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BUONA

BUONA

Chicago’s Original Italian Beef Franchising LLC offers franchises for Buona restaurants featuring Italian beef sandwiches along with other sandwiches, pasta, burgers, hot dogs, salads, and desserts, served at the premises, via delivery, or through catering services. The business model centers on franchising single-brand or dual-brand (with The Original Rainbow Cone) fast-casual locations in free-standing buildings or inline shopping centers, supported by standardized systems for operations, training, and marketing. It targets consumers in competitive fast-casual dining markets influenced by eating habits, economic conditions, and local traffic patterns.

$1465K–$2097K
Since 2021
Food & BeverageBurr Ridge, ILwww.buonafranchise.comDisclaimer

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Franchise Costs

Franchise Fee
$40,000
Initial Investment
$1,464,697 – $2,096,579
Royalty Rate
4.00%
Brand Fund
1.50%
Fixed Monthly Fees
$433 – $433

4% royalty + 1.5% brand marketing fund + $100/week technology fee

Financial Performance

Item 19 Financial Performance

Average Gross Revenue
$3,435,660
Median Gross Revenue
$3,433,214
Top Quartile Revenue
$4,664,814
Bottom Quartile Revenue
$2,865,928
Average Net Profit
$530,925
Average Gross Profit
$2,331,761

Data Based On: 10 affiliate-owned single brand free standing restaurants with drive through windows operating for the full 52 weeks from March 24, 2025 through March 24, 2026.

* Data extracted from the 'Average' row of the 'BUONA Drive Thru' section (Page 5), which summarizes financial performance for 10 affiliate-owned single brand free standing restaurants with drive through. As the document explicitly states no data is included from franchised businesses, affiliate-owned data was used as per instructions. 'Revenue Top Quartile' and 'Revenue Bottom Quartile' are represented by the 'High' and 'Low' values of Total Gross Sales, respectively, as explicit quartile data was not provided in the summary table. 'Average Gross Profit' is taken directly from 'Gross Profit (5)'. 'Average Net Profit' corresponds to 'Income (18)', which is defined as sales less listed expenses, before deductions for rent, real estate taxes, personal property taxes, interest costs, depreciation, amortization, or income tax. This definition aligns with operating profit or net profit before specific non-operating deductions. 'Average Net Income' and 'Average EBITDA' could not be determined from the provided definitions and data.

Extracted Item 19 Section

Avg. Revenue: $3,435,660

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How BUONA Compares

Key Insights

  • Higher investment than 91% of Fast Food franchises
FranchiseInvestmentFeeRoyaltyLocations
BUONA
Current
$1.5M – $2.1M$40K4.0%0
MCDONALD'S$1.5M – $2.6M$45KN/A12,772
LITTLE CAESARS$377K – $1.8M$20K6.0%3,788
AFC$45K – $151K$6K9.5%3,572
KFC (NON-TRADITIONAL)$1.2M – $4.2M$45KN/A3,404
SONIC DRIVE-IN$1.5M – $2.5M$15K5.0%3,120
Fast Food Average
132 franchises
$602K – $1.6M$35K6.1%–

* Comparison based on latest FDD filings. Investment ranges from Item 7, fees from Item 5. Showing top 5 of 132 Fast Food franchises by location count.

Locations & Growth

Outlet Growth Over Time

Total outlets at end of each year

Geographic Distribution (2025)

Outlets by state across the United States

Top States
1Tennessee
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Franchisee Contacts

6 franchisee contacts on file from official FDD filings.

6 Contacts Available

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Due Diligence

Litigation (Item 3)

Franchisee Cases0
No litigation involving franchisees reported

Bankruptcy (Item 4)

Bankruptcy HistoryNo
No bankruptcy history reported

System Health (Item 20)

Franchise system changes reported in the most recent fiscal year

Terminations
0
Non-Renewals
0
Reacquired
0
Ceased Ops
0
Transfers
0
Sold to Franchisees
N/A
Projected New
3

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Frequently Asked Questions

The total initial investment to open a BUONA franchise ranges from $1,464,697 to $2,096,579. This includes a franchise fee of $40,000. Ongoing royalty fees are 4.0% of gross sales.