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Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Item 19 disclosed
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Everything below is free, read straight off Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop®'s registered filing, with where the numbers land against quick-service restaurant peers. Weighing Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop®'s most recent FDD (registered 2024). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-31495 — check it yourself. See every other California-registered franchise.
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How much does a Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® franchise make?
Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® 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 $1,009,770 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.
Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® 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 Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop®'s 5% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. On $1,009,770 of revenue, a 5% royalty alone is about $50,489 a year before any other cost.
Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop®'s most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024) does disclose legal proceedings 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 Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® 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. Item 3 of the source FDD describes each case.
Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® 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 Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop®'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. Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop®'s outlet tables did not machine-read cleanly; Item 20 of the source FDD has them.
Who owns Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop®?
Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop®'s franchise is offered by MR. PICKLES FRANCHISE 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 CA DFPI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.
Quick-service restaurant franchises at a similar investment level
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Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® — who is the franchisor?
Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop®'s most recently filed FDD (2024) names MR. PICKLES FRANCHISE 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 Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® franchise cost?
Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop®'s most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $360,379 – $834,286, with an initial franchise fee of $35,000 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 upper quartile (median $604,609).
How much profit does a Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® franchise make?
Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties (5% of gross for Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop®), the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® franchise profit number quoted elsewhere is an estimate. The headline figure Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® discloses is $1,009,770 in average unit revenue.
Does Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
Yes — Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® reports unit-level earnings in Item 19. The headline figure is $1,009,770 in average unit revenue, as the franchisor states it.
Are there lawsuits against Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop®?
Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop®'s most recently filed FDD (2024) discloses legal proceedings in Item 3. Item 3 covers the franchisor, its predecessors, parents and affiliates — so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® itself, and a disclosure is not a finding of wrongdoing.
Is Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop®'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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