profit does a Mellow Mushroom Pizza franchise make?
Mellow Mushroom Pizza makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Mellow Mushroom 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 Mellow Mushroom Pizza disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — Mellow Mushroom Pizza's most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing: 56% of quick-service restaurant franchisors in our corpus do disclose.
Are there lawsuits against Mellow Mushroom Pizza?
No — Mellow Mushroom Pizza's most recently filed FDD (2026) 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 Mellow Mushroom Pizza a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Mellow Mushroom Pizza's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against quick-service restaurant 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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